Searches for gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking topologies in e(+)e(-) collisions at centre-of-mass energies up to root s=209 GeV

Abbiendi, G. and Ainsley, C. and Akesson, P. F. and Alexander, G. and Anagnostou, G. and Anderson, K. J. and Arcelli, S. and Asai, S. and Axen, D. and Bailey, I. and Barberio, E. and Barillari, T. and Barlow, R. J. and Batley, R. J. and Bechtle, P. and Behnke, T. and Bell, K. W. and Bell, P. J. and Bella, G. and Bellerive, A. and Benelli, G. and Bethke, S. and Biebel, O. and Boeriu, O. and Bock, P. and Boutemeur, M. and Braibant, S. and Brown, R. M. and Burckhart, H. J. and Campana, S. and Capiluppi, P. and Carnegie, R. K. and Carter, A. A. and Carter, J. R. and Chang, C. Y. and Charlton, D. G. and Ciocca, C. and Csilling, A. and Cuffiani, M. and Dado, S. and De Roeck, A. and De Wolf, E. A. and Desch, K. and Dienes, B. and Dubbert, J. and Duchovni, E. and Duckeck, G. and Duerdoth, I. P. and Etzion, E. and Fabbri, F. and OPAL Collaboration (2006) Searches for gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking topologies in e(+)e(-) collisions at centre-of-mass energies up to root s=209 GeV. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 46 (2). pp. 307-341. ISSN 1434-6044

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Abstract

Searches were performed for topologies predicted by gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking models (GMSB). All possible lifetimes of the next-to-lightest SUSY particle (NLSP), either the lightest neutralino or slepton, decaying into the lightest SUSY particle, the gravitino, were considered. No evidence for GMSB signatures was found in the OPAL data sample collected at centre-of-mass energies up to root s = 209 GeV at LEP. Limits on the product of the production cross-sections and branching fractions are presented for all search topologies. To test the impact of the searches, a complete scan over the parameters of the minimal model of GMSB was performed. NLSP masses below 53.5 GeV/c(2) in the neutralino NLSP scenario, below 87.4 GeV/c(2) in the stau NLSP scenario and below 91.9 GeV/c(2) in the slepton co-NLSP scenario are excluded at 95% confidence level for all NLSP lifetimes. The scan determines constraints on the universal SUSY mass scale Lambda from the direct SUSY particle searches of Lambda > 40, 27, 21, 17, 15 TeV/c(2) for messenger indices N = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 for all NLSP lifetimes.

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Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
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?? PHYSICSPHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY (MISCELLANEOUS)ENGINEERING (MISCELLANEOUS)QC PHYSICS ??
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59455
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08 Nov 2012 11:39
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Published
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