Forward detectors around the CMS interaction point at LHC and their physics potential

TL;DR

This paper discusses the instrumentation and physics potential of forward detectors around the CMS interaction point at the LHC, covering topics from low-x QCD to Higgs discovery, through feasibility studies.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the forward detector setup at CMS and explores their capabilities in various physics analyses, including feasibility assessments.

Findings

Feasibility studies demonstrate potential for new physics discoveries.

Forward detectors can probe low-x QCD and diffraction phenomena.

Potential for MSSM Higgs discovery in central exclusive production.

Abstract

Forward physics with CMS at the LHC covers a wide range of physics subjects, including very low-x QCD, underlying event and multiple interactions characteristics, gamma-mediated processes, shower development at the energy scale of primary cosmic ray interactions with the atmosphere, diffraction in the presence of a hard scale and even MSSM Higgs discovery in central exclusive production. We describe the forward detector instrumentation around the CMS interaction point and present selected feasibility studies to illustrate their physics potential.