Displaced vertices in GMSB models at LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores the detection potential of the LHCb experiment for GMSB models with displaced vertices, focusing on neutralino decays at the LHC and establishing a discovery reach up to 130 TeV.

Contribution

It assesses LHCb's ability to discover GMSB models with long-lived neutralinos, providing the first detailed analysis of detection prospects for such models at the LHC.

Findings

LHCb can probe GMSB models up to  = 130 TeV

Displaced vertices are detectable for neutralino decay lengths within LHCb capabilities

The analysis demonstrates the potential of LHCb to explore supersymmetry with long-lived particles.

Abstract

We consider minimal Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking models at which the next to lightest supersymmetric particle is a neutralino with a large enough decay length to be detected at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. We analyze the potential of the LHCb experiment to determine the discovery reach for such models and found that the LHCb will be able to probe such models up to the energy breaking scale of \Lambda = 130 TeV.