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Inclusive search for squarks and gluinos in $pp$ collisions at $s=7$ TeV

Inclusive search for squarks and gluinos in $pp$ collisions at $s=7$ TeV
Inclusive search for squarks and gluinos in $pp$ collisions at $s=7$ TeV
A search is performed for heavy particle pairs produced in s=7  TeV proton-proton collisions with 35  pb−1 of data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The search is sensitive to squarks and gluinos of generic supersymmetry models, provided they are kinematically accessible, with minimal assumptions on properties of the lightest superpartner particle. The kinematic consistency of the selected events is tested against the hypothesis of heavy particle pair production using the dimensionless razor variable R, related to the missing transverse energy ETmiss. The new physics signal is characterized by a broad peak in the distribution of MR, an event-by-event indicator of the heavy particle mass scale. This new approach is complementary to ETmiss-based searches. After background modeling based on data, and background rejection based on R and MR, no significant excess of events is found beyond the standard model expectations. The results are interpreted in the context of the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model as well as two simplified supersymmetry models.
1550-7998
Chatrchyan, Serguei
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Belyaev, Alexander
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The CMS Collaboration
Chatrchyan, Serguei
23ce6af5-bdd2-435c-92c8-9b1b71a261ee
Belyaev, Alexander
6bdb9638-5ff9-4b65-a8f2-34bae3ac34b3

The CMS Collaboration (2012) Inclusive search for squarks and gluinos in $pp$ collisions at $s=7$ TeV. Physical Review D, D85, [012004]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.85.012004).

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A search is performed for heavy particle pairs produced in s=7  TeV proton-proton collisions with 35  pb−1 of data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The search is sensitive to squarks and gluinos of generic supersymmetry models, provided they are kinematically accessible, with minimal assumptions on properties of the lightest superpartner particle. The kinematic consistency of the selected events is tested against the hypothesis of heavy particle pair production using the dimensionless razor variable R, related to the missing transverse energy ETmiss. The new physics signal is characterized by a broad peak in the distribution of MR, an event-by-event indicator of the heavy particle mass scale. This new approach is complementary to ETmiss-based searches. After background modeling based on data, and background rejection based on R and MR, no significant excess of events is found beyond the standard model expectations. The results are interpreted in the context of the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model as well as two simplified supersymmetry models.

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Published date: 2012
Organisations: Physics & Astronomy

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Local EPrints ID: 411291
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411291
ISSN: 1550-7998
PURE UUID: 8ffa4e0e-b156-4522-9991-f59f636bbe91
ORCID for Alexander Belyaev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1733-4408

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Author: Serguei Chatrchyan
Corporate Author: The CMS Collaboration

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