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Search for Nearly Mass-Degenerate Higgsinos Using Low-Momentum Mildly Displaced Tracks in pp Collisions at √s=13 TeV Presented with the ATLAS Detector

NázevTitle
Search for Nearly Mass-Degenerate Higgsinos Using Low-Momentum Mildly Displaced Tracks in pp Collisions at √s=13 TeV Presented with the ATLAS DetectorSearch for Nearly Mass-Degenerate Higgsinos Using Low-Momentum Mildly Displaced Tracks in pp Collisions at √s=13 TeV Presented with the ATLAS Detector
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
E.K. Filmer, C.M. Grant, P. Jackson, A.X.Y. Kong, P. Jačka, B. Ali, K. Augsten, B. Bergmann, H. Day-Hall, Z. Hubáček, S. Mondal, M. Myška, L. Novotný, V. Petousis, S. Pospíšil, K. Smolek, A. Sopczak, V. Vacek, P. Vokáč, O. Zaplatílek, P. Fiedler
DOIDOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.221801
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Physical Review Letters. 2024, 132(22), ISSN 0031-9007.
RokYear
2024
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
001271851100001
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-85196807349
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/24:00379144!RIV25-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
CERN-CZ III - Výzkumná infrastruktura pro experimenty v CERN - LM2023040 (2023–2026)CERN-CZ III - Výzkumná infrastruktura pro experimenty v CERN - LM2023040 (2023–2026); Výzkum základních stavebních kamenů hmoty s využitím špičkových technologiíFundamental constituents of matter through frontier technologies

AbstraktAbstract

Higgsinos with masses near the electroweak scale can solve the hierarchy problem and provide a dark matter candidate, while detecting them at the LHC remains challenging if their mass splitting is O(1GeV). This Letter presents a novel search for nearly mass-degenerate Higgsinos in events with an energetic jet, missing transverse momentum, and a low-momentum track with a significant transverse impact parameter using 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at s√=13 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment. For the first time since LEP, a range of mass splittings between the lightest charged and neutral Higgsinos from 0.3 GeV to 0.9 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level, with a maximum reach of approximately 170 GeV in the Higgsino mass.

Higgsinos with masses near the electroweak scale can solve the hierarchy problem and provide a dark matter candidate, while detecting them at the LHC remains challenging if their mass splitting is O(1GeV). This Letter presents a novel search for nearly mass-degenerate Higgsinos in events with an energetic jet, missing transverse momentum, and a low-momentum track with a significant transverse impact parameter using 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at s√=13 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment. For the first time since LEP, a range of mass splittings between the lightest charged and neutral Higgsinos from 0.3 GeV to 0.9 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level, with a maximum reach of approximately 170 GeV in the Higgsino mass.