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

from Monday, February 11, 2013 (2:00 PM) to Tuesday, February 12, 2013 (7:00 PM)
CERN (4/3-006)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Feb 11, 2013
Feb 12, 2013
AM
8:55 AM
LHC: prospects and upgrades for forward physics (until 6:30 PM)
9:00 AM Diffractive dissociation at the LHC - Laszlo Jenkovszky (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)  
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9:25 AM pp->ppX - Antoni Szczurek (I)  
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9:45 AM LHCb: Central Exclusive Production, results and prospects - Paula Collins (CERN)  
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10:10 AM ALICE: Diffraction studies, status and plans - Gerardo Herrera Corral (Centro Invest. Estudios Avanz. IPN (MX))  
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10:35 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:05 AM CMS results on soft diffraction - Dr Luiz Martins Mundim Filho (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR))  
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11:30 AM TOTEM: Diffraction studies, status and plans - Kenneth Osterberg (University of Helsinki)  
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11:55 AM ALICE: Ultra Peripheral Collision studies - Evgeny Kryshen (B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute - PNPI ()  
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12:15 PM The ALFA detector and prospects for measurements - Tomas Sykora (Charles University (CZ))  
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12:35 PM --- Lunch break ---
1:30 PM The Forward Calorimeter (FOCAL) project: an ALICE upgrade for the forward physics - Thomas Peitzmann (University of Utrecht (NL))  
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1:55 PM The CMS High Precision Spectrometer - Michael Albrow (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
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2:20 PM TOTEM upgrade prospects - Joachim Baechler (CERN)  
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2:45 PM Central Exclusive Higgs production: theory - Jeffrey Forshaw (University of Manchester)  
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3:05 PM Central Exclusive Higgs production: experimental prospects - Andrew Pilkington (University College London)  
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3:25 PM 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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3:50 PM AFP physics prospects  
5:05 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:20 PM Wrap up joint discussion on next steps and possible coordinated activities between Cosmic Ray and LHC communities  
9:00 AM
Cosmic-ray morning session - David Berge (NIKHEF (NL)) (until 2:00 PM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
Workshop executive summary (cosmic-ray part)
9:00 AM Introduction to and goals of the cosmic-ray session - David Berge (NIKHEF (NL))  
9:10 AM Modelling of air showers - overview - Dr Johannes Knapp (University of Leeds)  
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9:45 AM 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 AM --- Coffee / Tea ---
11:00 AM Connecting collider data with air-shower physics - Dr Tanguy Pierog (KIT)  
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11:30 AM Glauber model tests, extrapolations, etc - Dr Ralf Matthias Ulrich (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
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12:00 PM Prospects for light-ion LHC running - Django Manglunki (CERN)  
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12:20 PM --- Lunch ---
PM
2:00 PM
LHC forward physics and cosmic-ray results - Michelangelo Mangano (CERN) David Berge (NIKHEF (NL)) (until 6:10 PM)
2:00 PM TOTEM: cross sections and forward multiplicity - Nicola Turini (Sezione di Pisa (IT))  
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2:30 PM LHCf forward physics results - Itow Yoshitaka  
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3:00 PM ATLAS results on forward physics - Dr Paul Newman (Birmingham University)  
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3:25 PM 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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3:50 PM --- Coffee break ---
4:20 PM CMS results on hard diffration - Ada Solano (Universita e INFN (IT))  
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4:45 PM CMS: forward jet production and energy flow - Igor Katkov (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
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5:10 PM ALICE: Study of the cosmic multiple muon events: results and perspectives - Bruno Alessandro (Universita e INFN (IT))  
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5:35 PM Review of relevant cosmic-ray results - Dr Ralph Engel (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)  
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2:00 PM
Cosmic-ray afternoon session - David Berge (NIKHEF (NL)) (until 6:20 PM) (32/1-A24)
Workshop executive summary (cosmic-ray part)
2:00 PM NA61 experimental results relevant for CR physics, and specific EAS needs - Michael Unger (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
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2:30 PM Diffuse and prompt neutrinos in IceCube - Anne Schukraft (RWTH Aachen)  
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3:00 PM Charm production in the atmosphere and relevance for the IceCube results - Rikard Enberg (Uppsala University)  
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3:35 PM Muon bundles at LEP / LHC / EMMA - James Pinfold (University of Alberta (CA))  
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4:05 PM Inclusive muon measurements: OPERA muon charge ratio - Nicoletta Mauri (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))  
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4:30 PM Inclusive measurements of atmospheric muons: connecting air-shower physics to colliders - Anatoli Fedynitch (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
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4:50 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:20 PM Reconvene in plenary session with the LHC session in the TH Auditoirum, for final discussion - Discussion   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)