Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

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Autor(a) principal: Onofre, A.
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes, ATLAS Collaboration
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/39922
Resumo: 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−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.
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spelling Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detectorExoticsExperimental resultsCiências Naturais::Ciências FísicasScience & TechnologyA 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−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.We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC, as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIEN-CIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; EPLANET, ERC and NSRF, European Union; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNSF, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT and NSRF, Greece; RGC, Hong Kong SAR, China; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, I-CORE and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; BRF and RCN, Norway; MNiSW and NCN, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; MES of Russia and NRC KI, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MIZS, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MINECO, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN and the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFNCNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA) and in the Tier-2 facilities worldwide.Springer VerlagUniversidade do MinhoOnofre, A.Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva FernandesATLAS Collaboration20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/39922engAad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., . . . collaboration, A. (2015). Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 75(8). doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3534-21434-604410.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3534-2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T11:59:43Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/39922Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:49:32.025224Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
title Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
spellingShingle Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
Onofre, A.
Exotics
Experimental results
Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas
Science & Technology
title_short Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
title_full Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
title_fullStr Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
title_full_unstemmed Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
title_sort Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
author Onofre, A.
author_facet Onofre, A.
Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes
ATLAS Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes
ATLAS Collaboration
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Onofre, A.
Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes
ATLAS Collaboration
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Exotics
Experimental results
Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas
Science & Technology
topic Exotics
Experimental results
Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas
Science & Technology
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−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.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., . . . collaboration, A. (2015). Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 75(8). doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3534-2
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