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  "abstract": "We present the first LHC search for quirks, particles with Standard Model and QCD-like infracolor (IC) interactions. The analysis uses data collected in 2022--2024 by FASER, with a $186\\,\\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ integrated luminosity of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy $\\sqrt{s} = 13.6\\,\\mathrm{TeV}$. Scintillator charge and timing information are used to search for slow pairs of quirks with no QCD color and electric charge $\\pm 1$. No events are seen in this nearly background-free search, resulting in the first exclusion of quirks with masses above the weak scale for IC confinement scales in the broad range of $300 \\,\\mathrm{eV}<Λ<100\\,\\mathrm{keV}$.",
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  "title": "First Search for Quirks at the LHC with FASER",
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