Search for non-pointing and delayed photons in the diphoton and missing transverse momentum final state in 8 TeV pp collisions at the LHC using the ATLAS detector

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

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.112005

Search for non-pointing and delayed photons in the diphoton and missing transverse momentum final state in 8 TeV pp collisions at the LHC using the ATLAS detector

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

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Abstract

A search has been performed, using the full 20.3 fb-1 data sample of 8 TeV proton-proton collisions collected in 2012 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, for photons originating from a displaced vertex due to the decay of a neutral long-lived particle into a photon and an invisible particle. The analysis investigates the diphoton plus missing transverse momentum final state, and is therefore most sensitive to pair production of long-lived particles. The analysis technique exploits the capabilities of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter to make precise measurements of the flight direction, as well as the time of flight, of photons. No excess is observed over the Standard Model predictions for background. Exclusion limits are set within the context of gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking models, with the lightest neutralino being the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and decaying into a photon and gravitino with a lifetime in the range from 250 ps to about 100 ns.

Original language	English
Article number	112005
Journal	Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
Volume	90
ISSN	1550-7998
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.112005
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2014

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., Petersen, T. C., Thomsen, L. A., Mehlhase, S., Jørgensen, M. D., Pingel, A. M., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., Alonso Diaz, A., Monk, J. W., Pedersen, L. E., ... Galster, G. A. G. K. (2014). Search for non-pointing and delayed photons in the diphoton and missing transverse momentum final state in 8 TeV pp collisions at the LHC using the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 90, Article 112005. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.112005

Search for non-pointing and delayed photons in the diphoton and missing transverse momentum final state in 8 TeV pp collisions at the LHC using the ATLAS detector. / Aad, G.; Abbott, B.; Abdallah, J. et al.
In: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), Vol. 90, 112005, 10.12.2014.

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Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdel Khalek, S, Abdinov, O, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Thomsen, LA, Mehlhase, S, Jørgensen, MD, Pingel, AM, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Alonso Diaz, A, Monk, JW, Pedersen, LE, Wiglesworth, G & Galster, GAGK 2014, 'Search for non-pointing and delayed photons in the diphoton and missing transverse momentum final state in 8 TeV pp collisions at the LHC using the ATLAS detector', Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), vol. 90, 112005. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.112005

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Search for non-pointing and delayed photons in the diphoton and missing transverse momentum final state in 8 TeV pp collisions at the LHC using the ATLAS detector

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