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University of Copenhagen Reinterpretation of LHC results for new physics status and recommendations after run 2 Abdallah, Waleed; AbdusSalam, Shehu; Ahmadov, Azar; Ahriche, Amine; Alguero, Gael; Allanach, Benjamin C.; Araz, Jack Y.; Arbey, Alexandre; Arina, Chiara; Athron, Peter; Bagnaschi, Emanuele; Bai, Yang; Baker, Michael J.; Balazs, Csaba; Barducci, Daniele; Bechtle, Philip; Bharucha, Aoife; Buckley, Andy; Butterworth, Jonathan; Cai, Haiying; Campagnari, Claudio; Cesarotti, Cari; Chrzaszcz, Marcin; Coccaro, Andrea; Conte, Eric; Danninger, Matthias; Darme, Luc; Deandrea, Aldo; Desai, Nishita; Doglioni, Caterina; Dolan, Matthew J.; Dutta, Juhi; Ellis, John R.; Ellis, Sebastian; Feickert, Matthew; Fernandez, Nicolas; Fichet, Sylvain; Flacke, Thomas; Fuks, Benjamin; Geiser, Achim; Ghalsasi, Akshay; Gonzalo, Tomas; Goodsell, Mark; Gori, Stefania; Ruchayskiy, Oleg; Zhang, Yang; LHC BSM Reinterpretation Forum Published in: SciPost Physics DOI: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.9.2.022 Publication date: 2020 Document version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Document license: CC BY Citation for published version (APA): Abdallah, W., AbdusSalam, S., Ahmadov, A., Ahriche, A., Alguero, G., Allanach, B. C., Araz, J. Y., Arbey, A., Arina, C., Athron, P., Bagnaschi, E., Bai, Y., Baker, M. J., Balazs, C., Barducci, D., Bechtle, P., Bharucha, A., Buckley, A., Butterworth, J., ... LHC BSM Reinterpretation Forum (2020). Reinterpretation of LHC results for new physics: status and recommendations after run 2. SciPost Physics, 9(2), [022]. https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.9.2.022 Download date: 25. Sep. 2021 SciPost Phys. 9, 022 (2020) Reinterpretation of LHC results for new physics: status and recommendations after run 2 The LHC BSM Reinterpretation Forum Abstract We report on the status of efforts to improve the reinterpretation of searches and mea- surements at the LHC in terms of models for new physics, in the context of the LHC Reinterpretation Forum. We detail current experimental offerings in direct searches for new particles, measurements, technical implementations and Open Data, and provide a set of recommendations for further improving the presentation of LHC results in order to better enable reinterpretation in the future. We also provide a brief description of ex- isting software reinterpretation frameworks and recent global analyses of new physics that make use of the current data. Copyright W. Abdallah et al. Received 02-04-2020 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Accepted 06-08-2020 Check for Attribution 4.0 International License. Published 21-08-2020 updates Published by the SciPost Foundation. doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.9.2.022 Waleed Abdallah1,2, Shehu AbdusSalam3, Azar Ahmadov4, Amine Ahriche5,6, Gaël Alguero7, Benjamin C. Allanach8?, Jack Y. Araz9, Alexandre Arbey10,11, Chiara Arina12, Peter Athron13, Emanuele Bagnaschi14, Yang Bai15, Michael J. Baker16, Csaba Balazs13, Daniele Barducci17,18, Philip Bechtle19?, Aoife Bharucha20, Andy Buckley21†, Jonathan Butterworth22?, Haiying Cai23, Claudio Campagnari24, Cari Cesarotti25, Marcin Chrzaszcz26, Andrea Coccaro27, Eric Conte28,29, Jonathan M. Cornell30, Louie D. Corpe22, Matthias Danninger31, Luc Darmé32, Aldo Deandrea10, Nishita Desai33?, Barry Dillon34, Caterina Doglioni35, Matthew J. Dolan16, Juhi Dutta1,36, John R. Ellis37, Sebastian Ellis38, Matthew Feickert40, Nicolas Fernandez40, Sylvain Fichet41, Thomas Flacke42, Benjamin Fuks43,44?, Achim Geiser45, Marie-Hélène Genest7, Akshay Ghalsasi46, Tomas Gonzalo13, Mark Goodsell43, Stefania Gori46, Philippe Gras47, Admir Greljo11, Diego Guadagnoli48, Sven Heinemeyer49,50,51, Lukas A. Heinrich11?, Jan Heisig12?, Deog Ki Hong52, Tetiana Hryn’ova53, Katri Huitu54, Philip Ilten55, Ahmed Ismail56, Adil Jueid57, Felix Kahlhoefer58?, Jan Kalinowski59, Jernej F. Kamenik34,60, Deepak Kar61, Yevgeny Kats62, Charanjit K. Khosa63, Valeri Khoze64, Tobias Klingl19, Pyungwon Ko65, Kyoungchul Kong66, Wojciech Kotlarski67, Michael Krämer58, Sabine Kraml7¶, Suchita Kulkarni68?, Anders Kvellestad69,70?, Clemens Lange11?, Kati Lassila-Perini71, Seung J. Lee72, Andre Lessa73?, Zhen Liu74, Lara Lloret Iglesias49, Jeanette M. Lorenz75, Danika MacDonell76, Farvah Mahmoudi10,11?, Judita Mamuzic77, Andrea C. Marini78, Pete Markowitz79, Pablo Martinez Ruiz del Arbol49, David Miller80, Vasiliki A. Mitsou77, Stefano Moretti81,82, Marco Nardecchia17, Siavash Neshatpour10, Dao Thi Nhung83, Per Osland84, Patrick H. Owen85?, Orlando Panella86, Alexander Pankov87, Myeonghun Park88, Werner Porod89, Darren D. Price90?, Harrison Prosper91, Are Raklev69?, Jürgen Reuter45, Humberto Reyes-González7, Thomas Rizzo38, Tania Robens92, Juan Rojo93, Janusz Andrzej Rosiek59, Oleg Ruchayskiy94, Veronica Sanz63,77, Kai Schmidt-Hoberg45, Pat Scott70,95‡, Sezen Sekmen96?, Dipan Sengupta97, Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy98, 1 SciPost Phys. 9, 022 (2020) Hua-Sheng Shao43, Seodong Shin99, Luca Silvestrini11,18, Ritesh Singh100, Sukanya Sinha61, Jory Sonneveld101, Tim Stefaniak45, Yotam Soreq102, Giordon H. Stark46, Jesse Thaler103, Riccardo Torre11,27, Emilio Torrente-Lujan104, Gokhan Unel105, Natascia Vignaroli106, 68? 