1–4 Oct 2024
Europe/Prague timezone

Searches for QCD instantons with forward proton tagging

3 Oct 2024, 11:00
30m

Speaker

Marek Tasevsky (Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ))

Description

We study the possibility to observe heavy (Minst > 60 GeV) QCD instantons at the LHC in events with one or two tagged leading protons including fast simulation of detector and pile-up effects. We show that the expected instanton signal in a single-tagged configuration is strongly affected by central detector and pile-up effects. For double-tagged approach, where larger integrated luminosities and hence larger pile-up contaminations need to be considered, the combinatorial background overwhelms the expected signal. We suggest that additional time information about tracks at central and forward rapidities would be crucial for potential improvements.

Author

Marek Tasevsky (Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ))

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