Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Autores
Alconada Verzini, María Josefina; Alonso, Francisco; Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián; Dova, María Teresa; Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The ATLAS Collaboration
Año de publicación
2014
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
Results of a search for supersymmetry via direct production of third-generation squarks are reported, using 20.3 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data at √s = 8 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2012. Two different analysis strategies based on monojetlike and c-tagged event selections are carried out to optimize the sensitivity for direct top squark-pair production in the decay channel to a charm quark and the lightest neutralino (t1→c + χ01) across the top squark-neutralino mass parameter space. No excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of direct pair production of top squarks and presented in terms of exclusion limits in the (mt1, mχ01) parameter space. A top squark of mass up to about 240 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level for arbitrary neutralino masses, within the kinematic boundaries. Top squark masses up to 270 GeV are excluded for a neutralino mass of 200 GeV. In a scenario where the top squark and the lightest neutralino are nearly degenerate in mass, top squark masses up to 260 GeV are excluded. The results from the monojetlike analysis are also interpreted in terms of compressed scenarios for top squark-pair production in the decay channel t1→b+ f f′+ χ01 and sbottom pair production with b1→b + χ01, leading to a similar exclusion for nearly mass-degenerate third-generation squarks and the lightest neutralino. The results in this paper significantly extend previous results at colliders.
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Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Instituto de Física La Plata
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Ciencias Exactas
Física
Supersymmetry
Collisions
Squark pair
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spelling Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detectorAlconada Verzini, María JosefinaAlonso, FranciscoAnduaga, Xabier SebastiánDova, María TeresaMonticelli, Fernando GabrielWahlberg, Hernán PabloThe ATLAS CollaborationCiencias ExactasFísicaSupersymmetryCollisionsSquark pairResults of a search for supersymmetry via direct production of third-generation squarks are reported, using 20.3 fb<SUP>-1</SUP> of proton-proton collision data at √s = 8 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2012. Two different analysis strategies based on monojetlike and c-tagged event selections are carried out to optimize the sensitivity for direct top squark-pair production in the decay channel to a charm quark and the lightest neutralino (t<SUB>1</SUB>→c + χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB>) across the top squark-neutralino mass parameter space. No excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of direct pair production of top squarks and presented in terms of exclusion limits in the (m<sub>t<SUB>1</SUB></sub>, m<SUB>χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB></SUB>) parameter space. A top squark of mass up to about 240 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level for arbitrary neutralino masses, within the kinematic boundaries. Top squark masses up to 270 GeV are excluded for a neutralino mass of 200 GeV. In a scenario where the top squark and the lightest neutralino are nearly degenerate in mass, top squark masses up to 260 GeV are excluded. The results from the monojetlike analysis are also interpreted in terms of compressed scenarios for top squark-pair production in the decay channel t<SUB>1</SUB>→b+ f f′+ χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB> and sbottom pair production with b<SUB>1</SUB>→b + χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB>, leading to a similar exclusion for nearly mass-degenerate third-generation squarks and the lightest neutralino. The results in this paper significantly extend previous results at colliders.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.Facultad de Ciencias ExactasInstituto de Física La Plata2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85178enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1550-7998info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.052008info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-10-22T16:57:11Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/85178Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-10-22 16:57:12.083SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
spellingShingle Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Supersymmetry
Collisions
Squark pair
title_short Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title_full Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title_fullStr Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title_full_unstemmed Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title_sort Search for pair-produced third-generation squarks decaying via charm quarks or in compressed supersymmetric scenarios in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
author_facet Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Alonso, Francisco
Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Física
Supersymmetry
Collisions
Squark pair
topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
Supersymmetry
Collisions
Squark pair
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Results of a search for supersymmetry via direct production of third-generation squarks are reported, using 20.3 fb<SUP>-1</SUP> of proton-proton collision data at √s = 8 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2012. Two different analysis strategies based on monojetlike and c-tagged event selections are carried out to optimize the sensitivity for direct top squark-pair production in the decay channel to a charm quark and the lightest neutralino (t<SUB>1</SUB>→c + χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB>) across the top squark-neutralino mass parameter space. No excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of direct pair production of top squarks and presented in terms of exclusion limits in the (m<sub>t<SUB>1</SUB></sub>, m<SUB>χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB></SUB>) parameter space. A top squark of mass up to about 240 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level for arbitrary neutralino masses, within the kinematic boundaries. Top squark masses up to 270 GeV are excluded for a neutralino mass of 200 GeV. In a scenario where the top squark and the lightest neutralino are nearly degenerate in mass, top squark masses up to 260 GeV are excluded. The results from the monojetlike analysis are also interpreted in terms of compressed scenarios for top squark-pair production in the decay channel t<SUB>1</SUB>→b+ f f′+ χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB> and sbottom pair production with b<SUB>1</SUB>→b + χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB>, leading to a similar exclusion for nearly mass-degenerate third-generation squarks and the lightest neutralino. The results in this paper significantly extend previous results at colliders.
La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Instituto de Física La Plata
description Results of a search for supersymmetry via direct production of third-generation squarks are reported, using 20.3 fb<SUP>-1</SUP> of proton-proton collision data at √s = 8 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2012. Two different analysis strategies based on monojetlike and c-tagged event selections are carried out to optimize the sensitivity for direct top squark-pair production in the decay channel to a charm quark and the lightest neutralino (t<SUB>1</SUB>→c + χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB>) across the top squark-neutralino mass parameter space. No excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of direct pair production of top squarks and presented in terms of exclusion limits in the (m<sub>t<SUB>1</SUB></sub>, m<SUB>χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB></SUB>) parameter space. A top squark of mass up to about 240 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level for arbitrary neutralino masses, within the kinematic boundaries. Top squark masses up to 270 GeV are excluded for a neutralino mass of 200 GeV. In a scenario where the top squark and the lightest neutralino are nearly degenerate in mass, top squark masses up to 260 GeV are excluded. The results from the monojetlike analysis are also interpreted in terms of compressed scenarios for top squark-pair production in the decay channel t<SUB>1</SUB>→b+ f f′+ χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB> and sbottom pair production with b<SUB>1</SUB>→b + χ<SUP>0</SUP><SUB>1</SUB>, leading to a similar exclusion for nearly mass-degenerate third-generation squarks and the lightest neutralino. The results in this paper significantly extend previous results at colliders.
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