"Tagging photoproduction at the LHC"

by Mr Jérôme de Favereau

Wednesday 21 Mar 2007, 08:00 → 18:00 Europe/Brussels

Cycl 06

Photon-induced processes allow many studies complementary to the proton-proton physics program at the LHC. Potential of such studies is greatly improved by the use of detectors placed close to the beamline, far from the interaction point, to detect forward scattered protons. Using proper simulation of the proton path along the beamline, the acceptance of such forward detectors and the resolution of exchanged photon energy and angle can be estimated. Results of such simulations will be presented, including effects of the magnet misalignements. Finally, as an example of interesting physics process to be studied in first phase of the LHC running, the diffractive photoproduction of upsilon mesons will be discussed. This talk is a rehearsal for low-x workshop at Fermilab.