Scattering of Heavy Stable Exotic Hadrons

TL;DR

This paper develops and implements a Regge-based model for simulating the interactions of heavy stable exotic hadrons in matter, aiding their detection at the LHC.

Contribution

It extends and incorporates a Regge-based scattering model of $R$-hadrons into Geant-4 for improved simulation accuracy.

Findings

Enhanced simulation of $R$-hadron interactions in matter.

Facilitates better detection strategies for TeV-scale SMPs at LHC.

Provides a theoretical framework for exotic hadron scattering modeling.

Abstract

Exotic stable massive particles (SMP) are proposed in a number of scenarios of physics beyond the Standard Model. It is important that LHC experiments are able to detect hadronic SMP with masses around the TeV scale. To do this, an understanding of the interactions of SMPs in matter is required. In this paper a Regge-based model of $R$-hadron scattering is extended and implemented in Geant-4.