Ústav technické a experimentální fyziky Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics

Search for decays of stopped, long-lived particles from 7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

NázevTitle
Search for decays of stopped, long-lived particles from 7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detectorSearch for decays of stopped, long-lived particles from 7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, A.A. Abdelalim, A. Abdesselam, K. Augsten, Z. Hubáček, M. Vlasák, T. Horažďovský, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, V. Král, F. Krejčí, S. Pospíšil, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, J. Sodomka, M. Solar, J. Šolc, B. Sopko, V. Sopko, I. Štekl, D. Tureček, V. Vacek, P. Vokáč
DOIDOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1965-6
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
European Physical Journal C. 2012, 72(4), 1-21. ISSN 1434-6044.
RokYear
2012
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000304013800011
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84862293232
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/12:00202275!RIV13-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
Účast ČR v experimentu STAR v laboratoři BNL, USAParticipation of the Czech Republic in the STAR Experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S.A; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics

AbstraktAbstract

New metastable massive particles with electric and colour charge are features of many theories beyond the Standard Model. A search is performed for long-lived gluino-based R-hadrons with the ATLAS detector at the LHC using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 31 pb(-1). We search for evidence of particles that have come to rest in the ATLAS detector and decay at some later time during the periods in the LHC bunch structure without proton-proton collisions. No significant deviations from the expected backgrounds are observed, and a cross-section limit is set. It can be interpreted as excluding gluino-based R-hadrons with masses less than 341 GeV at the 95 % C.L., for lifetimes from 10(-5) to 10(3) seconds and a neutralino mass of 100 GeV.

New metastable massive particles with electric and colour charge are features of many theories beyond the Standard Model. A search is performed for long-lived gluino-based R-hadrons with the ATLAS detector at the LHC using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 31 pb(-1). We search for evidence of particles that have come to rest in the ATLAS detector and decay at some later time during the periods in the LHC bunch structure without proton-proton collisions. No significant deviations from the expected backgrounds are observed, and a cross-section limit is set. It can be interpreted as excluding gluino-based R-hadrons with masses less than 341 GeV at the 95 % C.L., for lifetimes from 10(-5) to 10(3) seconds and a neutralino mass of 100 GeV.