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Title: Search for Long-Lived Particles in e + e - Collisions

Abstract

We present a search for a neutral, long-lived particle L that is produced in e+e- collisions and decays at a significant distance from the e+e- interaction point into various flavor combinations of two oppositely charged tracks. The analysis uses an e+e- data sample with a luminosity of 489.1 fb-1 collected by the BABAR detector at the γ (4S), γ (3S), and γ (2S) resonances and just below the γ (4S). Fitting the two-track mass distribution in search of a signal peak, we do not observe a significant signal, and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product of the L production cross section, branching fraction, and reconstruction efficiency for six possible two-body L decay modes as a function of the L mass. The efficiency is given for each final state as a function of the mass, lifetime, and transverse momentum of the candidate, allowing application of the upper limits to any production model. In addition, upper limits are provided on the branching fraction B(B→XsL), where Xs is a strange hadronic system.

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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1180647
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Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D. N., Kerth, L. T., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Lee, M. J., Lynch, G., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Khan, A., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankford, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Campagnari, C., Franco Sevilla, M., Hong, T. M., Kovalskyi, D., Richman, J. D., West, C. A., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Panduro Vazquez, W., Schumm, B. A., Seiden, A., Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Porter, F. C., Röhrken, M., Andreassen, R., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Bloom, P. C., Ford, W. T., Gaz, A., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., Ayad, R., Toki, W. H., Spaan, B., Bernard, D., Verderi, M., Playfer, S., Bettoni, D., Bozzi, C., Calabrese, R., Cibinetto, G., Fioravanti, E., Garzia, I., Luppi, E., Piemontese, L., Santoro, V., Calcaterra, A., de Sangro, R., Finocchiaro, G., Martellotti, S., Patteri, P., Peruzzi, I. M., Piccolo, M., Rama, M., Zallo, A., Contri, R., Lo Vetere, M., Monge, M. R., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Robutti, E., Bhuyan, B., Prasad, V., Adametz, A., Uwer, U., Lacker, H. M., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Ahmed, H., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Derkach, D., Grosdidier, G., Le Diberder, F., Lutz, A. M., Malaescu, B., Roudeau, P., Stocchi, A., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Fry, J. R., Gabathuler, E., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Brown, D. N., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Fritsch, M., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Hamilton, B., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cowan, R., Sciolla, G., Cheaib, R., Patel, P. M., Robertson, S. H., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Sonnek, P., Summers, D. J., Simard, M., Taras, P., De Nardo, G., Onorato, G., Sciacca, C., Martinelli, M., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Feltresi, E., Margoni, M., Morandin, M., Posocco, M., Rotondo, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben-Haim, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., Briand, H., Calderini, G., Chauveau, J., Leruste, Ph., Marchiori, G., Ocariz, J., Biasini, M., Manoni, E., Pacetti, S., Rossi, A., Angelini, C., Batignani, G., Bettarini, S., Carpinelli, M., Casarosa, G., Cervelli, A., Chrzaszcz, M., Forti, F., Giorgi, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Perez, A., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Lopes Pegna, D., Olsen, J., Smith, A. J. S., Anulli, F., Faccini, R., Ferrarotto, F., Ferroni, F., Gaspero, M., Li Gioi, L., Pilloni, A., Piredda, G., Bünger, C., Dittrich, S., Grünberg, O., Hess, M., Leddig, T., Voß, C., Waldi, R., Adye, T., Olaiya, E. O., Wilson, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Bard, D. J., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dubois-Felsmann, G. P., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Lindemann, D., Luitz, S., Luth, V., Lynch, H. L., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Perl, M., Pulliam, T., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Salnikov, A. A., Schindler, R. H., Snyder, A., Su, D., Sullivan, M. K., Va’vra, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Wulsin, H. W., Purohit, M. V., White, R. M., Wilson, J. R., Randle-Conde, A., Sekula, S. J., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Wray, B. C., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez-Vidal, F., Oyanguren, A., Villanueva-Perez, P., Albert, J., Banerjee, Sw., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., Choi, H. H. F., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Lewczuk, M. J., Lueck, T., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sobie, R. J., Tasneem, N., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Band, H. R., Dasu, S., Pan, Y., Prepost, R., and Wu, S. L. Search for Long-Lived Particles ine+e-Collisions. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.171801.
Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D. N., Kerth, L. T., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Lee, M. J., Lynch, G., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Khan, A., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankford, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Campagnari, C., Franco Sevilla, M., Hong, T. M., Kovalskyi, D., Richman, J. D., West, C. A., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Panduro Vazquez, W., Schumm, B. A., Seiden, A., Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Porter, F. C., Röhrken, M., Andreassen, R., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Bloom, P. C., Ford, W. T., Gaz, A., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., Ayad, R., Toki, W. H., Spaan, B., Bernard, D., Verderi, M., Playfer, S., Bettoni, D., Bozzi, C., Calabrese, R., Cibinetto, G., Fioravanti, E., Garzia, I., Luppi, E., Piemontese, L., Santoro, V., Calcaterra, A., de Sangro, R., Finocchiaro, G., Martellotti, S., Patteri, P., Peruzzi, I. M., Piccolo, M., Rama, M., Zallo, A., Contri, R., Lo Vetere, M., Monge, M. R., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Robutti, E., Bhuyan, B., Prasad, V., Adametz, A., Uwer, U., Lacker, H. M., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Ahmed, H., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Derkach, D., Grosdidier, G., Le Diberder, F., Lutz, A. M., Malaescu, B., Roudeau, P., Stocchi, A., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Fry, J. R., Gabathuler, E., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Brown, D. N., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Fritsch, M., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Hamilton, B., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cowan, R., Sciolla, G., Cheaib, R., Patel, P. M., Robertson, S. H., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Sonnek, P., Summers, D. J., Simard, M., Taras, P., De Nardo, G., Onorato, G., Sciacca, C., Martinelli, M., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Feltresi, E., Margoni, M., Morandin, M., Posocco, M., Rotondo, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben-Haim, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., Briand, H., Calderini, G., Chauveau, J., Leruste, Ph., Marchiori, G., Ocariz, J., Biasini, M., Manoni, E., Pacetti, S., Rossi, A., Angelini, C., Batignani, G., Bettarini, S., Carpinelli, M., Casarosa, G., Cervelli, A., Chrzaszcz, M., Forti, F., Giorgi, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Perez, A., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Lopes Pegna, D., Olsen, J., Smith, A. J. S., Anulli, F., Faccini, R., Ferrarotto, F., Ferroni, F., Gaspero, M., Li Gioi, L., Pilloni, A., Piredda, G., Bünger, C., Dittrich, S., Grünberg, O., Hess, M., Leddig, T., Voß, C., Waldi, R., Adye, T., Olaiya, E. O., Wilson, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Bard, D. J., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dubois-Felsmann, G. P., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Lindemann, D., Luitz, S., Luth, V., Lynch, H. L., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Perl, M., Pulliam, T., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Salnikov, A. A., Schindler, R. H., Snyder, A., Su, D., Sullivan, M. K., Va’vra, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Wulsin, H. W., Purohit, M. V., White, R. M., Wilson, J. R., Randle-Conde, A., Sekula, S. J., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Wray, B. C., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez-Vidal, F., Oyanguren, A., Villanueva-Perez, P., Albert, J., Banerjee, Sw., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., Choi, H. H. F., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Lewczuk, M. J., Lueck, T., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sobie, R. J., Tasneem, N., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Band, H. R., Dasu, S., Pan, Y., Prepost, R., & Wu, S. L. Search for Long-Lived Particles ine+e-Collisions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.171801
Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D. N., Kerth, L. T., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Lee, M. J., Lynch, G., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Khan, A., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankford, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Campagnari, C., Franco Sevilla, M., Hong, T. M., Kovalskyi, D., Richman, J. D., West, C. A., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Panduro Vazquez, W., Schumm, B. A., Seiden, A., Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Porter, F. C., Röhrken, M., Andreassen, R., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Bloom, P. C., Ford, W. T., Gaz, A., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., Ayad, R., Toki, W. H., Spaan, B., Bernard, D., Verderi, M., Playfer, S., Bettoni, D., Bozzi, C., Calabrese, R., Cibinetto, G., Fioravanti, E., Garzia, I., Luppi, E., Piemontese, L., Santoro, V., Calcaterra, A., de