https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-01986-x
theoretical physics
The total virtual photoabsorption cross section, deeply virtual Compton scattering and vector-meson production
1
Institute of Physics, Meiji Gakuin University, Yokohama 244, Japan
2
Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany
Based on the generic two-gluon-exchange dynamical mechanism for deeply inelastic scattering at low 
, we stress the intimate direct connection between the total virtual photoabsorption cross section, deeply virtual Compton scattering and vector-meson electroproduction. A simple expression for the cross section for deeply virtual Compton scattering is derived. Parameter-free predictions are obtained for deeply virtual Compton forward scattering and vector-meson forward production, once the parameters in the total virtual photoabsorption cross section are determined in a fit to the experimental data on deeply inelastic scattering. Our predictions are compared with the experimental data from HERA.
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