Search for pair produced stable singly charged heavy particles in Z0 decays

Abstract A direct search for the exclusive pair production of stable singly charged heavy (SCH) particles in Z 0 decays at the LEP e + e − collider is presented. In a scan around the Z 0 resonance of 0.4 pb − integrated luminosity, no evidence is seen for the production of slow-moving charged particles as measured by their time-of-flight. We set an upper limit of 1 × 10 −3 on the Z 0 branching ratio into a pair of SCH fermions in the mass range 29–40 GeV/ c 2 , corresponding to a 3 MeV upper limit on such a contribution to the total width of the Z 0 . We exclude a fourth generation SCH lepton in the mass range 18.5–42.8 GeV/ c 2 . We also exclude a stable supersymmetric partner of the right-handed lepton, l R , in the mass range 21.5–38.8 GeV/ c 2 . All limits are at 95% confidence level.