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TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for long-lived charginos based on a disappearing-track signature using 136 fb - 1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - ATLAS Collaboration
AU - Barton, A.E.
AU - Bertram, I.A.
AU - Borissov, G.
AU - Bouhova-Thacker, E.V.
AU - Fox, H.
AU - Henderson, R.C.W.
AU - Jones, R.W.L.
AU - Kartvelishvili, V.
AU - Long, Robin
AU - Love, P.A.
AU - Muenstermann, D.
AU - Sanderswood, Izaac
AU - Smizanska, M.
AU - Wharton, A.M.
AU - Yexley, Melissa
N1 - M1 - 606
PY - 2022/7/11
Y1 - 2022/7/11
N2 - A search for long-lived charginos produced either directly or in the cascade decay of heavy prompt gluino states is presented. The search is based on proton–proton collision data collected at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV between 2015 and 2018 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 136 fb - 1. Long-lived charginos are characterised by a distinct signature of a short and then disappearing track, and are reconstructed using at least four measurements in the ATLAS pixel detector, with no subsequent measurements in the silicon-microstrip tracking volume nor any associated energy deposits in the calorimeter. The final state is complemented by a large missing transverse-momentum requirement for triggering purposes and at least one high-transverse-momentum jet. No excess above the expected backgrounds is observed. Exclusion limits are set at 95% confidence level on the masses of the chargino and gluino for different chargino lifetimes. Chargino masses up to 660 (210) GeV are excluded in scenarios where the chargino is a pure wino (higgsino). For charginos produced during the cascade decay of a heavy gluino, gluinos with masses below 2.1 TeV are excluded for a chargino mass of 300 GeV and a lifetime of 0.2 ns.
AB - A search for long-lived charginos produced either directly or in the cascade decay of heavy prompt gluino states is presented. The search is based on proton–proton collision data collected at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV between 2015 and 2018 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 136 fb - 1. Long-lived charginos are characterised by a distinct signature of a short and then disappearing track, and are reconstructed using at least four measurements in the ATLAS pixel detector, with no subsequent measurements in the silicon-microstrip tracking volume nor any associated energy deposits in the calorimeter. The final state is complemented by a large missing transverse-momentum requirement for triggering purposes and at least one high-transverse-momentum jet. No excess above the expected backgrounds is observed. Exclusion limits are set at 95% confidence level on the masses of the chargino and gluino for different chargino lifetimes. Chargino masses up to 660 (210) GeV are excluded in scenarios where the chargino is a pure wino (higgsino). For charginos produced during the cascade decay of a heavy gluino, gluinos with masses below 2.1 TeV are excluded for a chargino mass of 300 GeV and a lifetime of 0.2 ns.
KW - Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
KW - Engineering (miscellaneous)
U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10489-5
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10489-5
M3 - Journal article
VL - 82
JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
JF - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
SN - 1434-6044
IS - 7
ER -