Search for nearly mass-degenerate higgsinos using low-momentum mildly displaced tracks in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Higgsinos with masses near the electroweak scale can solve the hierarchy problem and provide a dark matter candidate, while detecting them at the LHC remains challenging if their mass splitting is 𝒪⁡(1 GeV). This Letter presents a novel search for nearly mass-degenerate Higgsinos in events with an e...

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Hauptverfasser: Aad, Georges (VerfasserIn) , Ackermann, Anke (VerfasserIn) , Baltes, Lisa Marie (VerfasserIn) , Bartels, Falk (VerfasserIn) , Rio, Fernando del (VerfasserIn) , Dittmeier, Sebastian (VerfasserIn) , Dunford, Monica (VerfasserIn) , Franchino, Silvia (VerfasserIn) , Junkermann, Thomas (VerfasserIn) , Mkrtchyan, Tigran (VerfasserIn) , Ott, Philipp (VerfasserIn) , Rassloff, Damir Fabrice (VerfasserIn) , Sauer, Christof (VerfasserIn) , Schöning, André (VerfasserIn) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (VerfasserIn) , Sothilingam, Varsiha (VerfasserIn) , Stamen, Rainer (VerfasserIn) , Starovoitov, Pavel (VerfasserIn) , Vigani, Luigi (VerfasserIn) , Weber, Sebastian (VerfasserIn) , Wessels, Martin (VerfasserIn) , Zinßer, Joachim (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: ATLAS Collaboration (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 30 May, 2024
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 132, Heft: 22, Pages: 1-24
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.221801
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.221801
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Verfasserangaben:G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)
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Zusammenfassung:Higgsinos with masses near the electroweak scale can solve the hierarchy problem and provide a dark matter candidate, while detecting them at the LHC remains challenging if their mass splitting is 𝒪⁡(1 GeV). This Letter presents a novel search for nearly mass-degenerate Higgsinos in events with an energetic jet, missing transverse momentum, and a low-momentum track with a significant transverse impact parameter using 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at √𝑠=13 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment. For the first time since LEP, a range of mass splittings between the lightest charged and neutral Higgsinos from 0.3 to 0.9 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level, with a maximum reach of approximately 170 GeV in the Higgsino mass.
Beschreibung:Gesehen am 10.10.2025
ATLAS collaboration: G. Aad, A. Ackermann, L.M. Baltes, F. Bartels, F. Del Rio, S.J. Dittmeier, M. Dunford, S. Franchino, T. Junkermann, T. Mkrtchyan, P.S. Ott, D.F. Rassloff, C. Sauer, A. Schoening, H-C. Schultz-Coulon, V. Sothilingam, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, L. Vigani, S.M. Weber, M. Wessels, J. Zinsser [und viele weitere]
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ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.221801