Interactions of Heavy Hadrons using Regge Phenomenology and the Quark Gluon String Model

TL;DR

This paper models the interactions of stable heavy exotic hadrons with matter using Regge phenomenology and the Quark Gluon String Model, aiming to improve detection strategies at collider experiments like the LHC.

Contribution

It introduces a novel model for heavy exotic hadron interactions with detector material based on Regge theory and the Quark Gluon String Model.

Findings

Interaction effects can significantly influence detection prospects.

The model provides insights into how exotic hadrons behave in matter.

Implications for search strategies at the LHC are discussed.

Abstract

The search for stable heavy exotic hadrons is a promising way to observe new physics processes at collider experiments. The discovery potential for such particles can be enhanced or suppressed by their interactions with detector material. This paper describes a model for the interactions in matter of stable hadrons containing an exotic quark of charges $\pm {1/3}e$ or $\pm {2/3}e$ using Regge phenomenology and the Quark Gluon String Model. The influence of such interactions on searches at the LHC is also discussed.