Odd Tracks at Hadron Colliders

Understand

New physics that exhibits irregular tracks such as kinks, intermittent hits or decay in flight may easily be missed at hadron colliders.

• We demonstrate this by studying viable models of light, O(10 GeV), colored particles that decay predominantly inside the tracker.
• Such particles can be produced at staggering rates, and yet may not be identified or even triggered on at the LHC, unless specifically searched for.
• In addition, the models we study provide an explanation for the original measurement of the anomalous charged track distribution by CDF.