Tests of Factorization in Diffractive Charm Production and Double Pomeron Exchange

Alvero, Lyndon; Collins, John C.; Whitmore, J. J.

Tests of Factorization in Diffractive Charm Production and Double Pomeron Exchange

Authors

Alvero, Lyndon

Collins, John C.

Whitmore, J. J.

Description

We present predictions for the diffractive production of heavy quarks in deep-inelastic scattering and hadron-hadron collisions and for double diffractive dijet production in hadron-hadron collisions. With the assumption of hard scattering factorization, the predictions are made using diffractive parton densities that we have previously fitted to HERA data. Comparisons of our predictions with preliminary data from HERA and the Tevatron indicate that factorization is obeyed in diffractive DIS but fails in hadron-induced processes.
13 pages, RevTex, 1 figure