A Strategy to Detect and Identify Gluino R-hadrons with the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC

The potential of the ATLAS detector at the LHC to detect and quantify the production of gluino R-hadrons is investigated. Using QCD-based models and a full detector simulation, a search strategy is outlined which uses the property that gluino R-hadrons can change the sign of their charge when propagating through matter. By comparing charged tracks in the Inner and Muon tracking systems, it is shown that this observable can be used to both detect and identify gluino R-hadrons of masses up to around 1 TeV in early LHC running.