2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/172201We discuss how the early LHC data runs can provide crucial tests of the formalism used to predict the cross sections of central exclusive production.7 pages, 6 figures; Based on a talk by A.D. Martin at the CERN - DESY Workshop "HERA and the LHC", 26 - 30 May 2008, CERNHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyChecking formalism for central exclusive production in the first LHC runstext