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Title: MATHUSLA: A Detector Proposal to Explore the Lifetime Frontier at the HL-LHC

Abstract

The observation of long-lived particles at the LHC would reveal physics beyond the Standard Model, could account for the many open issues in our understanding of our universe, and conceivably point to a more complete theory of the fundamental interactions. Such long-lived particle signatures are fundamentally motivated and can appear in virtually every theoretical construct that address the Hierarchy Problem, Dark Matter, Neutrino Masses and the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe. We describe in this document a large detector, MATHUSLA, located on the surface above an HL-LHC $pp$ interaction point, that could observe long-lived particles with lifetimes up to the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis limit of 0.1 s. We also note that its large detector area allows MATHUSLA to make important contributions to cosmic ray physics. Because of the potential for making a major breakthrough in our conceptual understanding of the universe, long-lived particle searches should have the highest level of priority.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
MATHUSLA
OSTI Identifier:
1498558
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1901.04040; FERMILAB-PUB-19-016-CMS
1713548
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
TBD
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: TBD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Lubatti, Henry, and et al. MATHUSLA: A Detector Proposal to Explore the Lifetime Frontier at the HL-LHC. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Lubatti, Henry, & et al. MATHUSLA: A Detector Proposal to Explore the Lifetime Frontier at the HL-LHC. United States.
Lubatti, Henry, and et al. 2019. "MATHUSLA: A Detector Proposal to Explore the Lifetime Frontier at the HL-LHC". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1498558.
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abstractNote = {The observation of long-lived particles at the LHC would reveal physics beyond the Standard Model, could account for the many open issues in our understanding of our universe, and conceivably point to a more complete theory of the fundamental interactions. Such long-lived particle signatures are fundamentally motivated and can appear in virtually every theoretical construct that address the Hierarchy Problem, Dark Matter, Neutrino Masses and the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe. We describe in this document a large detector, MATHUSLA, located on the surface above an HL-LHC $pp$ interaction point, that could observe long-lived particles with lifetimes up to the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis limit of 0.1 s. We also note that its large detector area allows MATHUSLA to make important contributions to cosmic ray physics. Because of the potential for making a major breakthrough in our conceptual understanding of the universe, long-lived particle searches should have the highest level of priority.},
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year = {Sun Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Sun Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2019}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: Summary of some top-down theoretical motivations for LLP signals at MATHUSLA [2].

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