Name: LHC Working Group on Forward Physics and Diffraction
Start: 2016-03-15T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2016-03-16T18:20:00+01:00
Location: CERN

LHC Working Group on Forward Physics and Diffraction

from Tuesday 15 March 2016 (09:30) to Wednesday 16 March 2016 (18:20)

Monday 14 March 2016
Tuesday 15 March 2016
09:30 News - Nicolo Cartiglia (INFN) Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
News
- Nicolo Cartiglia (INFN)
- Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
09:30 - 09:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
09:45 CT-PPS status - Joao Varela (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
CT-PPS status
- Joao Varela (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:15 AFP detector and commissioning - Maciej Marek Trzebinski (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
AFP detector and commissioning
- Maciej Marek Trzebinski (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
10:15 - 10:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:45 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:15 TOTEM physics results - Jan Kaspar (CERN)
TOTEM physics results
- Jan Kaspar (CERN)
11:15 - 11:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:40 ALFA operation and prospects - Patrick Fassnacht (CERN)
ALFA operation and prospects
- Patrick Fassnacht (CERN)
11:40 - 12:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:05 BFKL resummation effects using the BFKLex MC - Grigorios Chachamis (Universidad de Valencia (ES))
BFKL resummation effects using the BFKLex MC
- Grigorios Chachamis (Universidad de Valencia (ES))
12:05 - 12:35
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:35 Confirming RHIC saturation signals at the LHC - Cyrille Marquet (CPHT - Ecole Polytechnique)
Confirming RHIC saturation signals at the LHC
- Cyrille Marquet (CPHT - Ecole Polytechnique)
12:35 - 12:55
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:55 Discussion - Forward jets, CASTOR, T2
Discussion - Forward jets, CASTOR, T2
12:55 - 13:10
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room

13:10 Lunch break, discussions
Lunch break, discussions
13:10 - 15:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:30 The FCC project - Helmut Burkhardt (CERN)
The FCC project
- Helmut Burkhardt (CERN)
15:30 - 15:55
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:55 The FCC Forward Physics WG, discussion - Lucian Harland-Lang (University College London) Antonio Vilela Pereira (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR))
The FCC Forward Physics WG, discussion
- Lucian Harland-Lang (University College London)
- Antonio Vilela Pereira (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR))
15:55 - 16:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:00 Photon induced processes and the observation of a possible resonance in CT-PPS - Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
Photon induced processes and the observation of a possible resonance in CT-PPS
- Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
17:00 - 17:25
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:25 Scattering light by light at 750 GeV at the LHC - Gero Freiherr Von Gersdorff
Scattering light by light at 750 GeV at the LHC
- Gero Freiherr Von Gersdorff
17:25 - 17:50
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:50 New results on photon-photon mechanism and the 750 GeV resonance - Valery Khoze
New results on photon-photon mechanism and the 750 GeV resonance
- Valery Khoze
17:50 - 18:15
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Wednesday 16 March 2016
09:30 Simulation of a possible resonance at 750 GeV in CT-PPS - Jonathan Jason Hollar (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
Simulation of a possible resonance at 750 GeV in CT-PPS
- Jonathan Jason Hollar (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
09:30 - 09:50
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
09:50 Physics with AFP0+2, AFP2+2 - Rafał Staszewski (IFJ PAN Cracow (PL))
Physics with AFP0+2, AFP2+2
- Rafał Staszewski (IFJ PAN Cracow (PL))
09:50 - 10:20
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:20 Discussion about forward proton detectors in 2016 running and the potential 750 GeV resonance
Discussion about forward proton detectors in 2016 running and the potential 750 GeV resonance
10:20 - 10:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room

10:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 11:10
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:10 Status of forward shower counters and plans for physics in LHCb - Paula Collins (CERN)
Status of forward shower counters and plans for physics in LHCb
- Paula Collins (CERN)
11:10 - 11:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:40 AFP infrastructure and installation - Petr Sicho (Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Rep. (CZ))
AFP infrastructure and installation
- Petr Sicho (Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Rep. (CZ))
11:40 - 12:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:05 DCS and TDAQ for AFP - Elzbieta Banas (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
DCS and TDAQ for AFP
- Elzbieta Banas (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
12:05 - 12:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30 Roman pot status, pot insertion... (TOTEM/CMS) - Mario Deile (CERN)
Roman pot status, pot insertion... (TOTEM/CMS)
- Mario Deile (CERN)
12:30 - 12:55
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:55 Average transverse momenta of baryon production at p-p collider experiments and their crucial implications for the HE hadron physics - Olda Piskounova
Average transverse momenta of baryon production at p-p collider experiments and their crucial implications for the HE hadron physics
- Olda Piskounova
12:55 - 13:15
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
13:15 Lunch break and discussions
Lunch break and discussions
13:15 - 15:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:30 Diamond timing detectors for TOTEM and CT-PPS - Mirko Berretti (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))
Diamond timing detectors for TOTEM and CT-PPS
- Mirko Berretti (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))
15:30 - 16:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:00 Test Beam results for AFP ToF - Tomas Sykora (Charles University (CZ))
Test Beam results for AFP ToF
- Tomas Sykora (Charles University (CZ))
16:00 - 16:25
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:25 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:25 - 16:55
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:55 AFP tracker production and testing - Ivan Lopez Paz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES))
AFP tracker production and testing
- Ivan Lopez Paz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES))
16:55 - 17:20
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:20 Test Beam results for Tracking - Joern Lange (IFAE Barcelona)
Test Beam results for Tracking
- Joern Lange (IFAE Barcelona)
17:20 - 17:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:45 Conclusions, future meetings - Nicolo Cartiglia (INFN) Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
Conclusions, future meetings
- Nicolo Cartiglia (INFN)
- Christophe Royon (University of Kansas (US))
17:45 - 17:55
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room

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