@article{76939a934a4c403584a9263f1836fdf9,
title = "Search for Fractionally Charged Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions at (Formula presented)",
abstract = "A search is presented for fractionally charged particles with charges below (Formula presented), using their small energy loss in the tracking detector as a key variable to observe a signal. The analyzed dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of (Formula presented) of proton-proton collisions collected at (Formula presented) in 2016-2018 at the CERN LHC. This is the first search at the LHC for new particles with a charge between (Formula presented) and (Formula presented), including an extension of previous results at a charge of (Formula presented). Masses up to 640 GeV and charges as low as (Formula presented) are excluded at 95\% confidence level. These are the most stringent limits to date for the considered Drell-Yan-like production mode.",
author = "\{CMS Collaboration\} and A. Hayrapetyan and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and Andrejkovic, \{J. W.\} and T. Bergauer and S. Chatterjee and K. Damanakis and M. Dragicevic and \{Del Valle\}, \{A. Escalante\} and Hussain, \{P. S.\} and M. Jeitler and N. Krammer and L. Lechner and D. Liko and I. Mikulec and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and D. Schwarz and M. Sonawane and S. Templ and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, \{C. E.\} and Darwish, \{M. R.\} and T. Janssen and \{Van Mechelen\}, P. and Bols, \{E. S.\} and J. D{\textquoteright}Hondt and S. Dansana and \{De Moor\}, A. and M. Delcourt and \{El Faham\}, H. and S. Lowette and I. Makarenko and A. Morton and D. M{\"u}ller and Sahasransu, \{A. R.\} and S. Tavernier and M. Tytgat and \{Van Putte\}, S. and D. Vannerom and B. Clerbaux and \{De Lentdecker\}, G. and L. Favart and D. Hohov and J. Jaramillo and A. Khalilzadeh and K. Lee and M. Mahdavikhorrami and A. Malara and O. Bouhali",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2025 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration.",
year = "2025",
month = apr,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.131802",
language = "English",
volume = "134",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "13",
}