6 research outputs found
Associated W and Higgs boson photoproduction and other electroweak photon induced processes at the LHC
Experimental prospects for studying at the LHC photon-proton interactions at
center of mass energies up to and above 1 TeV are discussed. Cross sections are
presented for many electroweak and beyond the Standard Model processes.
Selection strategies based on photon interaction tagging techniques are
discussed. Assuming a typical LHC multipurpose detector, the production of
single top associated to a W, and anomalous top signals and their irreducible
backgrounds are presented after applying detector acceptance cuts. The
associated photoproduction of Higgs and W bosons has a typical cross section of
20 fb. The possibility of observing this reaction is investigated for
topologies with signal-to-noise ratio close to unity.
Comment: 8 pages, 8 tables, 6 figures. Summary talk given at the Workshop on
"High-energy photon collisions at the LHC", April 22-25, 2008, CERN,
Switzerland. To appear in the proceeding
Detection of two-photon exclusive production of supersymmetric pairs at the LHC
The detection of pairs of sleptons, charginos and charged higgs bosons
produced via photon-photon fusion at the LHC is studied, assuming a couple of
benchmark points of the MSSM model. Due to low cross sections, it requires
large integrated luminosity, but thanks to the striking signature of these
exclusive processes the backgrounds are low, and are well known. Very forward
proton detectors can be used to measure the photon energies, allowing for
direct determination of masses of the lightest SUSY particle, of selectrons and
smuons with a few GeV resolution. Finally, the detection and mass measurement
of quasi-stable particles predicted by the so-called sweet spot supersymmetry
is discussed.
Comment: 9 pages, 5 tables, 8 figures. Talk given at the Workshop on
"High-energy photon collisions at the LHC", April 22-25, 2008, CERN,
Switzerland. To appear in the proceeding
Single top quark photoproduction at the LHC
High-energy photon-proton interactions at the LHC offer interesting
possibilities for the study of the electroweak sector up to TeV scale and
searches for processes beyond the Standard Model. An analysis of the W
associated single top photoproduction has been performed using the adapted
MadGraph/MadEvent and CalcHEP programs interfaced to the Pythia generator and a
fast detector simulation program. Event selection and suppression of main
backgrounds have been studied. A comparable sensitivity to |V_{tb}| to those
obtained using the standard single top production in pp collisions has been
achieved already for 10 fb^{-1} of integrated luminosity. Photoproduction at
the LHC provides also an attractive framework for observation of the anomalous
production of single top due to Flavour-Changing Neutral Currents. The
sensitivity to anomalous coupling parameters, k_{tu\gamma} and k_{tc\gamma} is
presented and indicates that stronger limits can be placed on anomalous
couplings after 1 fb^{-1}
Tagging photon interactions at the LHC
Photon interactions at the LHC result in striking final states with much
lower hadronic activity in the central detectors than for pp interactions. In
addition, the elastic exchange of a photon leads to a proton scattered at
almost zero-degree angle. Tagging photon interactions relies on either the use
of large rapidity gaps or on the detection of the scattered proton using very
forward detectors. The studies related to such detectors are presented,
including their characterization, their acceptance and reconstruction
performance. Limitations due to the LHC beamline misalignment and possible
solutions are also given.
Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures. Talk given at the Workshop on "High-energy photon
collisions at the LHC", April 22-25, 2008, CERN, Switzerland. To appear in
the proceeding