A search for supersymmetry using the alphaT variable with the CMS detector and the impact of experimental searches for supersymmetry on supersymmetric parameter space
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Author(s)
Rogerson, Samuel
Type
Thesis
Abstract
A search for supersymmetry in final states with jets and missing
transverse energy is performed in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass
energy of sqrt(s)=7TeV. The data sample corresponds to
4.98fb^-1 collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2011.
A dimensionless kinematic variable is used as the main discriminant
between genuine and misreconstructed signal events. The search is
performed in a signal region binned according to the scalar sum of the
transverse energy of jets and the number of jets identified as
originating from a bottom quark. The limits are presented in the
parameter space of the cMSSM as well as in simplified models with
particular attention paid to compressed spectra and third-generation
models.
Global frequentist fits to the cMSSM} and a non-universal Higgs
model are also performed using the Mastercode framework incorporating
recent experimental constraints, similar to those those presented here.
Global likelihood contours are presented in the parameter planes of both
the cMSSM and NUHM1, as well as a selection of 1D likelihood
functions for observables.
transverse energy is performed in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass
energy of sqrt(s)=7TeV. The data sample corresponds to
4.98fb^-1 collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2011.
A dimensionless kinematic variable is used as the main discriminant
between genuine and misreconstructed signal events. The search is
performed in a signal region binned according to the scalar sum of the
transverse energy of jets and the number of jets identified as
originating from a bottom quark. The limits are presented in the
parameter space of the cMSSM as well as in simplified models with
particular attention paid to compressed spectra and third-generation
models.
Global frequentist fits to the cMSSM} and a non-universal Higgs
model are also performed using the Mastercode framework incorporating
recent experimental constraints, similar to those those presented here.
Global likelihood contours are presented in the parameter planes of both
the cMSSM and NUHM1, as well as a selection of 1D likelihood
functions for observables.
Version
Open Access
Date Issued
2013-05
Date Awarded
2013-12
Copyright Statement
Attribution NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND)
Advisor
Buchmueller, Oliver
Colling, David
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain)
Publisher Department
Physics
Publisher Institution
Imperial College London
Qualification Level
Doctoral
Qualification Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)