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Physics with forward proton detectors at the LHC

Vlasios Petousis

IEAP CTU in Prague

Abstract: The ATLAS Forward Proton (AFP) detector and CMS-TOTEM Proton Precision Spectrometer (CT-PPS) extend the physics research of ATLAS and CMS detectors, respectively, by enabling the identification of protons that emerge intact from the LHC proton-proton collisions at very low angles. Such processes are typically associated with elastic and diffractive scattering, combing also perturbative and non-perturbative QCD processes. The elastic and in particular the exclusive process are interesting because any deviation from the expected cross section, may be an indication of new physics. An exiting possibility is the existence of an axion-like particle (ALP) coming from anomalous Light-by-Light scattering. This process can be probed at the LHC in central exclusive production of photons and tagged protons using the forward proton detectors.

Seminar takes place on Tuesday, November 27th 2018 at 2:00 PM
in the IEAP meeting room, Praha 2 ‐ Albertov, Horská 3a/22.

doc. Dr. André Sopczak
seminar organizer
doc. Ing. Ivan Štekl, CSc.
director of IEAP
doc. Dr. André Sopczak
IEEE CS - NPSS chair

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