Speaker
Maciej Trzebinski
(IFJ PAN)
Description
In 2017, ATLAS has been equipped with a new, dedicated detector system
allowing measurements of forward protons scattered at small angles in
diffractive and electromagnetic processes. These ATLAS Forward Proton
detectors (AFP) can operate during standard high-luminosity LHC runs
and collect large amounts of integrated luminosity. This gives a
possibility to study rare interactions, in particular, the two-photon processes.
The physics programme includes measurements of photon-photon interactions
present in the Standard Model, as well as using searches for new physics.
During the talk, the AFP detectors and their performance during 2017
and 2018 operations will be presented. Physics goals and first results
will be discussed.
