Search for stable and long-lived massive charged particles in e +e- collisions at √S = 130-209 GeV

G. Abbiendi; C. Ainsley; P. F. Åkesson; G. Alexander; J. Allison; P. Amaral; G. Anagnostou; K. J. Anderson; S. Arcelli; S. Asai; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; I. Bailey; E. Barberio; R. J. Barlow; R. J. Batley; P. Bechtle; T. Behnke; K. W. Bell; P. J. Bell; G. Bella; A. Bellerive; G. Benelli; S. Bethke; O. Biebel; O. Boeriu; P. Bock; M. Boutemeur; S. Braibant; L. Brigliadori; R. M. Brown; K. Buesser; H. J. Burckhart; S. Campana; R. K. Carnegie; B. Caron; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; D. G. Charlton; A. Csilling; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; A. De Roeck; E. A. De Wolf; K. Desch; B. Dienes; M. Donkers; J. Dubbert; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; E. Etzion; F. Fabbri; L. Feld; P. Ferrari; F. Fiedler; I. Fleck; M. Ford; A. Frey; A. Fürtjes; P. Gagnon; J. W. Gary; G. Gaycken; C. Geich-Gimbel; G. Giacomelli; P. Giacomelli; M. Giunta; J. Goldberg; E. Gross; J. Grunhaus; M. Gruwé; P. O. Günther; A. Gupta; C. Hajdu; M. Hamann; G. G. Hanson; K. Harder; A. Harel; M. Harin-Dirac; M. Hauschild; C. M. Hawkes; R. Hawkings; R. J. Hemingway; C. Hensel; G. Herten; R. D. Heuer; J. C. Hill; K. Hoffman; D. Horváth; P. Igo-Kemenes; K. Ishii; H. Jeremie; P. Jovanovic; T. R. Junk; N. Kanaya; J. Kanzaki; G. Karapetian; D. Karlen; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; D. H. Kim; K. Klein; A. Klier; S. Kluth; T. Kobayashi; M. Kobel; S. Komamiya; L. Kormos; T. Krämer; P. Krieger; J. von Krogh; K. Kruger; T. Kuhl; M. Kupper; G. D. Lafferty; H. Landsman; D. Lanske; J. G. Layter; A. Leins; D. Lellouch; J. Letts; L. Levinson; J. Lillich; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; J. Lu; J. Ludwig; A. Macpherson; W. Mader; S. Marcellini; A. J. Martin; G. Masetti; T. Mashimo; P. Mättig; W. J. McDonald; J. McKenna; T. J. McMahon; R. A. McPherson; F. Meijers; W. Menges; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; A. Michelini; S. Mihara; G. Mikenberg; D. J. Miller; S. Moed; W. Mohr; T. Mori; A. Mutter; K. Nagai; I. Nakamura; H. Nanjo; H. A. Neal; R. Nisius; S. W. O'Neale; A. Oh; A. Okpara; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; C. Pahl; G. Pásztor; J. R. Pater; G. N. Patrick; J. E. Pilcher; J. Pinfold; D. E. Plane; B. Poli; J. Polok; O. Pooth; M. Przybycień; A. Quadt; K. Rabbertz; C. Rembser; P. Renkel; J. M. Roney; S. Rosati; Y. Rozen; K. Runge; K. Sachs; T. Saeki; E. K.G. Sarkisyan; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; P. Scharff-Hansen; J. Schieck; T. Schörner-Sadenius; M. Schröder; M. Schumacher; C. Schwick; W. G. Scott; R. Seuster; T. G. Shears; B. C. Shen; P. Sherwood; G. Siroli; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; R. Sobie; S. Söldner-Rembold; F. Spano; A. Stahl; K. Stephens; D. Strom; R. Ströhmer; S. Tarem; M. Tasevsky; R. J. Taylor; R. Teuscher; M. A. Thomson; E. Torrence; D. Toya; P. Tran; I. Trigger; Z. Trócsányi; E. Tsur; M. F. Turner-Watson; I. Ueda; B. Ujvári; C. F. Vollmer; P. Vannerem; R. Vértesi; M. Verzocchi; H. Voss; J. Vossebeld; D. Waller; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; P. M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; P. S. Wells; T. Wengler; N. Wermes; D. Wetterling; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; G. Wolf; T. R. Wyatt; S. Yamashita; D. Zer-Zion; L. Zivkovic

