Conveners
Parallel Exotica: I
- Niki Saoulidou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR))
- Matthew Buckley (Rutgers University)
- Flavia De Almeida Dias (University of Copenhagen (DK))
- Philip Ilten (University of Birmingham (GB))
Parallel Exotica: II
- Niki Saoulidou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR))
- Philip Ilten (University of Birmingham (GB))
- Matthew Buckley (Rutgers University)
- Flavia De Almeida Dias (University of Copenhagen (DK))
Parallel Exotica: III
- Philip Ilten (University of Birmingham (GB))
- Niki Saoulidou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR))
- Matthew Buckley (Rutgers University)
- Flavia De Almeida Dias (University of Copenhagen (DK))
Description
Exotica parallel session of LHCP2018
The LHC has observed a number of potentially interesting deviations from the predictions of the Standard Model in the flavor sector, in particular in the decays of B-mesons. This talk offers a review of the experimental status of these anomalies, and their implications for physics beyond the Standard Model and associated signatures at the LHC and beyond.
As the LHC reaches a mature and stable phase of running, new search techniques are called for in order to ensure that the maximum possible information is extracted from the data. This talk describes the most recent innovations in this area, including new kinematic variables, event geometry, and applications of machine learning to the LHC.
Many proposed extensions of the Standard Model contain particles with macroscopic life-times; decaying outside of the interaction point. Such particles pose unique challenges at the LHC. This talk provides an overview of the current status of these searches, as well as prospects for new experiments (e.g. MATHUSLA, FASER, SHIP, and CODEX-b) at the LHC which can close some interesting regions of...
