The forward proton detectors recently installed and operating at the LHC open
the possibility to observe photon collisions with high precision, providing a
novel window on physics beyond the Standard Model. We review recent simulations
and theoretical developments about the measurement of anomalous
γγγγ and Zγγγ
interactions. The searches for these anomalous gauge interactions are expected
to set bounds on a wide range of particles including generic electroweak
particles, neutral particles with dimension-5 coupling to gauge bosons,
polarizable dark particles, and are typically complementary from new physics
searches in other channels.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, invited talk at PHOTON 2017, draws from
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