Experimental Particle and Astro-Particle Physics Seminar

Monday 23 Sept 2024, 14:00 → 16:00 Europe/Zurich

Stefanos Leontsinis (University of Zurich (CH))

Abstract: 

FASER is a small experiment at the LHC designed to search for new, light and extremely weakly-interacting particles at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), as well as measure the interactions of Standard Model neutrinos. The experiment targets new physics produced in the very forward direction in LHC's high energy proton-proton collisions, and that subsequently decay to visible particles inside the FASER detector. The detector lies in wait 480 m downstream of the ATLAS interaction point, aligned with the beam collisions axis. FASER has been collecting data at the LHC since 2022, setting limits on long-lived particles such as Dark Photons and making first measurements of collider neutrino interactions. It has and will undergo several upgrades for improved physics sensitivity during Run 3, including a new monolithic pixel preshower subdetector to be installed next year.

During the seminar, I will present the latest physics results from the FASER experiment, as well as upgrades for Run 3 and beyond.

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1 FASER: A small LHC experiment in search for new physics in far corners

Speaker: Claire Antel (Universite de Geneve (CH))

FASER_seminar_UZH_Sept2024.pdf