Theory Motivation For Exotic Signatures: Prospects and Wishlist for Run II

TL;DR

This paper discusses the theoretical motivations for searching for exotic signatures, especially displaced phenomena, at LHC Run II, highlighting models involving dark matter and exotic Higgs decays.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of potential exotic signatures and motivates their search based on various theoretical models for LHC Run II.

Findings

Displaced signatures are promising for new physics detection.

Dark matter models predict unique exotic signatures.

Exotic Higgs decays could reveal new phenomena.

Abstract

Here I give some motivations for exotic signatures to search for at Run II of the LHC, focusing on displaced phenomena. I will discuss signatures arising from various different kinds of models including theories of dark matter and those with exotic decays of the Higgs.