Looking forward to forward physics at the CERN's LHC
Abstract
For decades, new physics searches in collider experiments have focused on the high- region. However, it has recently become evident that the LHC physics potential has not been fully exploited. To be specific, forward collisions, which produce particles along the beamline with enormous rates, have been almost completely ignored. For all practical purposes, these collisions are a treasure trove of physics, containing the highest-energy neutrinos ever produced by humans, as well as possible evidence for dark matter, light and weakly-coupled particles, and new forces. In the upcoming LHC Run 3 the ForwArd Search ExpeRiment (FASER) and its cousin FASER will extend the LHC's physics potential. A continuation of this forward physics program for the HL-LHC aims at the Forward Physics Facility (FPF), with larger scale experiments. In this report, I give an overview of the physics motivations for FASER, FASER, and the FPF experiments, including both Standard Model and beyond Standard Model physics.
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@article{arxiv.2205.12413,
title = {Looking forward to forward physics at the CERN's LHC},
author = {Luis A. Anchordoqui},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.12413},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
Talk given at the 21st International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2022), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India. For a comprehensive discussion of the FPF experiments see arXiv:2109.10905 and arXiv:2203.05090. Submission to SciPost Phys. Proc