The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC
Research Explorer (The University of Manchester)
Abstract
High energy collisions at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce a large number of particles along the beam collision axis, outside of the acceptance of existing LHC experiments. The proposed Forward Physics Facility (FPF), to be located several hundred meters from the ATLAS interaction point and shielded by concrete and rock, will host a suite of experiments to probe standard model (SM) processes and search for physics beyond the standard model (BSM). In this report, we review the status of the civil engineering plans and the experiments to explore the diverse physics signals that can be uniquely probed in the forward region. FPF experiments will be sensitive to a broad range of BSM physics through searches for new particle scattering or decay signatures and deviations from SM expectations in high statistics analyses with TeV neutrinos in this low-background environment. High statistics neutrino detection will also provide valuable data for fundamental topics in perturbative and non-perturbative QCD and in weak interactions. Experiments at the FPF will enable synergies between forward particle production at the LHC and astroparticle physics to be exploited. We report here on these physics topics, on infrastructure, detector, and simulation studies, and on future directions to realize the FPF's physics potential.
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University of California, Irvine
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4575, United States of America
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52246, United States of America
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National Institute for Subatomic Physics · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, VU Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nikhef Theory Group, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States of America
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Lehman College · City University of New York
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, United States of America
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, United States of America
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Department of Physics, University of Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
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Theoretical Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory · University of Florida
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Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States of America
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, United States of America
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National Centre for Nuclear Research · Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center · Polish Academy of Sciences
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AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Rektorska 4, 00-614, Warsaw, Poland
National Centre for Nuclear Research, Pasteura 7, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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University of California, Irvine
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4575, United States of America
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Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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Faculty of Dentistry, Ohu University, 31-1 Sankakudo, Tomita-machi, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8611, Japan
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University of Bern · Chiba University
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Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
Department of Physics, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, 819-0395 Fukuoka, Japan
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Yokohama National University · Saitama University
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338–8570, Japan
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University of Pavia · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, via Bassi 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Department of Physics, University of Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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University of California, Irvine
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4575, United States of America
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China
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Department of Physics, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 54896, Republic of Korea
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States of America
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Centro de Investigaciones, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Carrera 3 Este #47A-15, Bogotá, Colombia
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Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Center, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, United States of America
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Department of Physics, Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Center, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, United States of America
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Technical University of Munich
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Physik Department T70, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, United States of America
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Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 66.318, 05315-970 São Paulo, Brazil
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Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research (STAR) Institute, Université de Liège, Bât B5a, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I
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INFN, Sezione di Roma 1, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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Royal Holloway University of London
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Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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Instituut-Lorentz, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Perimeter Institute · Queen's University
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Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering Physics, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, K7L 2S8, Canada
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON, N2L 2Y5, Canada
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Northwestern University · Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States of America
Theoretical Physics Department, Fermilab, Batavia, IL 60510, United States of America
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CAFPE and Departamento de Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, E18071 Granada, Spain
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University of California, Irvine
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4575, United States of America
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Fondazione Bruno Kessler · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics And Applications · European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas
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European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physicsand Related Areas (ECT*), I-38123 Villazzano, Trento, Italy
Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
INFN-TIFPA Trento Institute of Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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LIP - Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics
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Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2, P-1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), Université catholique de Louvain, Chemin du Cyclotron 2, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Technical University of Munich
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules · Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon
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Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I), UMR5822, CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Institut de Physique Théorique, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
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Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli · University of Naples Federico II
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Dipartimento di Fisica ‘E. Pancini’, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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National Institute for Subatomic Physics · Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics · Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam · University of Amsterdam
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Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam and Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Faculty of Physics, TU Dortmund University, Germany
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States of America
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Brookhaven National Laboratory
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High Energy Theory Group, Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America
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University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Washington University in St. Louis
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Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States of America
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America
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Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Theoretical Physics
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CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States of America
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Institut für Theoretische Physik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 9, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences
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School of Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), PO Box 19395-5531, Tehran, Iran
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University of California, Irvine
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Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 66.318, 05315-970 São Paulo, Brazil
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Department of Physics, Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d’Optique, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory · Stanford University
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria, I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy
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Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
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Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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Korea Institute for Advanced Study · Texas A&M University
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Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States of America
School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul 02455, Republic of Korea
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Faculty of Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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Royal Holloway University of London
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Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Universidade Federal de Pelotas
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Instituto de Física e Matemática, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Caixa Postal 354, CEP 96010-090, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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Theoretical Physics Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad-380009, India
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Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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Department of Physics, New York University, New York, NY 10012, United States of America
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
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CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
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Technical University of Munich
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Physik Department T70, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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