1:30 pm MCP 201
Forward Physics at the LHC: Probing SM and BSM Frontiers.
The Large Hadron Collider produces an intense beam of hadrons in the forward direction (η ≳ 7) that has gone largely unstudied. The recently deployed FASER experiment has achieved the first direct observation of neutrinos produced at the LHC. Collider neutrinos provide a unique handle to reconstruct details of proton collisions, serving as sensitive probes of perturbative and non-perturbative QCD in previously unexplored regimes, with applications across collider physics and astroparticle observatories. Moreover, the intense hadron flux offers an efficient means to search for light, very weakly coupled BSM states that would naturally be long-lived. In this talk, I will discuss the wealth of theoretical insight into the SM and potential BSM physics that current and future forward physics experiments can provide.
Event Type
Oct
22