70 64 45 Wolfgang Waltenberger , Nicholas Wardle ◦, Graeme Watt , Georg Weiglein , Martin J. White107, Sophie L. Williamson108, Jonas Wittbrodt109, Lei Wu110, Stefan Wunsch11, Tevong You8,11,111, Yang Zhang13 and José Zurita112,113 1 Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HBNI), Allahabad 211019, India 2 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt 3 Department of Physics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran 4 Department of Theoretical Physics, Baku State University, AZ-1148 Baku, Azerbaijan 5 The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, I-34014, Trieste, Italy 6 Laboratoire de Physique des Particules et Physique Statistique, ENS, DZ-16050 Algiers, Algeria 7 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP,LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France 8 DAMTP,University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, UK 9 Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, QC, Canada H4B 1R6 10 Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, UMR 5822 IP2I, 69622 Villeurbanne, France 11 CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland 12 CP3, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 13 School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia 14 Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland 15 Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA 16 School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia 17 Sapienza - Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy 18 INFN, Sezione di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy 19 Universität Bonn, Physikalisches Institut, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany 20 CPT, UMR7332, CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université and Université de Toulon 13288 Marseille, France 21 School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK 22 Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK 23 Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 790-784, South Korea 24 Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93016, USA 25 Harvard University, Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature, Cambridge MA, 02143, USA 26 Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland 27 INFN, Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Italy 28 Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, Strasbourg, France 29 Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse, France 30 Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA 31 Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6 32 INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, C.P.13, 100044 Frascati, Italy 33 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India 34 Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 35 Fysikum, Lund University, Professorsgatan 1, 22263 Lund, Sweden 36 II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany 37 Department of Physics, King’s College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK 38 SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA 39 Mohammed V University of Rabat, B.P.8007.N.U,Agdal, Morocco 40 Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2 SciPost Phys. 9, 022 (2020) Urbana, IL 61801, USA 41 ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research & IFT-UNESP,São Paulo, Brazil 42 Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, IBS, Daejeon 34126, South Korea 43 LPTHE, UMR 7589, Sorbonne Université et CNRS, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France 44 Institut Universitaire de France, 75005 Paris, France 45 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany 46 Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, UC Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA 47 IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France 48 LAPTh, CNRS, USMB et UGA, 74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex, France 49 Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC), 39005 Santander, Spain 50 Spain Campus of International Excellence UAM+CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain 51 Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain 52 Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, South Korea 53 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP,Annecy, France 54 Department of Physics and Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland 55 School of
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