Search for top squark production in fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV
Document Type
Article
Abstract
A search for production of the supersymmetric partners of the top quark, top squarks, is presented. The search is based on proton-proton collision events containing multiple jets, no leptons, and large transverse momentum imbalance. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb-1. The targeted signal production scenarios are direct and gluino-mediated top squark production, including scenarios in which the top squark and neutralino masses are nearly degenerate. The search utilizes novel algorithms based on deep neural networks that identify hadronically decaying top quarks and W bosons, which are expected in many of the targeted signal models. No statistically significant excess of events is observed relative to the expectation from the standard model, and limits on the top squark production cross section are obtained in the context of simplified supersymmetric models for various production and decay modes. Exclusion limits as high as 1310 GeV are established at the 95% confidence level on the mass of the top squark for direct top squark production models, and as high as 2260 GeV on the mass of the gluino for gluino-mediated top squark production models. These results represent a significant improvement over the results of previous searches for supersymmetry by CMS in the same final state.
Department(s)
Physics and Engineering
Publication Title
Physical Review D
Volume
104
Issue
5
Publication Date
9-1-2021
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.104.052001
ISSN
24700010
E-ISSN
24700029
Recommended Citation
The CMS Collaboration; Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Andrejkovic, J. W.; Bergauer, T.; and Hogan, Julie M., "Search for top squark production in fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV" (2021). Physics and Engineering Faculty Publications. 74.
https://spark.bethel.edu/physics-faculty/74
Comments
The CMS Collaboration includes over 100 authors. This record includes the Bethel author and the first 5 authors listed. The full list of authors can be viewed on the downloaded document or at the original publisher's website - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.052001