Search for nonpointing photons in the diphoton and E-T(miss) final state in root s=7 TeV proton-proton collisions using the ATLAS detector

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

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Abstract

A search has been performed for photons originating in the decay of a neutral long-lived particle, exploiting the capabilities of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter to make precise measurements of the flight direction of photons, as well as the calorimeter's excellent time resolution. The search has been made in the diphoton plus missing transverse energy final state, using the full data sample of 4.8 fb-1 of 7 TeV proton-proton collisions collected in 2011 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. No excess is observed above the background expected from Standard Model processes. The results are used to set exclusion limits in the context of gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking models, with the lightest neutralino being the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and decaying with a lifetime in excess of 0.25 ns into a photon and a gravitino.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer012001
TidsskriftPhysical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
Vol/bind88
Udgave nummer1
ISSN1550-7998
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jul. 2013

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