Speaker
Valeri Khoze
(IPPP, University of Durham)
Description
I discuss the possibilities for using the LHC as a photon colliding
machine. The photon parton
density is quite precisely known and I consider the
implications for the LHC phenomenology. In addition, the colour singlet
nature of the photon means that it can readily lead to exclusive or
semi-exclusive events, with limited or no extra particle production in
the final state. I will show how such exclusive processes, in particular
in combination with proton tagging measurements, provide a well
understood environment in which to test the Standard Model and search
for the BSM physics. I shall focus on a few topical examples.
Primary author
Valeri Khoze
(IPPP, University of Durham)
