Results on Diffractive Processes from the HERA Collider Experiments

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental results on diffractive processes from HERA collider experiments, discussing their implications for future electron-ion colliders like EPIC.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of HERA's diffractive findings and explores their significance for upcoming collider projects.

Findings

Key diffractive phenomena observed at HERA

Implications for electron/polarized-ion collider EPIC

Enhanced understanding of proton structure

Abstract

We review topical results on diffractive processes from the experiments H1 and ZEUS at the HERA electron-proton collider. Emphasis is placed on the phenomenological and experimental consequences of the discoveries at HERA for the proposed electron/polarized-ion collider EPIC.