Beecroft Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU
Professor Juan Rojo, Vrije U., Amsterdam
Georges Obied (georges.obied@physics.ox.ac.uk)
Giulio Gambuti (giulio.gambuti@physics.ox.ac.uk)
Abstract
Proton-proton collisions at the LHC produce an immense flux
of high-energy (up to several TeV) neutrinos along the beam (forward)
direction. The breakthrough observation of LHC neutrinos by FASER and
SND@LHC in March 2023, followed by the first neutrino cross-section
measurements at the TeV scale and the first data-driven constraints on
the LHC neutrino fluxes in 2024, open many exciting opportunities in
particle physics. In this talk I present the unprecedented reach of
current (FASER, SND@LHC) and future (FASER2, AdvSND, FLArE) forward LHC
neutrino experiments for studies of SM and BSM physics, focusing on
their impact for QCD and neutrino physics. I demonstrate that these
experiments effectively extend the CERN infrastructure with an
Neutrino-Ion Collider, enabling novel opportunities to pin down hadronic
structure, opening a window to the gluon content of the proton in
regions outside the coverage of any other experiment, and providing the
first laboratory-based validation of cross-sections relevant for
high-energy astroparticle studies. I also discuss the current status of
Monte Carlo event generators for high-energy neutrino DIS. Finally, if
time allows, I will present the physics potential of a FASER-like
detector operating in the context of a 100 TeV proton collider such as
the FCC-hh.