LHC Working Group on Forward Physics and Diffraction
from
Monday 14 April 2014 (09:00)
to
Friday 18 April 2014 (18:00)
Monday 14 April 2014
09:30
Welcome
-
Christophe Royon
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Gregory Soyez
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Antoni Szczurek
(
Institute of Nuclear Physics
)
Welcome
Christophe Royon
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Gregory Soyez
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Antoni Szczurek
(
Institute of Nuclear Physics
)
09:30 - 09:40
Room: Trento
09:40
TOTEM-CMS consolidation and upgrade project
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Joachim Baechler
(
CERN
)
TOTEM-CMS consolidation and upgrade project
Joachim Baechler
(
CERN
)
09:40 - 10:10
Room: Trento
10:10
Pile up studies
-
Matthias Saimpert
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Pile up studies
Matthias Saimpert
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
10:10 - 10:40
Room: Trento
10:40
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 11:10
Room: Trento
11:10
Performance studies of the Roman Pot timing detectors in the forward region of the IP5 at LHC
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Mirko Berretti
(
CERN
)
Performance studies of the Roman Pot timing detectors in the forward region of the IP5 at LHC
Mirko Berretti
(
CERN
)
11:10 - 11:40
Room: Trento
11:40
Minimum-bias Backgrounds in AFP for Various LHC Optics Settings
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Maciej Marek Trzebinski
(
Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
)
Minimum-bias Backgrounds in AFP for Various LHC Optics Settings
Maciej Marek Trzebinski
(
Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
)
11:40 - 12:10
Room: Trento
12:10
Discussion: special run program
Discussion: special run program
12:10 - 12:40
Room: Trento
12:40
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:40 - 14:00
Room: Trento
14:00
TOTEM results
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Kenneth Osterberg
(
University of Helsinki
)
TOTEM results
Kenneth Osterberg
(
University of Helsinki
)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Trento
14:30
LHCf results and prospects
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Takashi Sako
(
Nagoya University (JP)
)
LHCf results and prospects
Takashi Sako
(
Nagoya University (JP)
)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Trento
15:00
Exclusive production of quarkonia in nucleon-nucleon collisions
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Antoni Szczurek
(
Institute of Nuclear Physics
)
Exclusive production of quarkonia in nucleon-nucleon collisions
Antoni Szczurek
(
Institute of Nuclear Physics
)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Trento
15:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Trento
16:00
Totem contributions for the yellow report
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Kenneth Osterberg
(
University of Helsinki
)
Totem contributions for the yellow report
Kenneth Osterberg
(
University of Helsinki
)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Trento
16:30
Discussion about special runs, low lumi program
Discussion about special runs, low lumi program
16:30 - 18:00
Room: Trento
Tuesday 15 April 2014
09:30
Tests of BFKL evolution at the LHC
-
Christophe Royon
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Tests of BFKL evolution at the LHC
Christophe Royon
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Trento
10:00
Mueller Navelet jets
-
Beatrice Murdaca
Mueller Navelet jets
Beatrice Murdaca
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Trento
10:30
Production of dijets with large rapidity separation
-
Rafal Maciula
(
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN
)
Production of dijets with large rapidity separation
Rafal Maciula
(
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN
)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Trento
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Trento
11:30
Exclusive distributions in the Regge limit
-
Agustin Sabio Vera
Exclusive distributions in the Regge limit
Agustin Sabio Vera
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Trento
12:00
Exclusive jet production at hadron colliders
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Lucian Harland-Lang
(
Durham University
)
Exclusive jet production at hadron colliders
Lucian Harland-Lang
(
Durham University
)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Trento
12:30
Discussion: BFKL signatures
Discussion: BFKL signatures
12:30 - 13:00
Room: Trento
13:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:15
Room: Trento
14:15
AFP status
-
Marco Bruschi
(
Universita e INFN (IT)
)
AFP status
Marco Bruschi
(
Universita e INFN (IT)
)
14:15 - 14:45
Room: Trento
14:45
PPS status
-
Nicolo Cartiglia
(
INFN
)
PPS status
Nicolo Cartiglia
(
INFN
)
14:45 - 15:15
Room: Trento
15:15
CEP at LHCb
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Ronan Mcnulty
(
