Multiparticle production in small-x deep inelastic scattering and the nature of the Pomeron

Abstract

Properties of multiparticle final states produced in the central rapidity region of small-x deep inelastic scattering (DIS) are discussed. It is pointed out that these properties contain important information on the nature of the Pomeron - used for the description of total cross section and diffractive production in DIS. It is shown that models based on universality of the Pomeron predict charged particle multiplicities in small-x DIS which are in good agreement with recent HERA results.

14 pages, plain LaTeX + 4 LaTeX figures (feynman package is needed) + 6 PostScript figures

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