Prospects for new physics searches at the LHC in the forward proton mode

Abstract

The installation of forward proton detectors at the LHC will provide the possibility to observe central exclusive processes, opening a novel window on physics beyond the Standard Model. We review recent developments on the discovery potential from central exclusive light-by-light scattering. The search for this process is expected to provide bounds on a wide range of particles, and turns out to be complementary from new physics searches in inclusive channels.

Comments: 7 pages, 5 figures, Invited talk at EDS Blois 2015: The 16th conference on Elastic and Diffractive Scattering. This manuscript draws heavily from arXiv:1503.05219