Shadowing Corrections and Diffractive Production in DIS on Nuclei

TL;DR

This paper calculates shadowing corrections in diffractive production in deep inelastic scattering on nuclei, showing significant effects but no smooth energy dependence for proton targets, using the Glauber-Mueller approach.

Contribution

It provides a detailed calculation of shadowing effects in nuclear diffractive processes within the Glauber-Mueller framework, highlighting differences from proton targets.

Findings

Shadowing corrections are significant in the ratio of diffractive to total cross sections.

The energy dependence of the ratio does not become smooth for proton targets.

The Glauber-Mueller approach effectively models nuclear shadowing effects.

Abstract

We calculate, in the Glauber-Mueller approach, the ratio of the diffractive dissociation cross section to the total cross section on nuclei. We observe that shadowing corrections (SC) are significant, in the calculated $\ddt$ ratio but they do not lead to a smooth energy dependence of the ratio for a proton target as was observed at HERA.