Search for long-lived neutral particles decaying into lepton jets in proton--proton collisions at s√ = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, Stefania Xella, Troels Christian Petersen, Sascha Mehlhase, James William Monk, Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Almut Maria Pingel, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig Wiglesworth, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

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Abstract

Abstract: Several models of physics beyond the Standard Model predict neutral particles that decay into final states consisting of collimated jets of light leptons and hadrons (so-called “lepton jets”). These particles can also be long-lived with decay length comparable to, or even larger than, the LHC detectors’ linear dimensions. This paper presents the results of a search for lepton jets in proton-proton collisions at the centre-of-mass energy of √s= 8TeV in a sample of 20.3 fb−1 collected during 2012 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Limits on models predicting Higgs boson decays to neutral long-lived lepton jets are derived as a function of the particle’s proper decay length.

Original languageEnglish
Article number088
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Volume2014
Number of pages30
ISSN1126-6708
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Sept 2014

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