Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
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Taylor, Frank E
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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 [superscript −1] are 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.
Date issued
2015-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
The European Physical Journal C
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Springer-Verlag
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ATLAS collaboration et al. “Search for Heavy Long-Lived Multi-Charged Particles in Pp Collisions at √s = 8 TeV Using the ATLAS Detector.” The European Physical Journal C 75.8 (2015): n. pag. CrossRef. Web. 20 Jan. 2017. © 2015 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
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1434-6044
1434-6052