The Quirky Collider Signals of Folded Supersymmetry

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dc.creatorBurdman, Gustavo
dc.creatorChacko, Z.
dc.creatorGoh, Hock-Seng
dc.creatorHarnik, Roni
dc.creatorKrenke, Christopher A.
dc.date2008-05-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:51:15Z
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dc.descriptionWe investigate the collider signals associated with scalar quirks ("squirks") in folded supersymmetric models. As opposed to regular superpartners in supersymmetric models these particles are uncolored, but are instead charged under a new confining group, leading to radically different collider signals. Due to the new strong dynamics, squirks that are pair produced do not hadronize separately, but rather form a highly excited bound state. The excited ``squirkonium'' loses energy to radiation before annihilating back into Standard Model particles. We calculate the branching fractions into various channels for this process, which is prompt on collider time-scales. The most promising annihilation channel for discovery is W+photon which dominates for squirkonium near its ground state. We demonstrate the feasibility of the LHC search, showing that the mass peak is visible above the SM continuum background and estimate the discovery reach.
dc.description6 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4667
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4667
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D78:075028,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.075028
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203831
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleThe Quirky Collider Signals of Folded Supersymmetry
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