A search is presented for long-lived particles with a mass between 25 and 50 GeV/c^2 and a lifetime between 1 and 200 ps in a sample of proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.62 fb^−1, collected by the LHCb detector. The particles are assumed to be pair-produced by the decay of a standard model-like Higgs boson. The experimental signature of the long-lived particle is a displaced vertex with two associated jets. No excess above the background is observed and limits are set on the production cross-section as a function of the long-lived particle mass and lifetime.

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, et al. (2015). Search for Long-Lived Particles Decaying to Jet Pairs. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 75(4), 1-12 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3344-6].

Search for Long-Lived Particles Decaying to Jet Pairs

L. Capriotti;CARBONE, ANGELO;GALLI, DOMENICO;MOGGI, NICCOLO';MUSSINI, MANUEL;PATRIGNANI, CLAUDIA;PERAZZINI, STEFANO;VAGNONI, VINCENZO MARIA;ZANGOLI, MARIA;
2015

Abstract

A search is presented for long-lived particles with a mass between 25 and 50 GeV/c^2 and a lifetime between 1 and 200 ps in a sample of proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.62 fb^−1, collected by the LHCb detector. The particles are assumed to be pair-produced by the decay of a standard model-like Higgs boson. The experimental signature of the long-lived particle is a displaced vertex with two associated jets. No excess above the background is observed and limits are set on the production cross-section as a function of the long-lived particle mass and lifetime.
2015
R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, et al. (2015). Search for Long-Lived Particles Decaying to Jet Pairs. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 75(4), 1-12 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3344-6].
R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; A. Affolder; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A...espandi
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