Search for top squarks decaying via four-body or chargino-mediated modes in single-lepton final states in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

Sirunyan, A. M. and Tumasyan, A. R. and Adam, Wolfgang and Ambrogi, Federico and Asilar, Ece and Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli (2018) Search for top squarks decaying via four-body or chargino-mediated modes in single-lepton final states in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 (9). pp. 1-46. ISSN 1029-8479

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Abstract

A search for the pair production of the lightest supersymmetric partner of the top quark (et1) is presented. The search focuses on a compressed scenario where the mass difference between the top squark and the lightest supersymmetric particle, often considered to be the lightest neutralino (χe 0 1 ), is smaller than the mass of the W boson. The proton-proton collision data were recorded by the CMS experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1 . In this search, two decay modes of the top squark are considered: a four-body decay into a bottom quark, two additional fermions, and a χe 0 1 ; and a decay via an intermediate chargino. Events are selected using the presence of a high-momentum jet, significant missing transverse momentum, and a low transverse momentum electron or muon. Two analysis techniques are used, targeting different decay modes of the et1: a sequential selection and a multivariate technique. No evidence for the production of top squarks is found, and mass limits at 95% confidence level are set that reach up to 560 GeV, depending on the m(et1) − m(χe 0 1 ) mass difference and the decay mode.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	7861/70394
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Hadron-hadron scattering (experiments), Supersymmetry
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QC Physics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Physics
Depositing User:	Dr Mohd Adli MD Ali
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2019 09:56
Last Modified:	15 Jul 2019 09:33
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/70394

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