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RE: Probing long-lived particles at the LHC with AL3X
In general, new particle lifetimes are so small than the decay looks instantaneous from the detector standpoint. Any particle whose decay would be recorded as a displaced decay (compared to the primary collision point) can thus considered as long-lived.
Typically, from the LHC standards, we consider particles flying over distances ranging from millimeters to a couple of dozens of meters. Of course, long-lived particles could even be more long-lived ("stable" is the maximum).