Search for supersymmetry in multijet events with missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV
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Journal Article
Abstract
A search for supersymmetry is presented based on multijet events with large missing transverse
momentum produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of ffiffi
s p ¼ 13 TeV. The data,
corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1, were collected with the CMS detector at the CERN
LHC in 2016. The analysis utilizes four-dimensional exclusive search regions defined in terms of the
number of jets, the number of tagged bottom quark jets, the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta, and the
magnitude of the vector sum of jet transverse momenta. No evidence for a significant excess of events is
observed relative to the expectation from the standard model. Limits on the cross sections for the pair
production of gluinos and squarks are derived in the context of simplified models. Assuming the lightest
supersymmetric particle to be a weakly interacting neutralino, 95% confidence level lower limits on the
gluino mass as large as 1800 to 1960 GeV are derived, and on the squark mass as large as 960 to 1390 GeV,
depending on the production and decay scenario.
momentum produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of ffiffi
s p ¼ 13 TeV. The data,
corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1, were collected with the CMS detector at the CERN
LHC in 2016. The analysis utilizes four-dimensional exclusive search regions defined in terms of the
number of jets, the number of tagged bottom quark jets, the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta, and the
magnitude of the vector sum of jet transverse momenta. No evidence for a significant excess of events is
observed relative to the expectation from the standard model. Limits on the cross sections for the pair
production of gluinos and squarks are derived in the context of simplified models. Assuming the lightest
supersymmetric particle to be a weakly interacting neutralino, 95% confidence level lower limits on the
gluino mass as large as 1800 to 1960 GeV are derived, and on the squark mass as large as 960 to 1390 GeV,
depending on the production and decay scenario.
Date Issued
2017-08-25
Date Acceptance
2017-04-25
Citation
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2017, 96 (3)
ISSN
1550-2368
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume
96
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
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© 2017 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration
© 2017 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
SUPERGAUGE TRANSFORMATIONS
GLUINO PRODUCTION
HADRON COLLIDERS
PAIR PRODUCTION
SQUARK
MODEL
RESUMMATION
EXTENSION
INVARIANT
NEUTRINO
Publication Status
Published
OA Location
https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.032003
Article Number
032003