Please read these instructions before posting any event on Fermilab Indico

Indico will be unavailable on Wed., Dec 18th from 7 - 7:30am due to server maintenance.

7–9 Aug 2024
Fermilab - Wilson Hall
US/Central timezone

Displaced Tracking at a Muon Collider with Long-lived Staus

Not scheduled
20m
Ramsey Auditorium (Fermilab - Wilson Hall)

Ramsey Auditorium

Fermilab - Wilson Hall

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Batavia, IL

Speaker

Mark Larson (The University of Chicago)

Description

A future 10 TeV muon collider offers numerous opportunities to search for new fundamental particles. Long-lived particles (LLPs) are well-motivated by many open questions in physics and Beyond Standard Model theories. This study focuses on indirect detection of charged long-lived particles via displaced tracks. At a muon collider, beam-induced-background (BIB) can lead to background displaced tracks, making accurately reconstructing LLP displaced tracks challenging. In this study we consider a Supersymmetry benchmark model with long-lived staus, in which each stau decays to a tau and a Dark Matter particle. Displaced tracks from the stau decays are used to evaluate track reconstruction efficiency at varying levels of BIB rejection. This work gives insight into the tracking requirements and a possible analysis strategy to reject BIB background while maintaining sensitivity to LLPs.

Primary authors

Mark Larson (The University of Chicago) Kane Huang (The University of Chicago) Tate Flicker (The University of Chicago) Leo Rozanov (The University of Chicago) Benjamin Rosser (The University of Chicago) Prof. Karri DiPetrillo (The University of Chicago)

Presentation materials

There are no materials yet.