Photon collisions and new research opportunities at the LHC and beyond

Over the past decade, extensive research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has comprehensively verified the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. Despite this success, many phenomena predicted by the SM remain unexplored. In recent years, I led a new research direction, viewing the LHC as a photon collider. This approach focuses on interactions between hadrons mediated by the emission of high-energy photons, opening exciting new avenues for exploring the Standard Model.

In the seminar, I will discuss new measurements of the Electro-Weak (EW) sector of the SM and the prospects for further exploration of the EW sector at the High-Luminance LHC. In addition, I will discuss physics opportunities at the next-generation collider experiments: the Electron-Ion Collider at BNL (scheduled to start in ~10 years) and the 100km electron-positron collider at CERN (tentatively scheduled to start in ~20 years).