Search for long-lived particles using out-of-time trackless jets in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV
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Abstract
A search for long-lived particles decaying in the outer regions of the CMS silicon tracker or in the calorimeters is presented. The search is based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions at = 13 TeV recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. A novel technique, using nearly trackless and out-of-time jet information combined in a deep neural network discriminator, is employed to identify decays of long-lived particles. The results are interpreted in a simplified model of chargino-neutralino production, where the neutralino is the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle, is long-lived, and decays to a gravitino and either a Higgs or Z boson. This search is most sensitive to neutralino proper decay lengths of approximately 0.5 m, for which masses up to 1.18 TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level. The current search is the best result to date in the mass range from the kinematic limit imposed by the Higgs boson mass up to 1.8 TeV.
Date Issued
2023-07-27
Date Acceptance
2023-04-02
Citation
The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023, 2023 (7)
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
SpringerOpen
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2023
Issue
7
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CERN, for the benefit of the CMS Collaboration.
Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Subjects
Beyond Standard Model
CROSS-SECTION
DECAYS
Hadron-Hadron Scattering
HIGGS
Physical Sciences
Physics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Science & Technology
SQUARK
SUPERSYMMETRY
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 210