Search for pair-production of long-lived heavy charged particles in e+e- annihilation

ALEPH Collaboration

doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(97)00715-6

Search for pair-production of long-lived heavy charged particles in e⁺e^- annihilation

ALEPH Collaboration

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A search for pair-production of long-lived, heavy, singly-charged particles has been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 172 GeV. Data at √s = 161, 136, and 130 GeV are also included to improve the sensitivity to lower masses. No candidate is found in the data. A model-independent 95% confidence level upper limit on the production cross section at 172 GeV of 0.2-0.4 pb is derived for masses between 45 and 86 GeV/c². This cross section limit implies, assuming the MSSM, a lower limit of 67 (69) GeV/c² on the mass of right-(left-) handed long-lived scalar taus or scalar muons and of 86 GeV/c² on the mass of long-lived charginos.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	379-388
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	405
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0370-2693(97)00715-6
State	Published - Jul 24 1997
Externally published	Yes

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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AU - Goy, C.

AU - Lees, J. P.

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AU - Minard, M. N.

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AU - Perlas, J. A.

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AU - Silvestris, L.

AU - Tempesta, P.

AU - Tricomi, A.

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AU - Elmer, P.

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Search for pair-production of long-lived heavy charged particles in e⁺e^- annihilation

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