Photon-induced processes

Nov 3, 2022, 11:00 AM → Nov 4, 2022, 2:00 PM Europe/London

OC218 (IPPP)

Workshop to discuss opportunities for measuring photon-induced processes with the Forward Detectors at the ATLAS experiment.
Theory and experimental discussions.

Location: IPPP Durham, Department of Physics, Durham University, Map, Location 3a for the Ogden Centre West, ICC

Rooms: OCW017 (ICC), OC218 (in IPPP)

Thu, November 3

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Registration

Conveners: Kristin Lohwasser, Marek Schoenherr (IPPP Durham)

12:00 PM → 2:20 PM Overview of photon-induced processes at the LHC

Conveners: Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB)), Marek Schoenherr (IPPP Durham)

12:00 PM Workshop Welcome

Speakers: Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB)), Marek Schoenherr (IPPP Durham)

12:10 PM General experimental overview

AFP setup and current measurements

Speaker: Maciej Trzebinski (IFJ PAN)

Trzebinski_ARP_overview.pdf

12:50 PM Theory overview

Speaker: Lucian Harland-Lang (University College London)

lhl_PI_theory.pdf

1:30 PM Future opportunities: AFP-HL-LHC

Speaker: Jesse Liu (University of Cambridge)

HLLHC-IPPP-3-Nov-2022-JL.pdf

2:00 PM Future options: 420m AFP

Speaker: Andrew Pilkington (University of Manchester)

FP420reloaded-photonfusion-031122.pdf

2:20 PM → 2:50 PM Coffee break

Conveners: Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB)), Marek Schoenherr (IPPP Durham)

2:50 PM → 4:00 PM Generator Infrastructure

2:50 PM Theory modelling in the measurements

Speaker: Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB))

TheoryInputsExp.pdf

3:00 PM Generator Infrastructure: Herwig

Speaker: Peter Richardson (IPPP)

3:15 PM Generator Infrastructure: Sherpa

Speaker: Peter Meinzinger (IPPP)

talk-photoprod.pdf

3:30 PM Generator Infrastructure: Pythia

Speaker: Ilkka Helenius

ATLASphoton_Helenius.pdf

4:15 PM → 6:00 PM ATLAS Breakout: ATLAS Breakout - Internal indico: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1217662/

4:15 PM ATLAS Breakout: Code infrastructure

Speaker: Christos Anastopoulos

4:45 PM ATLAS Breakout: Recent Analysis to join / Person power

5:15 PM ATLAS Breakout: Experimental infrastructure

Fri, November 4

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Details of photo-production measurements

Conveners: Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB)), Marek Schoenherr (IPPP Durham)

9:00 AM AFP dilepton measurement

Speaker: Savannah Clawson

AFPdilepton_SClawson_IPPP_04-11-22.pdf

9:20 AM exclusive WW (without AFP)

Speaker: Philip Sommer

present.pdf

9:40 AM Top processes in photon collisions

Speaker: James Howarth (University of Manchester)

ForwardWorkshop_ForwardPhysicsMC_04_11_22.pdf

10:00 AM Photon induced di-jets and general QCD analysis with AFP

Speaker: Marek Tasevsky

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee break

Conveners: Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB)), Marek Schoenherr (IPPP Durham)

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Discussion

Conveners: Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB)), Marek Schoenherr (IPPP Durham)