Search for long-lived, multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2013.04.036

Search for long-lived, multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

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Abstract

A search for highly ionising, penetrating particles with electric charges from |q|=2e to 6e is performed using the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Proton-proton collision data taken at s=7 TeV during the 2011 running period, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.4 fb⁻¹, are analysed. No signal candidates are observed, and 95% confidence level cross-section upper limits are interpreted as mass-exclusion lower limits for a simplified Drell–Yan production model. In this model, masses are excluded from 50 GeV up to 430, 480, 490, 470 and 420 GeV for charges 2e, 3e, 4e, 5e and 6e, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-323
Number of pages	19
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	722
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.04.036
Publication status	Published - 24 May 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

High-energy collider experiment
Highly ionising
Long-lived particle
Multiple electric charges
New physics

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Search for long-lived, multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector

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