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Can the next collider catch supersymmetric particles that barely decay?

Soumyaa Vashishtha, Maximilian Emanuel Goblirsch-Kolb, Isabell Melzer-Pellmann

May 22, 2026

In a leading supersymmetry model (GMSB), the stau—a heavy cousin of the tau lepton—decays so slowly it travels centimeters to meters through a detector before vanishing. This analysis shows how the FCC-ee, a planned high-energy collider, could spot these delayed decays via bent particle tracks and separated decay vertices, offering a new window on physics beyond the standard model.
Published as Charged long-lived particles in the GMSB scenario at the Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee) arXiv:2605.23793
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