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Search for long-lived particles decaying to photons and missing energy in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV

dc.contributor.authorCMS collaboration (2197 authors)
dc.contributor.authorHollar, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorNayak, Aruna
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorBargassa, Pedrame
dc.contributor.authorDavid Tinoco Mendes, Andre
dc.contributor.authorFaccioli, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorFerreira Parracho, Pedro Guilherme
dc.contributor.authorGallinaro, Michele
dc.contributor.authorSeixas, Joao
dc.contributor.authorVarela, Joao
dc.contributor.authorVischia, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorLloret Iglesias, Lara
dc.contributor.authorMusella, Pasquale
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues Antunes, Joao
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorPela, Joao
dc.contributor.authorLeonardo, Nuno
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-03T22:01:56Z
dc.date.available2019-02-03T22:01:56Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-24
dc.date.updated2019-02-03T22:01:56Z
dc.description.abstractResults are presented from a search for long-lived neutralinos decaying into a photon and an invisible particle, a signature associated with gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking in supersymmetric models. The analysis is based on a 4.9 inverse femtobarn sample of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The missing transverse energy and the time of arrival of the photon at the electromagnetic calorimeter are used to search for an excess of events over the expected background. No significant excess is observed, and lower limits at the 95% confidence level are obtained on the mass of the lightest neutralino, m(neutralino) > 220 GeV (for c tau < 500 mm), as well as on the proper decay length of the lightest neutralino, c tau > 6000 mm (for m(neutralino) < 150 GeV).
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierPhys.Lett. B722 (2013) 273-294; DOI 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.04.027
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.04.027
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26343
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleSearch for long-lived particles decaying to photons and missing energy in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt
rcaap.typearticle

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