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Simplified models are a successful way of interpreting current LHC searches for models beyond the standard model (BSM). So far simplified models have focused on topologies featuring a missing transverse energy (MET) signature. However, in some BSM theories other, more exotic, signatures occur. If a charged particle becomes long-lived on collider time scales — as it is the case in parts of the SUSY parameter space — it leads to a very distinct signature. We present an extension of the computer package SModelS which includes simplified models for heavy stable charged particles (HSCP). As a physical application we investigate the CMSSM stau co-annihilation strip containing long-lived staus, which presents a potential solution to the Lithium problem. Applying both MET and HSCP constraints we show that, for low values of tan β, all this region of parameter space either violates Dark Matter constraints or is excluded by LHC searches.
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Heisig, J., Lessa, A. & Quertenmont, L. Simplified models for exotic BSM searches. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 1–24 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2015)087
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