Measuring the gravity pull from the relativistic protons circulating around the LHC would probe gravity in a new regime [1,2]. However, it is extremely challenging to do. We will discuss a wide range of experimental platforms and their potential for this experiment. It brings together the theorists who proposed the experiment, experimentalists working on a range of platforms, and CERN physicists with knowledge on technical limits imposed by the LHC.
This workshop is tied to DRD5, which explores the potential for probing new (particle) physics with quantum sensors. The DRD5 collaboration meeting takes place in the days after the G-LHC workshop.
[1] D. Braun et al., "The path towards measuring the gravitational field of proton bunches at accelerators", arXiv:2504.10942 https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.10942
[2] F. Spengler et al., "Perspectives on measuring gravitational effects of laser light and particle beams", New J. Phys. 24, 053021 (2022) https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.09209