Soft QCD Results from CDF

Abstract

We review the latest underlying event and minimum bias results and discuss the associated problematics with the idea of establishing a solid baseline for the LHC experiments. These measurements include study of the underlying event in Drell-Yan and dijet events, and inclusive differential (in $p_T$) cross sections of centrally ($\mid\eta\mid <$1) produced lambdas, cascades and omegas. We also present recent results on diffraction obtained by the CDF collaboration. Single-diffractive W and Z production is discussed. The first experimental observation of exclusive dijets, exclusive $\chi_{c0}$ mesons, and a search for exclusive diphotons are discussed. We also present results from a study of central rapidity gap production in soft and hard diffractive events.