Sangro, R., Finocchiaro, G., Martellotti, S., Patteri, P., Peruzzi, I. M., Piccolo, M., Rama, M., Zallo, A., Contri, R., Lo Vetere, M., Monge, M. R., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Robutti, E., Bhuyan, B., Prasad, V., Adametz, A., Uwer, U., Lacker, H. M., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Ahmed, H., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Derkach, D., Grosdidier, G., Le Diberder, F., Lutz, A. M., Malaescu, B., Roudeau, P., Stocchi, A., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Fry, J. R., Gabathuler, E., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Brown, D. N., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Fritsch, M., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Hamilton, B., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cowan, R., Sciolla, G., Cheaib, R., Patel, P. M., Robertson, S. H., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Sonnek, P., Summers, D. J., Simard, M., Taras, P., De Nardo, G., Onorato, G., Sciacca, C., Martinelli, M., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Feltresi, E., Margoni, M., Morandin, M., Posocco, M., Rotondo, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben-Haim, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., Briand, H., Calderini, G., Chauveau, J., Leruste, Ph., Marchiori, G., Ocariz, J., Biasini, M., Manoni, E., Pacetti, S., Rossi, A., Angelini, C., Batignani, G., Bettarini, S., Carpinelli, M., Casarosa, G., Cervelli, A., Chrzaszcz, M., Forti, F., Giorgi, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Perez, A., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Lopes Pegna, D., Olsen, J., Smith, A. J. S., Anulli, F., Faccini, R., Ferrarotto, F., Ferroni, F., Gaspero, M., Li Gioi, L., Pilloni, A., Piredda, G., Bünger, C., Dittrich, S., Grünberg, O., Hess, M., Leddig, T., Voß, C., Waldi, R., Adye, T., Olaiya, E. O., Wilson, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Bard, D. J., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dubois-Felsmann, G. P., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Lindemann, D., Luitz, S., Luth, V., Lynch, H. L., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Perl, M., Pulliam, T., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Salnikov, A. A., Schindler, R. H., Snyder, A., Su, D., Sullivan, M. K., Va’vra, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Wulsin, H. W., Purohit, M. V., White, R. M., Wilson, J. R., Randle-Conde, A., Sekula, S. J., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Wray, B. C., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez-Vidal, F., Oyanguren, A., Villanueva-Perez, P., Albert, J., Banerjee, Sw., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., Choi, H. H. F., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Lewczuk, M. J., Lueck, T., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sobie, R. J., Tasneem, N., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Band, H. R., Dasu, S., Pan, Y., Prepost, R., and Wu, S. L. Wed . "Search for Long-Lived Particles ine+e-Collisions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.171801.
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author = {Lees, J. P. and Poireau, V. and Tisserand, V. and Grauges, E. and Palano, A. and Eigen, G. and Stugu, B. and Brown, D. N. and Kerth, L. T. and Kolomensky, Yu. G. and Lee, M. J. and Lynch, G. and Koch, H. and Schroeder, T. and Hearty, C. and Mattison, T. S. and McKenna, J. A. and So, R. Y. and Khan, A. and Blinov, V. E. and Buzykaev, A. R. and Druzhinin, V. P. and Golubev, V. B. and Kravchenko, E. A. and Onuchin, A. P. and Serednyakov, S. I. and Skovpen, Yu. I. and Solodov, E. P. and Todyshev, K. Yu. and Lankford, A. J. and Dey, B. and Gary, J. W. and Long, O. and Campagnari, C. and Franco Sevilla, M. and Hong, T. M. and Kovalskyi, D. and Richman, J. D. and West, C. A. and Eisner, A. M. and Lockman, W. S. and Panduro Vazquez, W. and Schumm, B. A. and Seiden, A. and Chao, D. S. and Cheng, C. H. and Echenard, B. and Flood, K. T. and Hitlin, D. G. and Miyashita, T. S. and Ongmongkolkul, P. and Porter, F. C. and Röhrken, M. and Andreassen, R. and Huard, Z. and Meadows, B. T. and Pushpawela, B. G. and Sokoloff, M. D. and Sun, L. and Bloom, P. C. and Ford, W. T. and Gaz, A. and Smith, J. G. and Wagner, S. R. and Ayad, R. and Toki, W. H. and Spaan, B. and Bernard, D. and Verderi, M. and Playfer, S. and Bettoni, D. and Bozzi, C. and Calabrese, R. and Cibinetto, G. and Fioravanti, E. and Garzia, I. and Luppi, E. and Piemontese, L. and Santoro, V. and Calcaterra, A. and de Sangro, R. and Finocchiaro, G. and Martellotti, S. and Patteri, P. and Peruzzi, I. M. and Piccolo, M. and Rama, M. and Zallo, A. and Contri, R. and