Neutrino Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider

Abstract

The proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce an intense, high-energy beam of neutrinos of all flavors, collimated in the forward direction. Recently two dedicated neutrino experiments, FASER and SND@LHC, have started operating to take advantage of the TeV energy LHC neutrino beam, with first results released in 2023 and further results released in 2024. The first detection of neutrinos produced at a particle collider opens up a new avenue of research, allowing to study the highest energy neutrinos produced in a controlled laboratory environment, with an associated broad and rich physics program. Neutrino measurements at the LHC will provide important contributions to QCD, neutrino and BSM physics, with impactful implications for astro-particle physics. This review article summarizes the physics motivation, status and plans of, present and future neutrino experiments at the LHC.

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