# Factorization and Scaling in Hard Diffraction

Source: [Factorization and Scaling in Hard Diffraction](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa24712c2a3760193a439e>)

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Authors: K. Goulianos

Published: 1997-08-02T00:01:56.000Z

## Abstract

We compare results on diffractive W-boson production at the Tevatron with predictions based on the diffractive structure function measured in deep inelastic scattering at HERA assuming (a) conventional factorization or (b) hard factorization combined with a rapidity gap distribution scaled to the total gap probability. We find that conventional factorization fails, while the scaling prediction agrees with the data.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9708217>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ph/9708217.pdf>)