Results and prospects of forward physics at the LHC: Implications for the study of diffraction, cosmic ray interactions, and more

from Monday 11 February 2013 (14:00) to Tuesday 12 February 2013 (19:00)
CERN (4/3-006)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
11 Feb 2013
12 Feb 2013
AM
08:55
LHC: prospects and upgrades for forward physics (until 18:30)
09:00 Diffractive dissociation at the LHC - Laszlo Jenkovszky (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)  
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09:25 pp->ppX - Antoni Szczurek (I)  
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09:45 LHCb: Central Exclusive Production, results and prospects - Paula Collins (CERN)  
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10:10 ALICE: Diffraction studies, status and plans - Gerardo Herrera Corral (Centro Invest. Estudios Avanz. IPN (MX))  
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10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 CMS results on soft diffraction - Dr Luiz Martins Mundim Filho (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR))  
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11:30 TOTEM: Diffraction studies, status and plans - Kenneth Osterberg (University of Helsinki)  
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11:55 ALICE: Ultra Peripheral Collision studies - Evgeny Kryshen (B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute - PNPI ()  
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12:15 The ALFA detector and prospects for measurements - Tomas Sykora (Charles University (CZ))  
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12:35 --- Lunch break ---
13:30 The Forward Calorimeter (FOCAL) project: an ALICE upgrade for the forward physics - Thomas Peitzmann (University of Utrecht (NL))  
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13:55 The CMS High Precision Spectrometer - Michael Albrow (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
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14:20 TOTEM upgrade prospects - Joachim Baechler (CERN)  
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14:45 Central Exclusive Higgs production: theory - Jeffrey Forshaw (University of Manchester)  
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15:05 Central Exclusive Higgs production: experimental prospects - Andrew Pilkington (University College London)  
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15:25 The ATLAS AFP detector - Christophe Royon (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)) Marco Bruschi (Universita e INFN (IT))  
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15:50 AFP physics prospects  
17:05 --- Coffee break ---
17:20 Wrap up joint discussion on next steps and possible coordinated activities between Cosmic Ray and LHC communities  
09:00
Cosmic-ray morning session - David Berge (NIKHEF (NL)) (until 14:00) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Curie)
Workshop executive summary (cosmic-ray part)
09:00 Introduction to and goals of the cosmic-ray session - David Berge (NIKHEF (NL))  
09:10 Modelling of air showers - overview - Dr Johannes Knapp (University of Leeds)  
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09:45 Modelling of air showers - theoretical basis of hadronic interaction models - Sergey Ostapchenko (Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU))  
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10:30 --- Coffee / Tea ---
11:00 Connecting collider data with air-shower physics - Dr Tanguy Pierog (KIT)  
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11:30 Glauber model tests, extrapolations, etc - Dr Ralf Matthias Ulrich (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
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12:00 Prospects for light-ion LHC running - Django Manglunki (CERN)  
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12:20 --- Lunch ---
PM
14:00
LHC forward physics and cosmic-ray results - Michelangelo Mangano (CERN) David Berge (NIKHEF (NL)) (until 18:10)
14:00 TOTEM: cross sections and forward multiplicity - Nicola Turini (Sezione di Pisa (IT))  
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14:30 LHCf forward physics results - Itow Yoshitaka  
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15:00 ATLAS results on forward physics - Dr Paul Newman (Birmingham University)  
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15:25 LHCb: Diffractive studies through energy flow and other soft QCD measurements - Florin Maciuc (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Enginee)  
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15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 CMS results on hard diffration - Ada Solano (Universita e INFN (IT))  
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16:45 CMS: forward jet production and energy flow - Igor Katkov (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
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17:10 ALICE: Study of the cosmic multiple muon events: results and perspectives - Bruno Alessandro (Universita e INFN (IT))  
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17:35 Review of relevant cosmic-ray results - Dr Ralph Engel (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)  
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14:00
Cosmic-ray afternoon session - David Berge (NIKHEF (NL)) (until 18:20) (32/1-A24)
Workshop executive summary (cosmic-ray part)
14:00 NA61 experimental results relevant for CR physics, and specific EAS needs - Michael Unger (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
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14:30 Diffuse and prompt neutrinos in IceCube - Anne Schukraft (RWTH Aachen)  
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15:00 Charm production in the atmosphere and relevance for the IceCube results - Rikard Enberg (Uppsala University)  
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15:35 Muon bundles at LEP / LHC / EMMA - James Pinfold (University of Alberta (CA))  
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16:05 Inclusive muon measurements: OPERA muon charge ratio - Nicoletta Mauri (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))  
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16:30 Inclusive measurements of atmospheric muons: connecting air-shower physics to colliders - Anatoli Fedynitch (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
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16:50 --- Coffee break ---
17:20 Reconvene in plenary session with the LHC session in the TH Auditoirum, for final discussion - Discussion   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)