In this paper we present a combined analysis of the H1 data on leading baryon and diffractive structure functions from DIS, which are handled as two components of the same semi-inclusive process. The available structure function data are analyzed in a series of fits in which three main exchanges are taken into account: the Pomeron, Reggeon, and pion. For each of these contributions, Regge factorization of the correspondent structure function is assumed. By this procedure, we extract information about the interface between the diffractive, Pomeron-dominated, region and the leading proton spectrum, which is mostly ruled by secondary exchanges. One of the main results is that the relative Reggeon contribution to the semi-inclusive structure function is much smaller than the one obtained from an analysis of the diffractive structure function alone.

The Regge-Mueller formalism is used to describe the inclusive spectrum of the proton in pp collisions. From such a description the energy dependences of both average inelasticity and leading proton multiplicity are calculated. These quantities are then used to establish the connection between the average charged particle multiplicities measured in e + e − and pp/pp processes. The description obtained for the leading proton cross section implies that Feynman scaling is strongly violated only at the extreme values of x F , that is at the central region (x F ≈ 0) and at the diffraction region (x F ≈ 1), while it is approximately observed in the intermediate region of the spectrum.

A phenomenological analysis of diffractive dissociation of nuclei in proton-nucleus and meson-nucleus collisions is presented. The theoretical approach employed here is able to take into account at once data of the HELIOS and EHS/NA22 collaborations that exhibit quite different atomic mass dependences. Possible extensions of this approach to hard diffraction in nuclear processes are also discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure

A modified version of a multiple scattering model is applied to describe nuclear inclusive reactions of the type pA→pX and investigate the behavior of the inelasticity in nuclear processes. The modifications are such that some recent developments in the Pomeron physics are incorporated into the new theoretical scheme. The particular attention paid to the diffractive region of the spectrum results in a very good description of the diffractive cross section in terms of the atomic mass. Another important outcome resulting from this analysis is the average total inelasticity whose atomic mass and energy dependences are shown to be in agreement with the available data. Moreover, the behavior of partial inelasticities in intranuclear collisions is also discussed. ͓S0556-2813͑99͒00907-3͔