Physics Motivation

 

 
• Overview of Diffractive Physics
  • Hard Diffraction
  • Recent Experimental Results
• Physics Topics Accessible with the FPD
  • Diffractive Mass Dependence
  • Momentum Transfer Dependence
  • Super-hard Pomeron
  • Hard Double Pomeron Exchange
  • Diffractive Production of Massive States
  • Other Physics Topics
• Tevatron versus HERA
• Interpretation of the Data
• Physics Motivation Summary