Name: LHC Working Group on Forward Physics and Diffraction
Start: 2015-10-27T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2015-10-28T18:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

LHC Working Group on Forward Physics and Diffraction

from Tuesday, 27 October 2015 (10:00) to Wednesday, 28 October 2015 (18:00)

Monday, 26 October 2015
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
10:00 News - Nicolo Cartiglia (INFN) Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
News
- Nicolo Cartiglia (INFN)
- Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
10:00 - 10:15
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
10:15 RPs insertion at high lumi - Mario Deile (CERN)
RPs insertion at high lumi
- Mario Deile (CERN)
10:15 - 10:45
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
10:45 Discussion about acceptance limitation (TCL4/TCL5) and RP tests - Mario Deile (CERN) Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
Discussion about acceptance limitation (TCL4/TCL5) and RP tests
- Mario Deile (CERN)
- Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
10:45 - 11:10
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
11:10 Combined CMS TOTEM runs at beta*=90m - Valentina Avati (AGH University of Science and Technology (PL))
Combined CMS TOTEM runs at beta*=90m
- Valentina Avati (AGH University of Science and Technology (PL))
11:10 - 11:40
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
11:40 Operation/performance of the first beta*=90m run (ALFA) - Karlheinz Hiller (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Campus Zeuthen (DE))
Operation/performance of the first beta*=90m run (ALFA)
- Karlheinz Hiller (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Campus Zeuthen (DE))
11:40 - 12:10
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
12:10 Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 13:30
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
13:30 First results from newly installed Forward Shower Counters in LHCb - Paolo Gandini (University of Oxford (GB))
First results from newly installed Forward Shower Counters in LHCb
- Paolo Gandini (University of Oxford (GB))
13:30 - 14:00
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
14:00 Forward physics options at the FCC - Helmut Burkhardt (CERN)
Forward physics options at the FCC
- Helmut Burkhardt (CERN)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
14:30 Discussion
Discussion
14:30 - 15:10
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium

15:10 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:10 - 15:40
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
15:40 SAS@LHC: A multi-particle forward spectrometer for xF = 0.1 - 0.8 particles - Michael Albrow (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
SAS@LHC: A multi-particle forward spectrometer for xF = 0.1 - 0.8 particles
- Michael Albrow (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
15:40 - 16:10
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
16:10 AFP Test Beam results and the AFP Tracker - Joern Lange (IFAE Barcelona)
AFP Test Beam results and the AFP Tracker
- Joern Lange (IFAE Barcelona)
16:10 - 16:40
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
16:40 latest results of the Diamond detectors with the timing electronics - Mirko Berretti (CERN)
latest results of the Diamond detectors with the timing electronics
- Mirko Berretti (CERN)
16:40 - 17:10
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
09:00 Latest results from TOTEM - Kenneth Osterberg (University of Helsinki)
Latest results from TOTEM
- Kenneth Osterberg (University of Helsinki)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
09:30 Physics plans with AFP0+2 and AFP2+2 in Run 2 - Rafał Staszewski (IFJ PAN Cracow (PL))
Physics plans with AFP0+2 and AFP2+2 in Run 2
- Rafał Staszewski (IFJ PAN Cracow (PL))
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
10:00 Negative baryon/antibaryon asymmetry for heavy flavor baryons in central region and diquark fragmentation - Olga Piskunova (Russian Academy of Sciences (RU))
Negative baryon/antibaryon asymmetry for heavy flavor baryons in central region and diquark fragmentation
- Olga Piskunova (Russian Academy of Sciences (RU))
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
10:30 Measurement of the inelastic cross section at 13 TeV (ATLAS) - Bradley Dean Axen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
Measurement of the inelastic cross section at 13 TeV (ATLAS)
- Bradley Dean Axen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
10:30 - 11:00
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
11:30 Superchic 2 - Lucian Harland-Lang (University College London)
Superchic 2
- Lucian Harland-Lang (University College London)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
12:00 MN jets - 3 jet measurements - Grigorios Chachamis (Universidad de Valencia (ES))
MN jets - 3 jet measurements
- Grigorios Chachamis (Universidad de Valencia (ES))
12:00 - 12:30
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
12:30 Discussion
Discussion
12:30 - 12:55
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr

12:55 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:55 - 14:00
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
14:00 Trigger, DAQ, and DCS for AFP - Krzysztof Marian Korcyl (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
Trigger, DAQ, and DCS for AFP
- Krzysztof Marian Korcyl (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
14:30 CT-PPS status report - Michele Gallinaro (LIP Lisbon)
CT-PPS status report
- Michele Gallinaro (LIP Lisbon)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
15:00 Status of AFP construction and plans for installation - Petr Sicho (Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Rep. (CZ))
Status of AFP construction and plans for installation
- Petr Sicho (Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Rep. (CZ))
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
15:30 Timing detectors with Si - Nicolo Cartiglia (INFN)
Timing detectors with Si
- Nicolo Cartiglia (INFN)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac