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Supersymmetric models with R-parity violation (RPV) have become more popular following the lack of any excess of missing energy events at the 8 TeV LHC. To identify such models, the suggested searches generally rely on the decay products of the (effectively) lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP), with signals that depend on the identity of the LSP and the relevant RPV operators. Here we look at the prospects for detecting RPV chargino decays at the LHC and find substantial patches of parameter space in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with possibly spectacular signatures, such as three charged-lepton resonances.
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Bomark, NE., Kvellestad, A., Lola, S. et al. R-parity violating chargino decays at the LHC. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 121 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2014)121
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