LHCb potential to discover long-lived new physics particles with lifetimes above 100 ps

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Main Authors: Gorkavenko, Volodymyr, Jashal, Brij, Kholoimov, Valerii, Kyselov, Yehor, Mendoza, Diego, Ovchynnikov, Maksym, Oyanguren, Arantza, Svintozelskyi, Volodymyr, Zhuo, Jiahui
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author Gorkavenko, Volodymyr
Jashal, Brij
Kholoimov, Valerii
Kyselov, Yehor
Mendoza, Diego
Ovchynnikov, Maksym
Oyanguren, Arantza
Svintozelskyi, Volodymyr
Zhuo, Jiahui
author_facet Gorkavenko, Volodymyr
Jashal, Brij
Kholoimov, Valerii
Kyselov, Yehor
Mendoza, Diego
Ovchynnikov, Maksym
Oyanguren, Arantza
Svintozelskyi, Volodymyr
Zhuo, Jiahui
contents For years, it has been believed that the main LHC detectors can only restrictively play the role of a lifetime frontier experiment exploring the parameter space of long-lived particles (LLPs) - hypothetical particles with tiny couplings to the Standard Model. This paper demonstrates that the LHCb experiment may become a powerful lifetime frontier experiment if it uses the new Downstream algorithm reconstructing tracks that do not let hits in the LHCb vertex tracker. In particular, for many LLP scenarios, LHCb may be as sensitive as the proposed experiments beyond main LHC detectors for various LLP models, including heavy neutral leptons, dark scalars, dark photons, and axion-like particles.
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spellingShingle LHCb potential to discover long-lived new physics particles with lifetimes above 100 ps
Gorkavenko, Volodymyr
Jashal, Brij
Kholoimov, Valerii
Kyselov, Yehor
Mendoza, Diego
Ovchynnikov, Maksym
Oyanguren, Arantza
Svintozelskyi, Volodymyr
Zhuo, Jiahui
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
For years, it has been believed that the main LHC detectors can only restrictively play the role of a lifetime frontier experiment exploring the parameter space of long-lived particles (LLPs) - hypothetical particles with tiny couplings to the Standard Model. This paper demonstrates that the LHCb experiment may become a powerful lifetime frontier experiment if it uses the new Downstream algorithm reconstructing tracks that do not let hits in the LHCb vertex tracker. In particular, for many LLP scenarios, LHCb may be as sensitive as the proposed experiments beyond main LHC detectors for various LLP models, including heavy neutral leptons, dark scalars, dark photons, and axion-like particles.
title LHCb potential to discover long-lived new physics particles with lifetimes above 100 ps
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.14016