Search for the electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.052002

Search for the electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

iThemba Labs
Department of Physics
University of South Africa
Cadi Ayyad University
Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science Innovation and Research (MAScIR)
Dep Física and CEFITEC of Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
NOVA University Lisbon
CERN
Aix-Marseille Université
University of Oklahoma
Academia Sinica - Institute of Physics
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
University of Amsterdam
Michigan State University
University of Toronto
Tel Aviv University
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
University of Oregon
Stockholm University
Oskar Klein Centre
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
AGH University of Krakow
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Northern Illinois University
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Royal Holloway University of London
University of Belgrade
University of Göttingen
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
University of Granada
Boston University
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Lund University
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
University of Bologna
University of Victoria BC
Université Grenoble Alpes
Instituto de Física La Plata
Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
The University of Chicago
Columbia University
University of Sussex
University of Birmingham

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

91 Scopus citations

Abstract

The ATLAS experiment has performed extensive searches for the electroweak production of charginos, neutralinos, and staus. This article summarizes and extends the search for electroweak supersymmetry with new analyses targeting scenarios not covered by previously published searches. New searches use vector-boson fusion production, initial-state radiation jets, and low-momentum lepton final states, as well as multivariate analysis techniques to improve the sensitivity to scenarios with small mass splittings and low-production cross sections. Results are based on 20 fb^-1 of proton-proton collision data at √s = 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess beyond Standard Model expectations is observed. The new and existing searches are combined and interpreted in terms of 95% confidence-level exclusion limits in simplified models, where a single production process and decay mode is assumed, as well as within phenomenological supersymmetric models.

Original language	English
Article number	052002
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	93
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.052002
State	Published - Mar 4 2016

Access to Document

10.1103/PhysRevD.93.052002

Cite this

@article{4e46596b44e84a6ab00367d58e436b07,

title = "Search for the electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector",

abstract = "The ATLAS experiment has performed extensive searches for the electroweak production of charginos, neutralinos, and staus. This article summarizes and extends the search for electroweak supersymmetry with new analyses targeting scenarios not covered by previously published searches. New searches use vector-boson fusion production, initial-state radiation jets, and low-momentum lepton final states, as well as multivariate analysis techniques to improve the sensitivity to scenarios with small mass splittings and low-production cross sections. Results are based on 20 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data at √s = 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess beyond Standard Model expectations is observed. The new and existing searches are combined and interpreted in terms of 95\% confidence-level exclusion limits in simplified models, where a single production process and decay mode is assumed, as well as within phenomenological supersymmetric models.",

author = "\{ATLAS Collaboration\} and G. Aad and B. Abbott and J. Abdallah and O. Abdinov and R. Aben and M. Abolins and AbouZeid, \{O. S.\} and H. Abramowicz and H. Abreu and R. Abreu and Y. Abulaiti and Acharya, \{B. S.\} and L. Adamczyk and Adams, \{D. L.\} and J. Adelman and S. Adomeit and T. Adye and Affolder, \{A. A.\} and T. Agatonovic-Jovin and J. Agricola and Aguilar-Saavedra, \{J. A.\} and Ahlen, \{S. P.\} and F. Ahmadov and G. Aielli and H. Akerstedt and {\AA}kesson, \{T. P.A.\} and Akimov, \{A. V.\} and Alberghi, \{G. L.\} and J. Albert and S. Albrand and \{Alconada Verzini\}, \{M. J.\} and M. Aleksa and Aleksandrov, \{I. N.\} and C. Alexa and G. Alexander and T. Alexopoulos and M. Alhroob and G. Alimonti and L. Alio and J. Alison and Alkire, \{S. P.\} and Allbrooke, \{B. M.M.\} and Allport, \{P. P.\} and H. Arnold and \{Da Via\}, C. and V. Dao and J. Hobbs and J. Jia and G. Piacquadio and D. Tsybychev",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the {"}http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/{"} Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.",

year = "2016",

month = mar,

day = "4",

doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.93.052002",

language = "English",

volume = "93",

journal = "Physical Review D",

issn = "2470-0010",

number = "5",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Search for the electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

AU - ATLAS Collaboration

AU - Aad, G.

AU - Abbott, B.

AU - Abdallah, J.

AU - Abdinov, O.

AU - Aben, R.

AU - Abolins, M.

AU - AbouZeid, O. S.

AU - Abramowicz, H.

AU - Abreu, H.

AU - Abreu, R.

AU - Abulaiti, Y.

AU - Acharya, B. S.

AU - Adamczyk, L.

AU - Adams, D. L.

AU - Adelman, J.

AU - Adomeit, S.

AU - Adye, T.

AU - Affolder, A. A.

AU - