Search for Multiply Charged Heavy Stable Charged Particles in Data Collected with the CMS Detector
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Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:953405008 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Several models of new physics yield particles that are massive, long-lived, and have an electric charge, Q, greater than that of the electron, e. A search for evidence of such particles was performed using 5.0 fb-1 and 18.8 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data collected at √s = 7 TeV and √s = 8 TeV, respectively, with the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The distinctive detector signatures of these particles are that they are slow-moving and highly ionizing. Ionization energy loss and time-of- flight measurements were made using the inner tracker and the muon system, respectively. The search is sensitive to 1e ≤