Search for supersymmetry in events with b-tagged jets and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector



Aaboud, M, Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, Abidi, SH, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H
et al (show 2873 more authors) (2017) Search for supersymmetry in events with b-tagged jets and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2017 (11). 195-.

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Abstract

A search for the supersymmetric partners of the Standard Model bottom and top quarks is presented. The search uses 36.1 fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Direct production of pairs of bottom and top squarks ($\tilde{b}_{1}$ and $\tilde{t}_{1}$) is searched for in final states with $b$-tagged jets and missing transverse momentum. Distinctive selections are defined with either no charged leptons (electrons or muons) in the final state, or one charged lepton. The zero-lepton selection targets models in which the $\tilde{b}_{1}$ is the lightest squark and decays via $\tilde{b}_{1} \rightarrow b \tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}$, where $\tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}$ is the lightest neutralino. The one-lepton final state targets models where bottom or top squarks are produced and can decay into multiple channels, $\tilde{b}_{1} \rightarrow b \tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}$ and $\tilde{b}_{1} \rightarrow t \tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_{1}$, or $\tilde{t}_{1} \rightarrow t \tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}$ and $\tilde{t}_{1} \rightarrow b \tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_{1}$, where $\tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_{1}$ is the lightest chargino and the mass difference $m_{\tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_{1}}- m_{\tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}}$ is set to 1 GeV. No excess above the expected Standard Model background is observed. Exclusion limits at 95\% confidence level on the mass of third-generation squarks are derived in various supersymmetry-inspired simplified models.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: 50 pages in total, author list starting page 34, 7 figures, 10 tables, submitted to JHEP, All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/SUSY-2016-28/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 12 Feb 2018 10:43
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 06:40
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2017)195
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2017)195
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3017813