Search for Long-Lived Particles Decaying into Displaced Jets in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13  TeV
Physical Review D 2019
Viesturs Veckalns, et al 100

A search for long-lived particles decaying into jets is presented. Data were collected with the CMS detector at the LHC from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1. The search examines the distinctive topology of displaced tracks and secondary vertices. The selected events are found to be consistent with standard model predictions. For a simplified model in which long-lived neutral particles are pair produced and decay to two jets, pair production cross sections larger than 0.2 fb are excluded at 95% confidence level for a long-lived particle mass larger than 1000 GeV and proper decay lengths between 3 and 130 mm. Several supersymmetry models with gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking or R-parity violation, where pair-produced long-lived gluinos or top squarks decay to several final-state topologies containing displaced jets, are also tested. For these models, in the mass ranges above 200 GeV, gluino masses up to 2300-2400 GeV and top squark masses up to 1350-1600 GeV are excluded for proper decay lengths approximately between 10 and 100 mm. These are the most restrictive limits to date on these models.


DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.99.032011
Hyperlink
https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.032011

Veckalns, V., 100, e. Search for Long-Lived Particles Decaying into Displaced Jets in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13  TeV. Physical Review D, 2019, Vol. 99, No. 3, pp.1-10. ISSN 2470-0010. e-ISSN 2470-0029. Available from: doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.032011

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English (en)
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