Nondiagonal parton distributions at small x

In this paper we make predictions for nondiagonal parton distributions in a proton in the LLA. We calculate the DGLAP-type evolution kernels in the LLA, solve the nondiagonal GLAP evolution equations with a modified version of the CTEQ-package and comment on the range of applicability of the LLA in the asymmetric regime. We show that the nondiagonal gluon distribution x2G(x1,x2,Q2) can be well approximated at small x by the conventional gluon density xG(x,Q2) and explain that the cross sections of hard diffractive processes are determined by x2G(x1,x2)