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00639-7

Search for stable and long-lived massive charged particles in e ⁺e^- collisions at √S = 130-209 GeV

G. Abbiendi^*, C. Ainsley, P. F. Åkesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, P. Amaral, G. Anagnostou, K. J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, E. Barberio, R. J. Barlow, R. J. Batley, P. Bechtle, T. Behnke, K. W. Bell, P. J. BellG. Bella, A. Bellerive, G. Benelli, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, O. Boeriu, P. Bock, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R. M. Brown, K. Buesser, H. J. Burckhart, S. Campana, R. K. Carnegie, B. Caron, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Charlton, A. Csilling, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, A. De Roeck, E. A. De Wolf, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, I. Fleck, M. Ford, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, P. Gagnon, J. W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, M. Giunta, J. Goldberg, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P. O. Günther, A. Gupta, C. Hajdu, M. Hamann, G. G. Hanson, K. Harder, A. Harel, M. Harin-Dirac, M. Hauschild, C. M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R. J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R. D. Heuer, J. C. Hill, K. Hoffman, D. Horváth, P. Igo-Kemenes, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, P. Jovanovic, T. R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, D. H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, S. Komamiya, L. Kormos, T. Krämer, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, K. Kruger, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, G. D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, J. G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, J. Lillich, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, S. Marcellini, A. J. Martin, G. Masetti, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W. J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T. J. McMahon, R. A. McPherson, F. Meijers, W. Menges, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D. J. Miller, S. Moed, W. Mohr, T. Mori, A. Mutter, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H. Nanjo, H. A. Neal, R. Nisius, S. W. O'Neale, A. Oh, A. Okpara, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, C. Pahl, G. Pásztor, J. R. Pater, G. N. Patrick, J. E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D. E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, O. Pooth, M. Przybycień, A. Quadt, K. Rabbertz, C. Rembser, P. Renkel, J. M. Roney, S. Rosati, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, E. K.G. Sarkisyan, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, T. Schörner-Sadenius, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W. G. Scott, R. Seuster, T. G. Shears, B. C. Shen, P. Sherwood, G. Siroli, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, F. Spano, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, S. Tarem, M. Tasevsky, R. J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, M. A. Thomson, E. Torrence, D. Toya, P. Tran, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M. F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, B. Ujvári, C. F. Vollmer, P. Vannerem, R. Vértesi, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, J. Vossebeld, D. Waller, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, P. M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, P. S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, G. Wolf, T. R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, D. Zer-Zion, L. Zivkovic

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A search for stable and long-lived massive particles of electric charge |Q/e| = 1 or fractional charges of 2/3, 4/3, and 5/3 is reported using data collected by the OPAL detector at LEP, at centre-of-mass energies from 130 to 209 GeV. These particles are assumed to be pair-produced in e⁺e ^- collisions and not to interact strongly. No evidence for the production of these particles was observed. Model-independent upper limits on the production cross-section between 0.005 and 0.028 pb have been derived for scalar and spin-1/2 particles with charge ±1. Within the framework of the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM), this implies a lower limit of 98.0 (98.5) GeV on the mass of long-lived right- (left-)handed scalar muons and scalar taus. Long-lived charged heavy leptons and charginos are excluded for masses below 102.0 GeV. For particles with fractional charge ±2/3, ±4/3 and ±5/3, the upper limit on the production cross-section varies between 0.005 and 0.020 pb. All mass and cross-section limits are derived at the 95% confidence level and are valid for particles with lifetimes longer than 10^-6 s.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-20
Number of pages	13
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	572
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00639-7
Publication status	Published - 2003 Oct 16
Externally published	Yes

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Abbiendi, G., Ainsley, C., Åkesson, P. F., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Amaral, P., Anagnostou, G., Anderson, K. J., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Bailey, I., Barberio, E., Barlow, R. J., Batley, R. J., Bechtle, P., Behnke, T., Bell, K. W., ... Zivkovic, L. (2003). Search for stable and long-lived massive charged particles in e ⁺e^- collisions at √S = 130-209 GeV. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 572(1-2), 8-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00639-7

