Search for Neutral, Long-Lived Particles Decaying into Two Muons in pp̅ Collisions at √s = 1:96 TeV

Authors

V. M. Abazov, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
Kenneth A. Bloom, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Gregory R. Snow, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
D0 Collaboration

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

10-20-2006

Comments

Published by American Physical Society. Phys. Rev. Lett 97, 161802 (2006). http://prl.aps.org. Copyright © 2006 American Physical Society. Permission to use.

Abstract

We present a search for a neutral particle, pair produced in pp̅ collisions at√s = 1.96 TeV, which decays into two muons and lives long enough to travel at least 5 cm before decaying. The analysis uses ≈ 380 pb^-1 of data recorded with the D0 detector. The background is estimated to be about one event. No candidates are observed, and limits are set on the pair-production cross section times branching fraction into dimuons + X for such particles. For a mass of 10 GeVand lifetime of 4 × 10^-11 s, we exclude values greater than 0.14 pb (95% C.L.). These results are used to limit the interpretation of NuTeV’s excess of dimuon events.