Inclusive processes and shadow effects in deuteron

Using the data on inclusive spectra we analyze the contribution of inelastic intermediate states to the shadow correction Δ for high-energy (E > 10 GeV) hadron-deuteron scattering. We note that the intermediate states with large masses M² ～ ER^?1 may contribute appreciably to the shadow correction, but the estimate of this contribution in the framework of the Regge-pole model for inclusive processes shows that it is small. The main contribution to the Δ is due to the small masses M < 2 GeV, which are produced by diffraction dissociation. We calculate the value Δ_inel for pd, πd and Kd scattering and estimate the energy dependence of Δ. The results are in agreement with the existing experimental data.