Spin asymmetries in diffractive high-energy reactions

Abstract

The analysis of some effects caused by the spin--dependent pomeron couplings is presented. It is shown that the structure of pomeron--proton and quark--pomeron couplings can be tested in future polarized experiments on elastic $pp$ reactions and diffractive $Q\bar{Q}$ production.

Comments: 9 pages with 6 figures, LaTex, Talk presented at the Adriatico Research Conference "Trends in Collider Spin Physics" (5 - 8 December 1995) ICTP, Miramare Trieste, Italy