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Probing compressed Higgsinos at the FASER experiment

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-01-01 v1

Abstract

In the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), compressed Higgsinos spectrum (Δm01\Delta m^0 \lesssim 1 GeV) occurs when μM1,M2|\mu| \ll |M_1|, |M_2| and sign(M1M2)<0{\rm sign}(M_1\cdot M_2)<0, which leads to a long-lived next-to-lightest neutralino. Such a long-lived neutralino could be copiously produced at the LHC, however escape the detection at the LHC main detectors. We examine the discovery potential at the FASER experiment and find that the FASER 2 could cover the neutral Higgsino mass up to about 130 GeV with mass splitting between 4 to 30 MeV. It is complementary to both the LHC Higgsino search in the Δm0,±1\Delta m^{0,\pm} \gtrsim 1 GeV region, and displaced vertex and disappearing track searches of charginos with Δm±1\Delta m^\pm \lesssim 1 GeV.

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@article{arxiv.2512.24376,
  title  = {Probing compressed Higgsinos at the FASER experiment},
  author = {Shufang Su and Wei Su and Jin Min Yang and Pengxuan Zhu and Rui Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24376},
  year   = {2026}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures