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Search for massive, long-lived particles using multitrack displaced vertices or displaced lepton pairs in pp collisions at vs = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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posted on 2023-06-09, 05:11 authored by Benedict AllbrookeBenedict Allbrooke, Lily AsquithLily Asquith, Alessandro CerriAlessandro Cerri, C A Chavez Barajas, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, Fabrizio SalvatoreFabrizio Salvatore, I Santoyo Castillo, K Suruliz, Mark SuttonMark Sutton, Iacopo Vivarelli, The ATLAS Collaboration
Many extensions of the Standard Model posit the existence of heavy particles with long lifetimes. This article presents the results of a search for events containing at least one long-lived particle that decays at a significant distance from its production point into two leptons or into five or more charged particles. This analysis uses a data sample of proton-proton collisions at vs=8??TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3??fb-1 collected in 2012 by the ATLAS detector operating at the Large Hadron Collider. No events are observed in any of the signal regions, and limits are set on model parameters within supersymmetric scenarios involving R-parity violation, split supersymmetry, and gauge mediation. In some of the search channels, the trigger and search strategy are based only on the decay products of individual long-lived particles, irrespective of the rest of the event. In these cases, the provided limits can easily be reinterpreted in different scenarios.

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STFC Consolidated Grant Supplement; G1316; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/M000753/1

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Physical Review D

ISSN

2470-0010

Publisher

American Physical Society

Issue

7

Volume

92

Page range

2004

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-02-15

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-02-15

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-02-15

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