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Search for decays of stopped exotic long-lived particles produced in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV

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dc.contributor.authorCMS collaboration (2281 authors)
dc.contributor.authorNayak, Aruna
dc.contributor.authorBargassa, Pedrame
dc.contributor.authorBeirão Da Cruz E Silva, Cristóvão
dc.contributor.authorDi Francesco, Agostino
dc.contributor.authorFaccioli, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorGalinhas, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorGallinaro, Michele
dc.contributor.authorHollar, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorLeonardo, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorLloret Iglesias, Lara
dc.contributor.authorSeixas, Joao
dc.contributor.authorStrong, Giles
dc.contributor.authorToldaiev, Oleksii
dc.contributor.authorVadruccio, Daniele
dc.contributor.authorVarela, Joao
dc.contributor.authorVischia, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorDavid Tinoco Mendes, Andre
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMusella, Pasquale
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-05T15:47:27Z
dc.date.available2019-02-05T15:47:27Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-21
dc.date.updated2019-02-05T15:47:27Z
dc.description.abstractA search is presented for the decays of heavy exotic long-lived particles (LLPs) that are produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the CERN LHC and come to rest in the CMS detector. Their decays would be visible during periods of time well separated from proton-proton collisions. Two decay scenarios of stopped LLPs are explored: a hadronic decay detected in the calorimeter and a decay into muons detected in the muon system. The calorimeter (muon) search covers a period of sensitivity totaling 721 (744) hours in 38.6 (39.0) fb$^{-1}$ of data collected by the CMS detector in 2015 and 2016. The results are interpreted in several scenarios that predict LLPs. Production cross section limits are set as a function of the mean proper lifetime and the mass of the LLPs, for lifetimes between 100 ns and 10 days. These are the most stringent limits to date on the mass of hadronically decaying stopped LLPs, and this is the first search at the LHC for stopped LLPs that decay to muons.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierJHEP 1805 (2018) 127; DOI 10.1007/JHEP05(2018)127
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2018)127
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27549
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relationAdvanced Multi-Variate Analysis for New Physics Searches at the LHC
dc.titleSearch for decays of stopped exotic long-lived particles produced in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleAdvanced Multi-Variate Analysis for New Physics Searches at the LHC
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/675440/EU
oaire.fundingStreamH2020
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
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