Central exclusive particle production at high energy hadron colliders

We review the subject of central exclusive particle production at high energy hadron colliders In particular we consider reactions of the type A + B -> A + X + B where X is a fully specified system of particles that is well separated in rapidity from the outgoing beam particles We focus on the case where the colliding particles are strongly interacting and mainly they will be protons (or antiprotons) as at the ISR, Sp (p) over barS Tevatron and LHC The data are surveyed and placed within the context of theoretical developments (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved