LHC Working Group on Forward Physics and Diffraction

from Monday 29 September 2025 (09:00) to Thursday 2 October 2025 (18:20)
Madrid

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
29 Sept 2025
30 Sept 2025
1 Oct 2025
2 Oct 2025
AM
10:00 Welcome - Agustin Sabio Vera Karel Cerny (Palacky University (CZ)) Murilo Santana Rangel (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (BR)) Jesse Liu (New York University) Prof. Agustin Sabio Vera Christophe Royon (The University of Kansas (US))  
10:15 TMD extractions from global fits - Alexey Vladimirov Alexey Vladimirov (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)  
10:45 Exploring fragmentation into $T_{4Q}$ tetraquarks: Insights from the TQ4Q1.1 functions - Dr Francesco Giovanni Celiberto (UAH Madrid)  
11:15 --- Coffee break ---
11:45 Energy-Energy correlators in back-to-back scattering - Alejandro Bris Cuerpo (Universidad Complutense Madrid - IPARCOS)  
10:00 Entanglement and entropy production in e-P and P-P collisions - Krzysztof Kutak (Instytut Fizyki Jadrowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk) Krzysztof Marek Kutak (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))  
10:30 From Multiperipheral Models to BFKL Dynamics in Mueller–Navelet Jets - Dario Vaccaro (EPFL)  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Forward proton detectors in HIN runs - Michael Pitt (CERN)  
10:00 ATLAS–TOTEM tension and low-mass diffraction - Rafał Staszewski (IFJ PAN Cracow (PL))  
10:30 CMS-PPS Operation with Rotated Roman Pots - Mario Deile (CERN)  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Hard diffraction and photon exchanges at the LHC - Christophe Royon (The University of Kansas (US))  
10:00 Discussion: yellow report, long term projects  
PM
12:15 Formalism of power corrections with soft modes - IGNAZIO Scimemi (Universidad Complutense madrid) ignazio scimemi (Universidad Complutense Madrid) Ignazio Scimemi (Universidad Complutense (ES)) Ignazio Scimemi (Universidad Complutense (ES))  
12:45 Discussion  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Inelastic production in ultraperipheral collisions - Dr Lucian Alexander Harland-Lang (University College London)  
15:00 Measurements from the ALICE ZDC, in pp, pA and A-A collisions - Chiara Oppedisano (INFN Torino (IT))  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00 UPC results from CMS - Luis Alcerro Alcerro (The University of Kansas (US))  
16:30 Have we seen saturation in UPC data? - Christophe Royon (The University of Kansas (US))  
17:00 The energy dependence of exclusive heavy vector meson photoproduction cross-sections and NLO BFKL evolution - Martin Hentschinski (Universidad de las Americas, Puebla)  
17:30 Discussion  
12:00 Overview of ATLAS forward proton detectors: status, performance and new physics results - Sergio Javier Arbiol Val (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))  
12:30 Discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Extracting the gluon density at the Electron-Ion Collider from F_L measurements - Javier Jiménez-López (University of Alcalá)  
15:00 Leading qt/Q corrections in correction for Drell-Yan process in TMD factorization - Arturo Arroyo Castro (UCM)  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00 Recent results from pO, OO, Ne Ne runs at the LHC - Dr Georgios Krintiras (The University of Kansas (US))  
16:30 CMS ZDC status - Hannah Bossi (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))  
17:00 Performance of AFP/ToF detector in Run 3 - Karel Cerny (Palacky University (CZ))  
17:30 Discussion  
12:00 Hadron Collider Measurements for IACT Background Modeling - Clara Elisabeth Leitgeb (Humboldt University of Berlin (DE))  
12:30 Discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30 PREFACE Update - Suat Ozkorucuklu (Istanbul University (TR)) Suat Ozkorucuklu (Bogazici Univ/ Suleyman Demirel Univ.)  
15:00 Space and time structure of luminosity at a collider with crab cavities - Dr Joachim Baechler (CERN)  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00 Rapidity Gaps with FSC: Legacy and Prospects - Aldo Penzo (University of Iowa (US))  
16:30 Hadron Forward Calorimeters: Timing optimization and consequences - Ilknur Hos (Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (TR)) Caglar Zorbilmez (Istanbul University (TR))  
17:00 Neutrinos in PREFACE - Michael Albrow (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)) Michael Albrow Mike Albrow (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)  
17:30 Discussion  
18:00 Workshop conclusion - Jesse Liu (New York University) Murilo Santana Rangel (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (BR)) Karel Cerny (Palacky University (CZ)) Agustin Sabio Vera (CERN) Agustin Sabio Vera Prof. Agustin Sabio Vera Christophe Royon (The University of Kansas (US))