A search is performed for heavy long-lived charged particles using 3.0 fb-1 of proton–proton collisions collected at √s= 7 and 8  TeV with the LHCb detector. The search is mainly based on the response of the ring imaging Cherenkov detectors to distinguish the heavy, slow-moving particles from muons. No evidence is found for the production of such long-lived states. The results are expressed as limits on the Drell–Yan production of pairs of long-lived particles, with both particles in the LHCb pseudorapidity acceptance, 1.8<η<4.9. The mass-dependent cross-section upper limits are in the range 2–4 fb (at 95 % CL) for masses between 14 and 309 GeV/c2.

Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., et al. (2015). Search for long-lived heavy charged particles using a ring imaging Cherenkov technique at LHCb. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 75(12), 1-14 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3809-7].

Search for long-lived heavy charged particles using a ring imaging Cherenkov technique at LHCb

Borsato, M;Calvi, M;Carniti, P;Cassina, L;Gotti, C;Grillo, L;Khanji, B;Martinelli, M;
2015

Abstract

A search is performed for heavy long-lived charged particles using 3.0 fb-1 of proton–proton collisions collected at √s= 7 and 8  TeV with the LHCb detector. The search is mainly based on the response of the ring imaging Cherenkov detectors to distinguish the heavy, slow-moving particles from muons. No evidence is found for the production of such long-lived states. The results are expressed as limits on the Drell–Yan production of pairs of long-lived particles, with both particles in the LHCb pseudorapidity acceptance, 1.8<η<4.9. The mass-dependent cross-section upper limits are in the range 2–4 fb (at 95 % CL) for masses between 14 and 309 GeV/c2.
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2015
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Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., et al. (2015). Search for long-lived heavy charged particles using a ring imaging Cherenkov technique at LHCb. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 75(12), 1-14 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3809-7].
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