Search for anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking with the ATLAS detector based on a disappearing-track signature in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

G. Aad, Mogens Dam, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Sascha Mehlhase, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Troels Christian Petersen, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

In models of anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking (AMSB), the lightest chargino is predicted to have a lifetime long enough to be detected in collider experiments. This letter explores AMSB scenarios in pp collisions at (Formula Presented) = 7 TeV by attempting to identify decaying charginos which result in tracks that appear to have few associated hits in the outer region of the tracking system. The search was based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.02 fb 1collected with the ATLAS detector in 2011. The pT spectrum of candidate tracks is found to be consistent with the expectation from Standard Model background processes and constraints on the lifetime and the production cross section were obtained. In the minimal AMSB framework with m3/2< 32 TeV, m0< 1.5 TeV, tanβ = 5 and μ > 0, a chargino having mass below 92 GeV and a lifetime between 0.5 ns and 2 ns is excluded at 95 % confidence level.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEuropean Physical Journal C
Vol/bind72
Udgave nummer4
Sider (fra-til)1993
ISSN1434-6044
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jun. 2012

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