Forward Physics at the LHC December 2007

Program

 

Sunday 9th

Chair : Valery Khoze

9.00 am : Brian Cox : Welcome and Introduction

9.10 am : Brian Cox : FP420 Design report : Thoery and Phenomenology

9.30 am : Marek Tasevsky : Central Exclusive Production of MSSM Higgs bosons

10.00 am : Andy Pilkington : Simulated measurement of 120 GeV H -> bb

10.25 am : Vojtech Juranek : H -> bb

10.50 am : Discussion

11.00 am : Coffee

Chair : James Stirling

11.30 am : Jack Gunion : Central exclusiive production in the NMSSM

12.00 pm : Jeff Forshaw: Simulated measurement of H -> 4 tau in NMSSM

12.15 pm : John Ellis : Search for the graviton at the LHC

1.00 pm : Lunch

Chair : Nigel Glover

2.00 pm : Paul Newman : LHeC

2.40pm : Alan Martin : Diffraction at the LHC

3.15 pm : Krzysztof Piotrzkowski : Photon - photon physics with FP420

3.45 pm : Discussion

4.00 pm : AfternoonTea

Chair : Andy Pilkington

4.20 pm : Valery Khoze : Early LHC measurements aimed at reducing uncertainties in CEP calculations

4.50 pm : Dino Goulianos : CDF results on exlcusive di-jets and diffractive structure functions

5.15 pm : Mike Albrow : CDF results on exlclusive di-photon and di-lepton production

6.05 pm : Alan White : The LHC Pomeron - will it end the "Crisis in Fundamental Physics'' ?

7.00 pm : End

7.30 pm : Dinner

Monday 10th

9.00 am : Keith Potter : FP420 Design report : 420m cryostat

9.30 am : Krzysztof Piotrzkowski : FP420 Design report : Hamburg pipe

10.00 am : Federico Roncarolo : FP420 Design report : RF impact of FP420 on beam

10.30 am : Peter Bussey: FP420 Design report : Optics, acceptance and mass resolution

11.00 am : Coffee

11.30 am :

12.00 pm : Mike Albrow : FP420 Design report : Alignment using dileptons and other physics signatures

12.30 pm : Dino Goulianos : Alignment and callibartion of CDF Roman Pot system and FP420

1.00 pm : Lunch

2.00 pm : Marta Ruspa : FP420 Design report : Backgrounds and GEANT simulation at 420m

2.30 pm : Sasha Zhokin (VRVS) :

3.00 pm : Jonathon Hollar : Gamma - gamma and gamma - P to di-leptons at CMS

3.30 pm : Afternoon Tea

4.00 pm : Uri Maor : Tel Aviv calculation of soft survival

4.40 pm : Jim Pinfold : FP420 Design report : Fast timing detectors

5.10pm : Cinzia DaVia : FP420 Design report : Silicon detector stations

5.40 pm :

6.10 pm End

7.30 pm Conference dinner at the Yang Sing

Tuedsay 11th

9.30 am : Henning Larsen : Power supply infrastructure

10.00 am : Ray Thompson : Silicon detector mechanical design

10.30 am : Scott Kolya : Detector electronics

11.00 am : Coffee

11.30 am : Berend Winter : Detector enclosure and thermal issues

12.00 am : Jo Pater : Beam position monitors

12.30 am : Detlef Swoboda : FP420 services and installation

1.00 pm : Lunch

2.00 pm : DIscussion session available until 4pm if needed