Abraham, N L, Allbrooke, B M M, Asquith, L, Suruliz, K, Cerri, A, Jones, S D, De Santo, A, Salvatore, F, Shaw, K, Stevenson, T J, Sutton, M R, Tresoldi, F, Trovato, F, Vivarelli, I, Winkels, E, The ATLAS Collaboration, and others, (2019) Search for heavy long-lived multicharged particles in proton-proton collisions at √s =13 TeV using the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D, 99 (5). a052003 1-26. ISSN 2470-0010

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Abstract

A search for heavy long-lived multicharged particles is performed using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Data with an integrated luminosity of 36.1  fb−1 collected in 2015 and 2016 from proton-proton collisions at √s=13  TeV are examined. Particles producing anomalously high ionization, consistent with long-lived massive particles with electric charges from |q|=2e to |q|=7e, are searched for. No events are observed, and 95% confidence level cross-section upper limits are interpreted as lower mass limits for a Drell-Yan production model. Multicharged particles with masses between 50 and 980–1220 GeV (depending on their electric charge) are excluded.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Amelia Redman
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2019 11:35
Last Modified:	18 Sep 2019 11:35
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/85787

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