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, PF, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, KJ, Arcelli, S, Asai, S, Axen, D, Azuelos, G, Bailey, I, Barberio, E, Barlow, RJ, Batley, RJ, Bechtle, P, Behnke, T, Bell, KW, Bell, PJ, Bella, G, Bellerive, A, Benelli, G, Bethke, S, Biebel, O, Boeriu, O, Bock, P, Boutemeur, M, Braibant, S, Brigliadori, L, Brown, RM, Buesser, K, Burckhart, HJ, Campana, S, Carnegie, RK, Caron, B, Carter, AA, Carter, JR, Chang, CY, Charlton, DG, Csilling, A, Cuffiani, M, Dado, S, De Roeck, A, De Wolf, EA, Desch, K, Dienes, B, Donkers, M, Dubbert, J, Duchovni, E, Duckeck, G, Duerdoth, IP, Etzion, E, Fabbri, F, Feld, L, Ferrari, P, Fiedler, F, Fleck, I, Ford, M, Frey, A, Fürtjes, A, Gagnon, P, Gary, JW, Gaycken, G, Geich-Gimbel, C, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, P, Giunta, M, Goldberg, J, Gross, E, Grunhaus, J, Gruwé, M, Günther, PO, Gupta, A, Hajdu, C, Hamann, M, Hanson, GG, Harder, K, Harel, A, Harin-Dirac, M, Hauschild, M, Hawkes, CM, Hawkings, R, Hemingway, RJ, Hensel, C, Herten, G, Heuer, RD, Hill, JC, Hoffman, K, Horváth, D, Igo-Kemenes, P, Ishii, K, Jeremie, H, Jovanovic, P, Junk, TR, Kanaya, N, Kanzaki, J, Karapetian, G, Karlen, D, Kawagoe, K, Kawamoto, T, Keeler, RK, Kellogg, RG, Kennedy, BW, Kim, DH, Klein, K, Klier, A, Kluth, S, Kobayashi, T, Kobel, M, Komamiya, S, Kormos, L, Krämer, T, Krieger, P, von Krogh, J, Kruger, K, Kuhl, T, Kupper, M, Lafferty, GD, Landsman, H, Lanske, D, Layter, JG, Leins, A, Lellouch, D, Letts, J, Levinson, L, Lillich, J, Lloyd, SL, Loebinger, FK, Lu, J, Ludwig, J, Macpherson, A, Mader, W, Marcellini, S, Martin, AJ, Masetti, G, Mashimo, T, Mättig, P, McDonald, WJ, McKenna, J, McMahon, TJ, McPherson, RA, Meijers, F, Menges, W, Merritt, FS, Mes, H, Michelini, A, Mihara, S, Mikenberg, G, Miller, DJ, Moed, S, Mohr, W, Mori, T, Mutter, A, Nagai, K, Nakamura, I, Nanjo, H, Neal, HA, Nisius, R, O'Neale, SW, Oh, A, Okpara, A, Oreglia, MJ, Orito, S, Pahl, C, Pásztor, G, Pater, JR, Patrick, GN, Pilcher, JE, Pinfold, J, Plane, DE, Poli, B, Polok, J, Pooth, O, Przybycień, M, Quadt, A, Rabbertz, K, Rembser, C, Renkel, P, Roney, JM, Rosati, S, Rozen, Y, Runge, K, Sachs, K, Saeki, T, Sarkisyan, EKG, Schaile, AD, Schaile, O, Scharff-Hansen, P, Schieck, J, Schörner-Sadenius, T, Schröder, M, Schumacher, M, Schwick, C, Scott, WG, Seuster, R, Shears, TG, Shen, BC, Sherwood, P, Siroli, G, Skuja, A, Smith, AM, Sobie, R, Söldner-Rembold, S, Spano, F, Stahl, A, Stephens, K, Strom, D, Ströhmer, R, Tarem, S, Tasevsky, M, Taylor, RJ, Teuscher, R, Thomson, MA, Torrence, E, Toya, D, Tran, P, Trigger, I, Trócsányi, Z, Tsur, E, Turner-Watson, MF, Ueda, I, Ujvári, B, Vollmer, CF, Vannerem, P, Vértesi, R, Verzocchi, M, Voss, H, Vossebeld, J, Waller, D, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watkins, PM, Watson, AT, Watson, NK, Wells, PS, Wengler, T, Wermes, N, Wetterling, D, Wilson, GW, Wilson, JA, Wolf, G, Wyatt, TR, Yamashita, S, Zer-Zion, D & Zivkovic, L 2003, 'Search for stable and long-lived massive charged particles in e ⁺e^- collisions at √S = 130-209 GeV', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 572, no. 1-2, pp. 8-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00639-7

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AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Allison, J.

AU - Amaral, P.

AU - Anagnostou, G.

