Physics with forward protons at the LHC

by Dr. Michael Pitt

BGU

at Particles and Fields Seminar

Mon, 07 Nov 2022, 14:00
Sacta-Rashi Building for Physics (54), room 207

Abstract

Many fundamental questions in physics targeted by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN remain unresolved despite the discovery of the Higgs boson. During LHC Run 2, ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC installed a new set of very-forward near-beam detectors at about 200m from the interaction point. The new detectors grant access to physical processes with forward protons, so far unexplored (such as diffractive interactions or processes produced via the fusion of two photons). The forward detectors will continue to operate during LHC Run 3 and will be removed before the HL-LHC phase since the entire accelerator section will be restructured. During the seminar, I will present results obtained using the LHC Run 2 data and discuss new research opportunities with the LHC Run 3 data. I will also discuss physics perspectives with tagged protons beyond 2030 (HL-LHC and EIC).

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