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Phys. Rev. D 78, 032015 (2008) [29 pages]

Search for heavy, long-lived neutralinos that decay to photons at CDF II using photon timing

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T. Aaltonen et al. CDF Collaboration
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Received 8 April 2008; published 22 August 2008

We present the results of the first hadron collider search for heavy, long-lived neutralinos that decay via χ˜10γG˜ in gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking models. Using an integrated luminosity of 570±34  pb-1 of pp̅ collisions at s=1.96  TeV, we select γ+jet+missing transverse energy candidate events based on the arrival time of a high-energy photon at the electromagnetic calorimeter as measured with a timing system that was recently installed on the CDF II detector. We find 2 events, consistent with the background estimate of 1.3±0.7 events. While our search strategy does not rely on model-specific dynamics, we set cross section limits and place the world-best 95% C.L. lower limit on the χ˜10 mass of 101  GeV/c2 at τχ˜10=5  ns.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.032015
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.032015
PACS:
13.85.Rm, 12.60.Jv, 13.85.Qk, 14.80.Ly