Search for heavy charged long-lived particles in the ATLAS detector in 36.1 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data at root s=13 Te V

M. Aaboud*, G. Aad, B. Abbott, DC Abbott, O. Abdinov, B Abeloos, DK Abhayasinghe, S.H. Abidi, Ossama Sherif Alexander AbouZeid, NL Abraham, H. Abramowicz, H. Abreu, Y. Abulaiti, B.S. Acharya, Sosuke Adachi, Luise Adam, L. Adamczyk, L. Adamek, J. Adelman, M. AdersbergerA. Adiguzel, T. Adye, A. A. Affolder, Y. Afik, C. Agheorghiesei, J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra, F. Ahmadov, G. Aielli, Milena Bajic, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, Flavia de Almeida Dias, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster, Geert-Jan Besjes, Mogens Dam, Graig Wiglesworth, Simon Holm Stark, Troels Christian Petersen, Jørn Dines Hansen, James William Monk, hqz214 hqz214, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

A search for heavy charged long-lived particles is performed using a data sample of 36.1 fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The search is based on observables related to ionization energy loss and time of flight, which are sensitive to the velocity of heavy charged particles traveling significantly slower than the speed of light. Multiple search strategies for a wide range of lifetimes, corresponding to path lengths of a few meters, are defined as model independently as possible, by referencing several representative physics cases that yield long-lived particles within supersymmetric models, such as gluinos/squarks (R-hadrons), charginos and staus. No significant deviations from the expected Standard Model background are observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are provided on the production cross sections of long-lived R-hadrons as well as directly pair-produced staus and charginos. These results translate into lower limits on the masses of long-lived gluino, sbottom and stop R-hadrons, as well as staus and charginos of 2000, 1250, 1340, 430, and 1090 GeV, respectively.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer092007
TidsskriftPhysical Review D
Vol/bind99
Antal sider34
ISSN2470-0010
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 28 maj 2019

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