Lo Vetere, M. and Monge, M. R. and Passaggio, S. and Patrignani, C. and Robutti, E. and Bhuyan, B. and Prasad, V. and Adametz, A. and Uwer, U. and Lacker, H. M. and Mallik, U. and Chen, C. and Cochran, J. and Prell, S. and Ahmed, H. and Gritsan, A. V. and Arnaud, N. and Davier, M. and Derkach, D. and Grosdidier, G. and Le Diberder, F. and Lutz, A. M. and Malaescu, B. and Roudeau, P. and Stocchi, A. and Wormser, G. and Lange, D. J. and Wright, D. M. and Coleman, J. P. and Fry, J. R. and Gabathuler, E. and Hutchcroft, D. E. and Payne, D. J. and Touramanis, C. and Bevan, A. J. and Di Lodovico, F. and Sacco, R. and Cowan, G. and Brown, D. N. and Davis, C. L. and Denig, A. G. and Fritsch, M. and Gradl, W. and Griessinger, K. and Hafner, A. and Schubert, K. R. and Barlow, R. J. and Lafferty, G. D. and Cenci, R. and Hamilton, B. and Jawahery, A. and Roberts, D. A. and Cowan, R. and Sciolla, G. and Cheaib, R. and Patel, P. M. and Robertson, S. H. and Neri, N. and Palombo, F. and Cremaldi, L. and Godang, R. and Sonnek, P. and Summers, D. J. and Simard, M. and Taras, P. and De Nardo, G. and Onorato, G. and Sciacca, C. and Martinelli, M. and Raven, G. and Jessop, C. P. and LoSecco, J. M. and Honscheid, K. and Kass, R. and Feltresi, E. and Margoni, M. and Morandin, M. and Posocco, M. and Rotondo, M. and Simi, G. and Simonetto, F. and Stroili, R. and Akar, S. and Ben-Haim, E. and Bomben, M. and Bonneaud, G. R. and Briand, H. and Calderini, G. and Chauveau, J. and Leruste, Ph. and Marchiori, G. and Ocariz, J. and Biasini, M. and Manoni, E. and Pacetti, S. and Rossi, A. and Angelini, C. and Batignani, G. and Bettarini, S. and Carpinelli, M. and Casarosa, G. and Cervelli, A. and Chrzaszcz, M. and Forti, F. and Giorgi, M. A. and Lusiani, A. and Oberhof, B. and Paoloni, E. and Perez, A. and Rizzo, G. and Walsh, J. J. and Lopes Pegna, D. and Olsen, J. and Smith, A. J. S. and Anulli, F. and Faccini, R. and Ferrarotto, F. and Ferroni, F. and Gaspero, M. and Li Gioi, L. and Pilloni, A. and Piredda, G. and Bünger, C. and Dittrich, S. and Grünberg, O. and Hess, M. and Leddig, T. and Voß, C. and Waldi, R. and Adye, T. and Olaiya, E. O. and Wilson, F. F. and Emery, S. and Vasseur, G. and Aston, D. and Bard, D. J. and Cartaro, C. and Convery, M. R. and Dorfan, J. and Dubois-Felsmann, G. P. and Dunwoodie, W. and Ebert, M. and Field, R. C. and Fulsom, B. G. and Graham, M. T. and Hast, C. and Innes, W. R. and Kim, P. and Leith, D. W. G. S. and Lindemann, D. and Luitz, S. and Luth, V. and Lynch, H. L. and MacFarlane, D. B. and Muller, D. R. and Neal, H. and Perl, M. and Pulliam, T. and Ratcliff, B. N. and Roodman, A. and Salnikov, A. A. and Schindler, R. H. and Snyder, A. and Su, D. and Sullivan, M. K. and Va’vra, J. and Wisniewski, W. J. and Wulsin, H. W. and Purohit, M. V. and White, R. M. and Wilson, J. R. and Randle-Conde, A. and Sekula, S. J. and Bellis, M. and Burchat, P. R. and Puccio, E. M. T. and Alam, M. S. and Ernst, J. A. and Gorodeisky, R. and Guttman, N. and Peimer, D. R. and Soffer, A. and Spanier, S. M. and Ritchie, J. L. and Schwitters, R. F. and Wray, B. C. and Izen, J. M. and Lou, X. C. and Bianchi, F. and De Mori, F. and Filippi, A. and Gamba, D. and Lanceri, L. and Vitale, L. and Martinez-Vidal, F. and Oyanguren, A. and Villanueva-Perez, P. and Albert, J. and Banerjee, Sw. and Beaulieu, A. and Bernlochner, F. U. and Choi, H. H. F. and King, G. J. and Kowalewski, R. and Lewczuk, M. J. and Lueck, T. and Nugent, I. M. and Roney, J. M. and Sobie, R. J. and Tasneem, N. and Gershon, T. J. and Harrison, P. F. and Latham, T. E. and Band, H. R. and Dasu, S. and Pan, Y. and Prepost, R. and Wu, S. L.},
abstractNote = {We present a search for a neutral, long-lived particle L that is produced in e+e- collisions and decays at a significant distance from the e+e- interaction point into various flavor combinations of two oppositely charged tracks. The analysis uses an e+e- data sample with a luminosity of 489.1 fb-1 collected by the BABAR detector at the γ (4S), γ (3S), and γ (2S) resonances and just below the γ (4S). Fitting the two-track mass distribution in search of a signal peak, we do not observe a significant signal, and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product of the L production cross section, branching fraction, and reconstruction efficiency for six possible two-body L decay modes as a function of the L mass. The efficiency is given for each final state as a function of the mass, lifetime, and transverse momentum of the candidate, allowing application of the upper limits to any production model. In addition, upper limits are provided on the branching fraction B(B→XsL), where Xs is a strange hadronic system.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.171801},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 17,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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