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Forward Physics Facility |
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| Experiments | Physics Beyond Standard Model | QCD | Neutrino Physics | Astroparticle Physics | Timeline and Cost |
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The Forward Physics Facility (FPF) is a proposal to
build a new underground cavern at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to
host a suite of far-forward experiments during the High-Luminosity
LHC era. The existing large LHC detectors have holes along the beam
line, and so miss the physics opportunities provided by the enormous
flux of particles produced in the far-forward direction. The FPF
will realize this physics potential. A preferred site for the FPF is
along the beam collision axis, 617-682 m west of the ATLAS
interaction point (IP). This location is shielded from the ATLAS IP
by over 200 m of concrete and rock, providing an ideal location to
search for rare processes and very weakly-interacting particles.
FPF experiments will detect roughly one million neutrino interactions at the highest human-made energies ever recorded, expand our understanding of proton and nuclear structure and the strong interactions to new regimes, and carry out world-leading searches for a wide range of new phenomena, enhancing the LHC's physics program through to its conclusion in 2040. Listent to Luis Anchordoqui's talk @ ISVHECI 2022 going over the motivations for FPF's experiments: Part I: New Physics Searches and Part II: Astroparticle Physics |
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