Gluon shadowing in the Glauber-Gribov model at HERA

Abstract

We calculate shadowing using new data on the gluon density of the Pomeron recently measured with high precision at HERA. The calculations are made in a Glauber-Gribov framework and Pomeron tree-diagrams are summed up within a unitarity-conserving procedure. The total cross section of $\text{vphot}A$ interaction is then found in a parameter-free description, employing gluon diffractive and inclusive distribution functions as input. A strong shadowing effect is obtained, in good agreement with several other models. Impact parameter dependence of gluon shadowing is also presented.

Comments: 18 pages, 6 figures; references added, discussion of model enlarged, calculation of low-x contribution corrected; to appear in Phys. Lett