The book contains the most up-to-date presentation of the theoretical and most recent experimental data on different aspects of high-energy diffraction. The book follows the traditions established in the publication Diffraction 2000, with as a special feature a balanced presentation of physics from East and West.
The topics presented include soft and hard processes in hadron-, photon-induced and nuclear reactions, diffraction in deep-inelastic scattering, diffraction in quantum chromodynamics, and experimental results on diffraction and predictions for future accelerators.
Readership: Scientific researchers and senior students working in the field of high-energy physics.