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[[Category:Proton-proton collision process]]
[[Category:Hadron collision process]]
'''Central exclusive production''' is any process of the form
:<math>\text{p}\text{p} \to \text{p} + \text{X} + \text{p}\;,</math>
where <math>\text{X}</math> is any [[system]] in the [[rapidity gap]] between the two [[Final state|final-state]] [[Proton|protons]], hence called ''[[central]]''. The production of <math>\text{X}</math> is ''[[exclusive]]'', because the hadronic final state is fully specified: the scattering protons remain intact and there are no [[beam remnants]] due to breaking-up protons.

In [[Hadron collision|hadron collisions]] other than proton-proton, the incoming and outgoing particles are replaced accordingly.