AU - Anderson, K. J.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Asai, S.

AU - Axen, D.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Bailey, I.

AU - Barberio, E.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Batley, R. J.

AU - Bechtle, P.

AU - Behnke, T.

AU - Bell, K. W.

AU - Bell, P. J.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Bellerive, A.

AU - Benelli, G.

AU - Bethke, S.

AU - Biebel, O.

AU - Boeriu, O.

AU - Bock, P.

AU - Boutemeur, M.

AU - Braibant, S.

AU - Brigliadori, L.

AU - Brown, R. M.

AU - Buesser, K.

AU - Burckhart, H. J.

AU - Campana, S.

AU - Carnegie, R. K.

AU - Caron, B.

AU - Carter, A. A.

AU - Carter, J. R.

AU - Chang, C. Y.

AU - Charlton, D. G.

AU - Csilling, A.

AU - Cuffiani, M.

AU - Dado, S.

AU - De Roeck, A.

AU - De Wolf, E. A.

AU - Desch, K.

AU - Dienes, B.

AU - Donkers, M.

AU - Dubbert, J.

AU - Duchovni, E.

AU - Duckeck, G.

AU - Duerdoth, I. P.

AU - Etzion, E.

AU - Fabbri, F.

AU - Feld, L.

AU - Ferrari, P.

AU - Fiedler, F.

AU - Fleck, I.

AU - Ford, M.

AU - Frey, A.

AU - Fürtjes, A.

AU - Gagnon, P.

AU - Gary, J. W.

AU - Gaycken, G.

AU - Geich-Gimbel, C.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Giacomelli, P.

AU - Giunta, M.

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N1 - Funding Information: We particularly wish to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator at all energies and for their close cooperation with our experimental group. In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleased to acknowledge the Department of Energy, USA, National Science Foundation, USA, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, Israel Science Foundation, administered by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics, Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and a grant under the MEXT International Science Research Program, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation (GIF), Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany, National Research Council of Canada, Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research, OTKA T-038240, and T-042864, the NWO/NATO Fund for Scientific Reasearch, the Netherlands.

PY - 2003/10/16

Y1 - 2003/10/16

N2 - A search for stable and long-lived massive particles of electric charge |Q/e| = 1 or fractional charges of 2/3, 4/3, and 5/3 is reported using data collected by the OPAL detector at LEP, at centre-of-mass energies from 130 to 209 GeV. These particles are assumed to be pair-produced in e+e - collisions and not to interact strongly. No evidence for the production of these particles was observed. Model-independent upper limits on the production cross-section between 0.005 and 0.028 pb have been derived for scalar and spin-1/2 particles with charge ±1. Within the framework of the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM), this implies a lower limit of 98.0 (98.5) GeV on the mass of long-lived right- (left-)handed scalar muons and scalar taus. Long-lived charged heavy leptons and charginos are excluded for masses below 102.0 GeV. For particles with fractional charge ±2/3, ±4/3 and ±5/3, the upper limit on the production cross-section varies between 0.005 and 0.020 pb. All mass and cross-section limits are derived at the 95% confidence level and are valid for particles with lifetimes longer than 10-6 s.

AB - A search for stable and long-lived massive particles of electric charge |Q/e| = 1 or fractional charges of 2/3, 4/3, and 5/3 is reported using data collected by the OPAL detector at LEP, at centre-of-mass energies from 130 to 209 GeV. These particles are assumed to be pair-produced in e+e - collisions and not to interact strongly. No evidence for the production of these particles was observed. Model-independent upper limits on the production cross-section between 0.005 and 0.028 pb have been derived for scalar and spin-1/2 particles with charge ±1. Within the framework of the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM), this implies a lower limit of 98.0 (98.5) GeV on the mass of long-lived right- (left-)handed scalar muons and scalar taus. Long-lived charged heavy leptons and charginos are excluded for masses below 102.0 GeV. For particles with fractional charge ±2/3, ±4/3 and ±5/3, the upper limit on the production cross-section varies between 0.005 and 0.020 pb. All mass and cross-section limits are derived at the 95% confidence level and are valid for particles with lifetimes longer than 10-6 s.

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U2 - 10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00639-7

DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00639-7

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:17544398296

SN - 0370-2693

VL - 572

SP - 8

EP - 20

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

IS - 1-2

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Search for stable and long-lived massive charged particles in e ⁺e^- collisions at √S = 130-209 GeV

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