Recent Progress and Next Steps for the MATHUSLA LLP Detector

• Main Authors: Alpigiani, Cristiano, Arteaga-Velázquez, Juan Carlos, Ball, Austin, Barak, Liron, Barron, Jared, Batell, Brian, Beacham, James, Benhammo, Yan, Brau, Benjamin, Caballero-Mora, Karen Salomé, Camarri, Paolo, Cardarelli, Roberto, Chou, John Paul, Cui, Wentao, Curtin, David, Diamond, Miriam, Dienes, Keith R, Dougherty, Liam Andrew, Dougherty, William, Drewes, Marco, Erramilli, Sameer, Essig, Rouven, Etzion, Erez, Evans, Jared, Téllez, Arturo Fernández, Finlayson, Grace, Fischer, Oliver, Freeman, Jim, Gall, Jonathan, Garabaglu, Ali, Garcia-Bellido, Aran, Giagu, Stefano, Gomber, Bhawna, Greenberg, Stephen Elliott, Guida, Roberto, Haas, Andy, Hassan, Bahgat, Heng, Yuekun, Hsu, Shih-Chieh, Humphrey, Keegan, Iaselli, Giuseppe, Johns, Ken, Kvam, Audrey, Lazic, Dragoslav, Li, Liang, Liao, Jiahao, Liberti, Barbara, Liu, Zhen, Lubatti, Henry, Luo, Lillian, Marsella, Giovanni, Hernández, Mario Iván Martínez, McCullough, Matthew, McKeen, David, Meade, Patrick, Mizrachi, Gilad, Morales-Olivares, O. G, Morrissey, David, Morvai, Ljiljana, Moshe, Meny Raviv, Panagiotou, Michalis, Proffitt, Mason, Ramirez, Dennis Cazar, Reece, Matthew, Robertson, Steven H, Rodríguez-Cahuantzi, Mario, de Roeck, Albert, Roepe, Amber, Ruckman, Larry, Russell, James John, Russell, Heather, Saka, Halil, Santonico, Rinaldo, Schioppa, Marco, Di Sciascio, Giuseppe, Shelton, Jessie, Shuve, Brian, Silver, Yiftah, Di Stante, Luigi, Stolarski, Daniel, Strauss, Mike, Strom, David, Stupak, John, Vasquez, Martin A. Subieta, Swain, Sanjay Kumar, Tan, Chin Lung, Muñoz, Guillermo Tejeda, Thayil, Steffie Ann, Thomas, Brooks, Torro, Emma, Tsai, Yuhsin, Watts, Gordon, Xu, Zijun, Young, Charles, Zolkin, Igor, Zurita, Jose
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 15.03.2022
• Subjects: Physics - High Energy Physics - Experiment
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2203.08126

We report on recent progress and next steps in the design of the proposed MATHUSLA Long Lived Particle (LLP) detector for the HL-LHC as part of the Snowmass 2021 process. Our understanding of backgrounds has greatly improved, aided by detailed simulation studies, and significant R&D has been performed on designing the scintillator detectors and understanding their performance. The collaboration is on track to complete a Technical Design Report, and there are many opportunities for interested new members to contribute towards the goal of designing and constructing MATHUSLA in time for HL-LHC collisions, which would increase the sensitivity to a large variety of highly motivated LLP signals by orders of magnitude.