DIFFRACTION 2010
International Workshop on Diffraction in High-Energy Physics

Dedicated to the memory of A. Kaidalov

Otranto (Lecce), Italy

Hotel Baia dei Turchi
September 10 - 15, 2010


organized and sponsored by

Università della Calabria (ITALY)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (ITALY)
Temple University, Philadelphia (USA)
CERN - Geneva
DESY - Hamburg (GERMANY)


and under the Patronage of

   Provincia di Lecce


Related event:
Diffractive and electromagnetic processes at high energies
Summer school Acquafredda, Maratea, September 5-10, 2010

Also sponsored by




Diffraction 2010 is the sixth biennial Workshop dedicated to theoretical and experimental progress in diffractive hadronic collisions at high energies. The previous events took place at Cetraro (2000), Alushta (2002), Cala Gonone (2004), Milos (2006), La Londe-les-Maures (2008).

Workshop poster (pdf, 126 kb)

First circular (December 16, 2009)  //  Second circular (March 12, 2010)  //  Third circular (June 27, 2010)  // 
Fourth circular (only to registered people, July 31, 2010)  //  Fifth circular (28 August, 2010)  //  Sixth circular (6 September, 2010)

Important dates

July 31, 2010: deadline for abstract submission and reduced-fee payment
August 15, 2010: deadline for registration and hotel reservation
August 31, 2010: deadline for the communication of arrival time/no. flight


General Information

Scientific Information

Post factum


Topics will include

  • Experimental results and prospects
  • Phenomenological approaches
  • Progress in the theory



International Advisory Committee

M. AlbrowFermilab
M. AnselminoTorino
M. ArneodoNovara
J. BartelsHamburg
K. BorrasDESY
S. BrodskySLAC
M. CiafaloniFirenze
A. de RoeckCERN
V.S. FadinNovosibirsk
R. FioreCosenza
K. GoulianosNew York
W. GurynBNL
M. HaguenauerParis
L.L. JenkovszkyKiev
A.B. KaidalovMoscow
B. KopeliovichValparaiso
C. KtoridesAthens
P.V. LandshoffCambridge
E. LevinTel Aviv
A. LevyTel Aviv
L.N. LipatovSt. Petersburg
B. LöhrDESY
L. McLerranBNL
Z.-E. MezianiPhiladelphia
P. NewmanBirmingham
N.N. NikolaevJülich
R. OravaHelsinki
E. PredazziTorino
C. RoyonSaclay
A. SantoroRio de Janeiro
J. SofferPhiladelphia

Organizing Committee

M. CapuaCosenza
V. Del DucaINFN, Frascati (co-chair)
I. IvanovLiège
F. MurgiaCagliari
A. PapaCosenza (co-chair)
E. TassiCosenza



Conference Secretary

R. BertelliINFN, Frascati


Address for correspondence to the organizing committee

DIFFRACTION 2010

c/o Alessandro Papa
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria
Ponte Bucci, cubo 31C
I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza)
Italy

Phone: +39 0984 496015 (or 496018)       Fax: +39 0984 494401
E-mail: diff2010 --at-- cs.infn.it