DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nucl-101920-013011 ISSN: 0163-8998
A Guide to Hunting Long-Lived Particles at the LHC
Simon Knapen, Steven Lowette- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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.