Search for massive long-lived particles decaying semileptonically in the LHCb detector
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Journal Article
Abstract
search is presented for massive long-lived par-
ticles decaying into a muon and two quarks. The dataset
consists of proton-proton interactions at centre-of-mass ener-
gies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosi-
tiesof1and2fb
−
1
, respectively. The analysis is performed
assuming a set of production mechanisms with simple topolo-
gies, including the production of a Higgs-like particle decay-
ing into two long-lived particles. The mass range from 20
to 80 GeV
/
c
2
and lifetimes from 5 to 100 ps are explored.
Results are also interpreted in terms of neutralino produc-
tion in different R-Parity violating supersymmetric models,
with masses in the 23–198 GeV/
c
2
range. No excess above
the background expectation is observed and upper limits are
set on the production cross-section for various points in the
parameter space of theoretical models.
ticles decaying into a muon and two quarks. The dataset
consists of proton-proton interactions at centre-of-mass ener-
gies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosi-
tiesof1and2fb
−
1
, respectively. The analysis is performed
assuming a set of production mechanisms with simple topolo-
gies, including the production of a Higgs-like particle decay-
ing into two long-lived particles. The mass range from 20
to 80 GeV
/
c
2
and lifetimes from 5 to 100 ps are explored.
Results are also interpreted in terms of neutralino produc-
tion in different R-Parity violating supersymmetric models,
with masses in the 23–198 GeV/
c
2
range. No excess above
the background expectation is observed and upper limits are
set on the production cross-section for various points in the
parameter space of theoretical models.
Date Issued
2017-04-10
Date Acceptance
2017-03-07
Citation
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2017, 77 (4)
ISSN
1434-6044
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Journal / Book Title
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Volume
77
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2017. © CERN for the benefit of the LHCb collaboration 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
HIGGS
BOSON
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 224