Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

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Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

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Abstract

A search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles is performed using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Data collected in 2012 at√s = 8TeV from pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb^-1 are examined. Particles producing anomalously high ionisation, consistent with long-livedmassive particleswith electric charges from |q| = 2e to |q| = 6e are searched for. No signal candidate events are observed, and 95% confidence level crosssection upper limits are interpreted as lower mass limits for a Drell-Yan productionmodel. The mass limits range between 660 and 785 GeV.

Original language	English
Article number	362
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	75
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3534-2
State	Published - 10 Aug 2015

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Funders	Funder number
Not added	ST/H001093/2, ST/N000420/1
CEA-DSM
Cantons of Bern and Geneva
Czech Republic
DNSRCand Lundbeck Foundation
GridKA
INFNCNAF
MES of Russia
MIZŠ
MNE
NDGF	CC-IN2P3
NSRF
RGC
VSC CR
Wallenberg Foundation
National Science Foundation	1119200
BRF
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Alabama Space Grant Consortium
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Türkiye Atom Enerjisi Kurumu
Seventh Framework Programme	246806
Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation
CERN
Glycemic Index Foundation
Réseau de cancérologie Rossy
Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
National Research Council Canada
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Science and Technology Facilities Council	PP/E000347/1, ST/L001195/1, ST/J00474X/1, ST/M004821/1, ST/M002306/1, ST/J004928/1, ST/K001361/1, ST/L003414/1, GRIDPP, ST/K001310/1, ST/L00352X/1, ST/M503575/1, ST/J501074/1, ST/L001144/1, ST/L003112/1, ST/J005525/1, ST/M001504/1, ST/K001248/1, ST/L003325/1, ST/M000761/1, ST/I000178/1, ST/G50228X/1, ST/M001431/1, ST/K001418/1, ST/H001093/1, ST/K001302/1, ST/K001388/1, ST/N000463/1, ST/K001329/1, ST/K50208X/1, ST/L001179/1, ST/I005803/1, ST/J004944/1, ST/M001407/1, ST/I006080/1, ST/L006480/1, ST/I000186/1, ST/M006980/1, ST/G502320/1, ST/M001733/1, PP/D002915/1, ST/M000664/1, ST/H00100X/1, ST/L000970/1, ST/K00073X/1, ST/H00100X/2, ST/K000705/1, ST/L003511/1, ST/L000326/1, PP/E003087/1, ST/N000307/1, PP/E000355/1, ST/K00140X/1, ST/M001474/1, ST/I00372X/1, PP/E002846/1, ST/K003658/1, ST/J005487/1, ST/I006056/1, ST/M003213/1, PP/E000444/1, ST/K00137X/1, ST/N000277/1, ST/J005576/1
Leverhulme Trust
Royal Society
European Commission	IN2P3-CNRS
European Research Council
Australian Research Council
Neurosurgical Research Foundation
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Minerva Foundation
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung	156083, 149246
Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
National Science Council
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Austrian Science Fund
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel Science Foundation
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja
Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki
Georgian National Science Foundation
Israeli Centers for Research Excellence
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation
Sociedad Española de Reumatología
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
Institutul de Fizică Atomică
Irish Rugby Football Union

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Search for heavy long-lived multi-charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

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