Photon Physics at LHC
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چکیده
Experimental prospects for studying high-energy photon-photon and photon-proton interactions at the lhc are discussed. Assuming a typical lhc multipurpose detector, various signals and their irreducible backgrounds are presented after applying acceptance cuts. Selection strategies based on photon interaction tagging techniques are presented. Prospects are discussed for the Higgs boson search, detection of susy particles and of anomalous quartic gauge couplings, as well as for the top quark physics.
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