Photon-induced processes

3 Nov 2022, 11:00 → 4 Nov 2022, 14:00 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)

Thursday 3 November

Registration

Conveners: Kristin Lohwasser, Marek Schoenherr (IPPP Durham)

Overview of photon-induced processes at the LHC

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

1 Workshop Welcome

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

2 General experimental overview

AFP setup and current measurements

Speaker: Maciej Trzebinski (IFJ PAN)

Trzebinski_ARP_overview.pdf

3 Theory overview

Speaker: Lucian Harland-Lang (University College London)

lhl_PI_theory.pdf

4 Future opportunities: AFP-HL-LHC

Speaker: Jesse Liu (University of Cambridge)

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

5 Future options: 420m AFP

Speaker: Andrew Pilkington (University of Manchester)

FP420reloaded-photonfusion-031122.pdf

Coffee break

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

Generator Infrastructure

6 Theory modelling in the measurements

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

TheoryInputsExp.pdf

7 Generator Infrastructure: Herwig

Speaker: Peter Richardson (IPPP)

8 Generator Infrastructure: Sherpa

Speaker: Peter Meinzinger (IPPP)

talk-photoprod.pdf

9 Generator Infrastructure: Pythia

Speaker: Ilkka Helenius

ATLASphoton_Helenius.pdf

ATLAS Breakout: ATLAS Breakout - Internal indico: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1217662/

10 ATLAS Breakout: Code infrastructure

Speaker: Christos Anastopoulos

11 ATLAS Breakout: Recent Analysis to join / Person power

12 ATLAS Breakout: Experimental infrastructure

Friday 4 November

Details of photo-production measurements

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

13 AFP dilepton measurement

Speaker: Savannah Clawson

AFPdilepton_SClawson_IPPP_04-11-22.pdf

14 exclusive WW (without AFP)

Speaker: Philip Sommer

present.pdf

15 Top processes in photon collisions

Speaker: James Howarth (University of Manchester)

ForwardWorkshop_ForwardPhysicsMC_04_11_22.pdf

16 Photon induced di-jets and general QCD analysis with AFP

Speaker: Marek Tasevsky

Coffee break

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

Discussion

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