Implications of HERA measurements for LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores how recent HERA measurements of structure functions and diffraction inform and impact the physics research and experimental strategies at the LHC.

Contribution

It provides a theoretical analysis of HERA results and discusses their implications for LHC physics, highlighting recent developments.

Findings

Enhanced understanding of proton structure functions

Insights into diffraction processes at high energies

Implications for LHC experimental approaches

Abstract

I discuss the theoretical understanding of key measurements at HERA and their relevance for physics at LHC, focusing on recent developments for structure functions and for diffraction.