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Searching for New Physics with the Large Hadron Collider
Michael Spannowsky
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03704 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.03704

Searching for New Physics with the Large Hadron Collider
This chapter provides an introduction to collider phenomenology, explaining how theoretical concepts are translated into experimental analyses at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Beginning with the principles of collider operation and detector design, it outlines how collisions of protons are modelled through parton distribution functions, hard matrix elements, parton showers, and hadronisation. The discussion then turns to the reconstruction of physical objects and the definition of kinematic …