Searches for Beyond the Standard Model Physics at the LHC: Run1 Summary and Run2 Prospects

TL;DR

This paper reviews the CMS and ATLAS searches for physics beyond the Standard Model during LHC Run 1, summarizes key findings, and discusses prospects for future searches in Run 2 across various new physics scenarios.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive summary of past searches and techniques, and outlines future prospects for discovering new physics at the LHC.

Findings

No evidence of new physics found in Run 1 data

Established limits on supersymmetry and other models

Identified promising techniques for future analyses

Abstract

The search for new physics is a major goal of the LHC physics program. As excitement grows for the upcoming start of Run 2, I review the CMS and ATLAS searches for physics beyond the Standard Model from Run 1 and present recent analyses. These searches have covered a wide range of new physics scenarios including Supersymmetry, new resonances, additional Higgs bosons, new hidden sectors, other Dark Matter, and multi-charged particles. In addition to reviewing some of the techniques that made the analyses possible, I will summarize what we have learned from the results and briefly discuss prospects for Run 2.