Anomalous light-by-light scattering at the LHC: recent developments and future perspectives

Abstract

The installation of forward proton detectors at the LHC will provide the possibility to perform new high-precision measurements, opening a novel window on physics beyond the Standard Model. We review recent simulations and theoretical developments about the measurement of anomalous light-by-light scattering. The search for this process is expected to provide bounds on a wide range of new particles. Future perspectives for precision QED at the LHC are also briefly discussed.

Comments: Proceedings for the Summer School and Workshop on High Energy Physics at the LHC: New trends in HEP, October 21- November 6 2014, Natal, Brazil. v2: References added, minor corrections