University College Dublin (IE)
)
CEP at LHCb
Ronan Mcnulty
(
University College Dublin (IE)
)
15:15 - 15:45
Room: Trento
15:45
Soft diffraction
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Tim Martin
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
Soft diffraction
Tim Martin
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
15:45 - 16:15
Room: Trento
16:15
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:15 - 16:45
Room: Trento
16:45
Latest LHCb results on QCD processes in pp and pPb collisions
-
Dmytro Volyanskyy
(
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (DE)
)
Latest LHCb results on QCD processes in pp and pPb collisions
Dmytro Volyanskyy
(
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (DE)
)
16:45 - 17:15
Room: Trento
17:15
Alice ultraperipheral and exclusive results
-
Jesus Guillermo Contreras Nuno
(
Centro Invest. Estudios Avanz. IPN (MX)
)
Alice ultraperipheral and exclusive results
Jesus Guillermo Contreras Nuno
(
Centro Invest. Estudios Avanz. IPN (MX)
)
17:15 - 17:45
Room: Trento
17:45
New results on central exclusive diffractive production of mesons
-
Piotr Lebiedowicz
(
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN
)
New results on central exclusive diffractive production of mesons
Piotr Lebiedowicz
(
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN
)
17:45 - 18:15
Room: Trento
18:15
Discussion: exclusive production
Discussion: exclusive production
18:15 - 18:45
Room: Trento
Wednesday 16 April 2014
09:30
Presentation of ECT*
Presentation of ECT*
09:30 - 09:45
Room: Trento
09:45
Higgsstrahlung at forward rapidities
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Roman Pasechnik
(
Lund University
)
Higgsstrahlung at forward rapidities
Roman Pasechnik
(
Lund University
)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Trento
10:15
Quartic anomslous couplings
-
Matthias Saimpert
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Quartic anomslous couplings
Matthias Saimpert
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
10:15 - 10:45
Room: Trento
10:45
New "small"" processes in the W^+ W^- production
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Marta Luszczak
(
University of Rzeszow
)
New "small"" processes in the W^+ W^- production
Marta Luszczak
(
University of Rzeszow
)
10:45 - 11:15
Room: Trento
11:15
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:15 - 11:40
Room: Trento
11:40
Discussion about high lumi
Discussion about high lumi
11:40 - 12:00
Room: Trento
12:00
Jet Quenching mechanisms: the interplay between theory and experimental data
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Liliana Marisa Cunha Apolinario
(
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES)
)
Jet Quenching mechanisms: the interplay between theory and experimental data
Liliana Marisa Cunha Apolinario
(
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES)
)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Trento
12:30
Yellow report: Monte Carlo
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Lucian Harland-Lang
(
Durham University
)
Paula Collins
(
CERN
)
Yellow report: Monte Carlo
Lucian Harland-Lang
(
Durham University
)
Paula Collins
(
CERN
)
12:30 - 12:45
Room: Trento
12:45
Yellow report: Soft diffraction
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Tim Martin
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
Valentina Avati
(
CERN
)
Yellow report: Soft diffraction
Tim Martin
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
Valentina Avati
(
CERN
)
12:45 - 13:00
Room: Trento
13:00
Yellow report: Inclusive hard diffraction
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Marta Ruspa
(
Universita e INFN (IT)
)
Maciej Marek Trzebinski
(
Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
)
Yellow report: Inclusive hard diffraction
Marta Ruspa
(
Universita e INFN (IT)
)
Maciej Marek Trzebinski
(
Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
)
13:00 - 13:15
Room: Trento
13:15
Lunch break
Lunch break
13:15 - 14:30
Room: Trento
14:30
Colloqium: Composite Weak Bosons and the New Boson at the LHC
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Harald Fritzsch
(
Experimentalphysik
)
Colloqium: Composite Weak Bosons and the New Boson at the LHC
Harald Fritzsch
(
Experimentalphysik
)
14:30 - 15:45
Room: Trento
15:45
Yellow report: central exclusive production
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Oldrich Kepka
(
Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Rep. (CZ)
)
Matthias Saimpert
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Lucian Harland-Lang
(
Durham University
)
Paula Collins
(
CERN
)
Yellow report: central exclusive production
Oldrich Kepka
(
Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Rep. (CZ)
)
Matthias Saimpert
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Lucian Harland-Lang
(
Durham University
)
Paula Collins
(
CERN
)
15:45 - 16:00
Room: Trento
16:00
Yellow report: Forward Physics
-
Jochen Bartels
Hannes Jung
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)
