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An overview of the latest ultra-peripheral physics measurements performed with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. These include measurements of light-by-light scattering, which result in an observation of this elusive Standard Model process and set competitive limits on the parameter space for axion-like particles, differential measurements of the exclusive di-muon production cross-section, which are crucial for setting constraints on the initial photon spectrum for all ultra-peripheral collision measurements at the LHC and measurements of collective behavior in high-multiplicity photo-nuclear collisions.
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Hamdaoui, H. Ultra-Peripheral Physics with ATLAS. Phys. Part. Nuclei 54, 729–733 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779623040160
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