The Hunt for New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider
Abstract
The Large Hadron Collider presents an unprecedented opportunity to probe the realm of new physics in the TeV region and shed light on some of the core unresolved issues of particle physics. These include the nature of electroweak symmetry breaking, the origin of mass, the possible constituent of cold dark matter, new sources of CP violation needed to explain the baryon excess in the universe, the possible existence of extra gauge groups and extra matter, and importantly the path Nature chooses to resolve the hierarchy problem - is it supersymmetry or extra dimensions. Many models of new physics beyond the standard model contain a hidden sector which can be probed at the LHC. Additionally, the LHC will be a top factory and accurate measurements of the properties of the top and its rare decays will provide a window to new physics. Further, the LHC could shed light on the origin of neutralino masses if the new physics associated with their generation lies in the TeV region. Finally, the LHC is also a laboratory to test the hypothesis of TeV scale strings and D-brane models. An overview of these possibilities is presented in the spirit that it will serve as a companion to the Technical Design Reports (TDRs) by the particle detector groups ATLAS and CMS to facilitate the test of the new theoretical ideas at the LHC. Which of these ideas stands the test of the LHC data will govern the course of particle physics in the subsequent decades.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1001.2693,
title = {The Hunt for New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider},
author = {P. Nath and B. D. Nelson and H. Davoudiasl and B. Dutta and D. Feldman and Z. Liu and T. Han and P. Langacker and R. Mohapatra and J. Valle and A. Pilaftsis and D. Zerwas and S. AbdusSalam and C. Adam-Bourdarios and J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra and B. Allanach and B. Altunkaynak and L. A. Anchordoqui and H. Baer and B. Bajc and O. Buchmueller and M. Carena and R. Cavanaugh and S. Chang and K. Choi and C. Csaki and S. Dawson and F. de Campos and A. De Roeck and M. Duhrssen and O. J. P. Eboli and J. R. Ellis and H. Flacher and H. Goldberg and W. Grimus and U. Haisch and S. Heinemeyer and M. Hirsch and M. Holmes and T. Ibrahim and G. Isidori and G. Kane and K. Kong and R. Lafaye and G. Landsberg and L. Lavoura and J. S. Lee and S. J. Lee and M. Lisanti and D. Lust and M. B. Magro and R. Mahbubani and M. Malinsky and F. Maltoni and S. Morisi and M. M. Muhlleitner and B. Mukhopadhyaya and M. Neubert and K. A. Olive and G. Perez and P. Fileviez Perez and T. Plehn and E. Ponton and W. Porod and F. Quevedo and M. Rauch and D. Restrepo and T. G. Rizzo and J. C. Romao and F. J. Ronga and J. Santiago and J. Schechter and G. Senjanovic and J. Shao and M. Spira and S. Stieberger and Z. Sullivan and T. M. P. Tait and X. Tata and T. R. Taylor and M. Toharia and J. Wacker and C. E. M. Wagner and L. -T. Wang and G. Weiglein and D. Zeppenfeld and K. Zurek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.2693},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Summary document for international workshop "Beyond the Standard Model at the LHC" (Pre-SUSY09), Northeastern University, Boston, June 2-4, 2009