New Physics with Tagged Forward Protons at the LHC

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The addition of forward proton detectors to LHC experiments will significantly enlarge the potential for studying New Physics.

• A topical example is Higgs production by the central exclusive diffractive process, pp -> p+H+p.
• We discuss the exclusive production of Higgs bosons in both the SM and MSSM.
• Special attention is paid to the backgrounds to the H -> bbbar signal.