Searching for Supersymmetry in Hadrons

TL;DR

This paper explores the theoretical possibility of long-lived top squarks forming hadrons and investigates their properties and potential collider signatures, contributing to supersymmetry searches.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of metastable top squark hadrons and analyzes their properties and experimental signatures, which is a novel approach in supersymmetry research.

Findings

Long-lived top squarks can form detectable hadrons.

Properties of stop-containing hadrons are characterized.

Potential collider signatures are identified.

Abstract

We discuss the possibility of the existence of a long-lived top squark ($\tau\ll 10^{10} years$) and its motivation. If the stop is indeed metastable, it forms hadrons. We study properties of the low-energy stop-containing hadrons and their signatures in collider experiments.