Neutrino Physics at the LHC: Status and Prospects

TL;DR

The paper reviews the emergence of collider neutrino physics at the LHC, highlighting recent observations, detector developments, and future prospects for advancing neutrino and astroparticle physics.

Contribution

It introduces the first observations of neutrinos at the LHC and discusses new detector proposals and their potential for future discoveries.

Findings

First neutrino observations at the LHC by FASER and SND@LHC

Overview of existing and proposed neutrino detectors at the LHC

Potential for new physics and insights into neutrino interactions

Abstract

The LHC is not only the most powerful collider built to date but also the source of an intense beam of the most energetic neutrinos ever produced by humankind. After nearly 15 years of LHC operation, these neutrinos have been observed for the first time by the FASER and SND@LHC experiments. This breakthrough marks the dawn of a new field: collider neutrino physics. Further neutrino measurements at the LHC will offer novel opportunities to advance neutrino physics, constrain the strong interaction in uncharted kinematic regimes, provide critical input for addressing outstanding questions in astroparticle physics, and search for phenomena predicted by scenarios of physics beyond the Standard Model. This proceeding reviews the existing and proposed neutrino detectors, presents their first results, and summarizes their physics potential.