Publication
Title
Search for top squark pair production using dilepton final states in pp collision data collected at √s=13TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
A search is presented for supersymmetric partners of the top quark (top squarks) in final states with two oppositely charged leptons (electrons or muons), jets identified as originating from bquarks, and missing transverse momentum. The search uses data from proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV collected with the CMS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1). Hypothetical signal events are efficiently separated from the dominant top quark pair production background with requirements on the significance of the missing transverse momentum and on transverse mass variables. No significant deviation is observed from the expected background. Exclusion limits are set in the context of simplified supersymmetric models with pair-produced lightest top squarks. For top squarks decaying exclusively to a top quark and a lightest neutralino, lower limits are placed at 95% confidence level on the masses of the top squark and the neutralino up to 925 and 450 GeV, respectively. If the decay proceeds via an intermediate chargino, the corresponding lower limits on the mass of the lightest top squark are set up to 850 GeV for neutralino masses below 420 GeV. For top squarks undergoing a cascade decay through charginos and sleptons, the mass limits reach up to 1.4 TeV and 900 GeV respectively for the top squark and the lightest neutralino.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European physical journal : C : particles and fields. - Berlin
Publication
Berlin : 2021
ISSN
1434-6044
1434-6052
DOI
10.1140/EPJC/S10052-020-08701-5
Volume/pages
81 :1 (2021) , 30 p.
Article Reference
3
ISI
000607873000001
Pubmed ID
33465186
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Publication type
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 02.10.2024
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