The forward physics facility: sites, experiments, and physics potential

LA Anchordoqui, A Ariga, T Ariga, W Bai, K Balazs… - Physics reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Forward Physics Facility (FPF) is a proposal to create a cavern with the space
and infrastructure to support a suite of far-forward experiments at the Large Hadron Collider …

Long-lived particles at the energy frontier: the MATHUSLA physics case

D Curtin, M Drewes, M McCullough… - Reports on progress …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We examine the theoretical motivations for long-lived particle (LLP) signals at the LHC in a
comprehensive survey of standard model (SM) extensions. LLPs are a common prediction of …

[HTML][HTML] The forward physics facility at the high-luminosity LHC

JL Feng, F Kling, MH Reno, J Rojo… - Journal of Physics G …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
High energy collisions at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce a large
number of particles along the beam collision axis, outside of the acceptance of existing LHC …

Ultra high energy cosmic rays The intersection of the Cosmic and Energy Frontiers

A Coleman, J Eser, E Mayotte, F Sarazin… - Astroparticle …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present white paper is submitted as part of the “Snowmass” process to help inform the
long-term plans of the United States Department of Energy and the National Science …

Hadronic interaction model sibyll 2.3d and extensive air showers

F Riehn, R Engel, A Fedynitch, TK Gaisser, T Stanev - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
We present a new version of the hadron interaction event generator sibyll. While the core
ideas of the model have been preserved, the new version handles the production of baryon …

The Muon Puzzle in cosmic-ray induced air showers and its connection to the Large Hadron Collider

J Albrecht, L Cazon, H Dembinski, A Fedynitch… - Astrophysics and Space …, 2022 - Springer
High-energy cosmic rays are observed indirectly by detecting the extensive air showers
initiated in Earth's atmosphere. The interpretation of these observations relies on accurate …

Open questions in cosmic-ray research at ultrahigh energies

R Alves Batista, J Biteau, M Bustamante… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We review open questions and prospects for progress in ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray
(UHECR) research, based on a series of discussions that took place during the “The High …

Measurement of the fluctuations in the number of muons in extensive air showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, JM Albury, I Allekotte… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We present the first measurement of the fluctuations in the number of muons in extensive air
showers produced by ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. We find that the measured fluctuations …

Multi-messenger astrophysics

P Mészáros, DB Fox, C Hanna, K Murase - Nature Reviews Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Multi-messenger astrophysics, a long-anticipated extension to traditional multiwavelength
astronomy, has emerged over the past decade as a distinct discipline providing unique and …

Inferences on mass composition and tests of hadronic interactions from 0.3 to 100 EeV using the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, I Al Samarai… - Physical Review D, 2017 - APS
We present a new method for probing the hadronic interaction models at ultrahigh energy
and extracting details about mass composition. This is done using the time profiles of the …