Published August 8, 2015 | Version v1
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Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

Creators

  • 1. CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université and CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille (France)
  • 2. Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
  • 3. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (China)
  • 4. Institute of Physics, Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, Baku (Azerbaijan)
  • 5. Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Description

A search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles is performed using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Data collected in 2012 at √s=8 TeV from pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1are examined. Particles producing anomalously high ionisation, consistent with long-lived massive particles with electric charges from |q|=2e to |q|=6e are searched for. No signal candidate events are observed, and 95 % confidence level cross-section upper limits are interpreted as lower mass limits for a Drell–Yan production model. The mass limits range between 660 and 785 GeV

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3534-2; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/11350

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
https://repo.scoap3.org/record/11350;
DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3534-2;
arXiv
arXiv:1504.04188;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
[vp.]
ISSN
1434-6044

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47021270
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ATLAS DETECTOR; CERN LHC; CHARGED PARTICLES; CROSS SECTIONS; DRELL MODEL; ELECTRIC CHARGES; LUMINOSITY; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; TEV RANGE
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ENERGY RANGE; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2015, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: s10052-015-3534-2; ARXIV: 1504.04188; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:11350
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)