Predicting F2D(3) from the dipole cross-section

Abstract

We employ a parameterisation of the proton dipole cross section previously extracted from electroproduction and photoproduction data to predict the diffractive structure function F2D(3)(Q^2, beta, xpom). Comparison with HERA H1 data yields good agreement.

Comments: 5 pages,4 figures, Latex2e, uses espcrc1.sty. Presented at "Hadron 99" Beijing, August 1999. Reference added, erroneous citation corrected