Search for millicharged particles in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV

A. Ball; G. Beauregard; J. Brooke; C. Campagnari; M. Carrigan; M. Citron; J. De La Haye; A. De Roeck; Y. Elskens; R. Escobar Franco; M. Ezeldine; B. Francis; M. Gastal; M. Ghimire; J. Goldstein; F. Golf; J. Guiang; A. Haas; R. Heller; C. S. Hill; L. Lavezzo; R. Loos; S. Lowette; G. Magill; B. Manley; B. Marsh; D. W. Miller; B. Odegard; F. R. Saab; J. Sahili; R. Schmitz; F. Setti; H. Shakeshaft; D. Stuart; M. Swiatlowski; J. Yoo; H. Zaraket; H. Zheng

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.032002

Search for millicharged particles in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV

A. Ball, G. Beauregard, J. Brooke, C. Campagnari, M. Carrigan, M. Citron, J. De La Haye, A. De Roeck, Y. Elskens, R. Escobar Franco, M. Ezeldine, B. Francis, M. Gastal, M. Ghimire, J. Goldstein, F. Golf, J. Guiang, A. Haas, R. Heller, C. S. HillL. Lavezzo, R. Loos, S. Lowette, G. Magill, B. Manley, B. Marsh, D. W. Miller, B. Odegard, F. R. Saab, J. Sahili, R. Schmitz, F. Setti, H. Shakeshaft, D. Stuart, M. Swiatlowski, J. Yoo, H. Zaraket, H. Zheng

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We report on a search for elementary particles with charges much smaller than the electron charge using a data sample of proton-proton collisions provided by the CERN Large Hadron Collider in 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 37.5 fb-1 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. A prototype scintillator-based detector is deployed to conduct the first search at a hadron collider sensitive to particles with charges ≤0.1e. The existence of new particles with masses between 20 and 4700 MeV is excluded at 95% confidence level for charges between 0.006e and 0.3e, depending on their mass. New sensitivity is achieved for masses larger than 700 MeV.

Original language	English
Article number	032002
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	102
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.032002
Publication status	Published - 2020 Aug 1
Externally published	Yes

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Ball, A., Beauregard, G., Brooke, J., Campagnari, C., Carrigan, M., Citron, M., De La Haye, J., De Roeck, A., Elskens, Y., Franco, R. E., Ezeldine, M., Francis, B., Gastal, M., Ghimire, M., Goldstein, J., Golf, F., Guiang, J., Haas, A., Heller, R., ... Zheng, H. (2020). Search for millicharged particles in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV. Physical Review D, 102(3), [032002]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.032002

Ball, A, Beauregard, G, Brooke, J, Campagnari, C, Carrigan, M, Citron, M, De La Haye, J, De Roeck, A, Elskens, Y, Franco, RE, Ezeldine, M, Francis, B, Gastal, M, Ghimire, M, Goldstein, J, Golf, F, Guiang, J, Haas, A, Heller, R, Hill, CS, Lavezzo, L, Loos, R, Lowette, S, Magill, G, Manley, B, Marsh, B, Miller, DW, Odegard, B, Saab, FR, Sahili, J, Schmitz, R, Setti, F, Shakeshaft, H, Stuart, D, Swiatlowski, M, Yoo, J, Zaraket, H & Zheng, H 2020, 'Search for millicharged particles in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV', Physical Review D, vol. 102, no. 3, 032002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.032002

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