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We calculate target fragmentation in pp→nX and γp→nX reactions in the meson cloud picture of the nucleon. The pp→nX reaction is used to fix the pnπ+ form factor for three different models. We take into account the possible destruction of the residual neutron by the projectile. Using the form factor from the hadronic reaction we calculate photoproduction and small x Bj electroproduction of forward neutrons at HERA. Here the q¯q dipoles in the photon can rescatter on the residual neutron. In photoproduction we observe slightly less absorption than in the hadronic reaction. For deep inelastic events (Q 2 > 10 GeV2) screening is weaker but still present at large Q 2. The signature for this absorptive rescattering is a shift of the dσ/dEn distribution to higher neutron energies for photofragmentation.
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Received: 12 June 1999 / Revised version: 12 October 1999
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D'Alesio, U., Pirner, H. Target fragmentation in pp, ep and γp collisions at high energies. EPJ A 7, 109–119 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100500050018
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100500050018