Prospects for discovering supersymmetric long-lived particles with MoEDAL [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2001.05980


We present a study on the possibility of searching for long-lived supersymmetric partners with the MoEDAL experiment at the LHC. MoEDAL is sensitive to highly ionising objects such as magnetic monopoles or massive (meta)stable electrically charged particles. We focus on prospects of detecting long-lived sleptons in phenomenologically realistic models, not yet excluded by the current data from ATLAS or CMS, and also compatible with astrophysical constraints. Using Monte Carlo simulation, we compare the sensitivities of MoEDAL versus ATLAS and we present scenarios where MoEDAL can provide discovery reach complementary to ATLAS and CMS. It is also interesting to point out that, in such scenarios, in which charged staus are the main long-lived candidates, the relevant mass range for MoEDAL is compatible with a potential role of Supersymmetry in providing an explanation for the anomalous events observed by the ANITA detector.

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D. Felea, J. Mamuzic, R. Masełek, et. al.
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Comments: 10 pages, 5 figures, preliminary results of this article were presented in DISCRETE 2018, arXiv:1903.11022