Session T2: The State of the Searches Beyond the Standard Model

State of Tevatron Searches Beyond the Standard Model

Experimental data on particle interactions are well-described by the standard model. However it is expected that some new physics has to appear at energy scales of a few TeV. The CDF and D0 experiments have used data from proton-antiproton interactions at the Tevatron Collider at Fermilab to search for this new physics. Latest results using integrated luminosities of over 3 inverse femtobarns will be reviewed including searches for a range of possible signals such as heavy gauge bosons, supersymmetric particles, leptoquarks, and the effects of extra dimensions.   

Searches Beyond the Standard Model at the LHC

There are many reasons to believe that a glimpse of a more fundamental theory will be revealed by exploring the electroweak energy scale. This exploration is the LHC's raison d'etre. ATLAS and CMS detectors have accumulated a lot of expertise in running the detectors as well as triggering on and analyzing cosmic rays and beam halo from September 2008 LHC run. When the collisions come, discoveries could soon follow. I will describe the strategies and preparations for new physics searches at the LHC, concentrating on what can be achieved with the early data.