Abstract:
The absence of any significant signal for Physics Beyond the Standard Model from the experiments at the LHC so far has led to expanding the search space for new exotic particles and interactions. One direction that has recently drawn increased attention is the search for new long-lived particles (LLPs) , such as monopoles, dark photons, weakly interacting neutral particles, heavy stable charge particles and so on. The present LHC experiments have some coverage for detecting such particles but are not be able to cover all the possible phase space. Hence, new small-scale experiments are proposed to complement these searches at the LHC, such as MilliQan, Faser, Mathusla, Codex-b, Al3x, in a similar fashion as the already running MoEDAL monopole search experiment. This talk will give an overview of the present searches for LLPs and will introduce these recent ideas and physics search targets of these new experimental proposals. The reach of these proposals will also be compared with high intensity fixed target experiments that have been recently proposed for CERN in the context of the Physics Beyond Collider Studies.
Participants:
Faculties: Amine Ahriche, Abdesslam Arhrib, Abdelaziz AIt Chrif, El Falaki Jaouad, Farida Fassi, Rachid Mazini,
Students: Aatifa Bargach, Asmaa Aboulhorma, Ayoub Biya, Badr-Eddine Ngair, Farida Bargach, Hamza Abouabid, Khalil Bouaouda, Hassane Hamdaoui, Hassnae El Jarrari, Jihad Assahsah, Mohammed Zaazoua, Mohammed Boukidi, Neffaa Safia, Salah-Eddine Dahbi, Semlali, Souad Batlamous, Zainab Soumaimi, Zakaria Chadi, Bel Moussa Benyouness, Mohamed Oualaid