)
Cyrille Marquet
(
CPHT - Ecole Polytechnique
)
Yellow report: Forward Physics
Jochen Bartels
Hannes Jung
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)
)
Cyrille Marquet
(
CPHT - Ecole Polytechnique
)
16:00 - 16:15
Room: Trento
16:15
Yellow report: Cosmic rays
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Tanguy Pierog
(
KIT
)
Yellow report: Cosmic rays
Tanguy Pierog
(
KIT
)
16:15 - 16:30
Room: Trento
16:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Trento
17:00
Yellow report: Heavy ion
-
Daniel Tapia Takaki
(
Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR)
)
Yellow report: Heavy ion
Daniel Tapia Takaki
(
Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR)
)
17:00 - 17:15
Room: Trento
17:15
Yellow report: Detectors
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Joachim Baechler
(
CERN
)
Michael Rijssenbeek
(
State University of New York (US)
)
Yellow report: Detectors
Joachim Baechler
(
CERN
)
Michael Rijssenbeek
(
State University of New York (US)
)
17:15 - 17:30
Room: Trento
17:30
Discussion: LHCC, yellow report
Discussion: LHCC, yellow report
17:30 - 18:00
Room: Trento
Thursday 17 April 2014
09:30
Forward Measurement in p-O at LHC and Cosmic Ray Physics
-
Tanguy Pierog
(
KIT
)
Forward Measurement in p-O at LHC and Cosmic Ray Physics
Tanguy Pierog
(
KIT
)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Trento
10:00
The synergy between astroparticle and collider physics
-
James Pinfold
(
University of Alberta (CA)
)
The synergy between astroparticle and collider physics
James Pinfold
(
University of Alberta (CA)
)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Trento
10:30
Discussion: cosmic rays
Discussion: cosmic rays
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Trento
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Trento
11:30
Hard Diffraction in AFP - Feasibility Studies
-
Maciej Marek Trzebinski
(
Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
)
Hard Diffraction in AFP - Feasibility Studies
Maciej Marek Trzebinski
(
Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Trento
12:00
Forward di-jet production in p+Pb collisions
-
Cyrille Marquet
(
CPHT - Ecole Polytechnique
)
Forward di-jet production in p+Pb collisions
Cyrille Marquet
(
CPHT - Ecole Polytechnique
)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Trento
12:30
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Trento
14:00
Jet veto
-
Gregory Soyez
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Jet veto
Gregory Soyez
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Trento
14:30
Early isotropization of the quark gluon plasma
-
Thomas Epelbaum
(
IPhT
)
Early isotropization of the quark gluon plasma
Thomas Epelbaum
(
IPhT
)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Trento
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Trento
15:30
tba
-
Guilherme Teixeira De Almeida Milhano
(
Instituto Superior Tecnico (PT)
)
tba
Guilherme Teixeira De Almeida Milhano
(
Instituto Superior Tecnico (PT)
)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Trento
16:00
Charge exchange reaction
-
Rainer Schicker
(
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg (DE)
)
Charge exchange reaction
Rainer Schicker
(
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg (DE)
)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Trento
16:30
Prospects of diffractive physics in Alice
-
Gerardo Herrera Corral
(
Centro Invest. Estudios Avanz. IPN (MX)
)
Prospects of diffractive physics in Alice
Gerardo Herrera Corral
(
Centro Invest. Estudios Avanz. IPN (MX)
)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Trento
17:00
Discussion: heavy ions
Discussion: heavy ions
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Trento
Friday 18 April 2014
09:30
Si timing
-
Nicolo Cartiglia
(
INFN
)
Si timing
Nicolo Cartiglia
(
INFN
)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Trento
10:00
SAMPIC
-
Matthias Saimpert
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
SAMPIC
Matthias Saimpert
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Trento
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Trento
11:00
Update on CMS-CASTOR calorimeter during run II: trigger studies
-
Igor Katkov
(
KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
)
Update on CMS-CASTOR calorimeter during run II: trigger studies
Igor Katkov
(
KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Trento
11:30
AFP simulation
-
Mateusz Dyndal
(
AGH University of Science and Technology (PL)
)
AFP simulation
Mateusz Dyndal
(
AGH University of Science and Technology (PL)
)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Trento
12:00
AFP technical overview
-
Antonio Sbrizzi
(
University of Alberta (CA)
)
AFP technical overview
Antonio Sbrizzi
(
University of Alberta (CA)
)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Trento
12:30
Discussion: detectors
Discussion: detectors
12:30 - 13:00
Room: Trento
13:00
lunch
lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Room: Trento