| dc.contributor.author |
Mukherjee, Sajal |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2025-12-12T08:51:31Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2025-12-12T08:51:31Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2025-04 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.131802 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/20381 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
A search is presented for fractionally charged particles with charges below 1𝑒
, using their small energy loss in the tracking detector as a key variable to observe a signal. The analyzed dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1
of proton-proton collisions collected at √𝑠 =13 TeV in 2016–2018 at the CERN LHC. This is the first search at the LHC for new particles with a charge between 𝑒/3
and 0.9𝑒, including an extension of previous results at a charge of 2𝑒/3
. Masses up to 640 GeV and charges as low as 𝑒/3 are excluded at 95% confidence level. These are the most stringent limits to date for the considered Drell-Yan-like production mode. |
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| dc.language.iso |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
APS |
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| dc.subject |
Physics |
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| dc.subject |
Fractionally charged particles |
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| dc.subject |
LHC search at 13 TeV |
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| dc.subject |
Drell-Yan production mode |
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| dc.subject |
Charge range 𝑒�/3 to 0.9𝑒� |
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| dc.title |
Search for fractionally charged particles in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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