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Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

Volume 73, 2023

A Guide to Hunting Long-Lived Particles at the LHC

Abstract

This article is a pedagogical review of searches for long-lived particles at the LHC. It is primarily aimed at experimentalists and theorists seeking to initiate and/or deepen their research in this field. We cover the general theoretical motivation and some example models, the main experimental techniques employed in searches for long-lived particles, and some of the important subtleties involved in estimating signal efficiencies and background rates.

Keyword(s): Large Hadron Collider, long-lived particle
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A Guide to Hunting Long-Lived Particles at the LHC
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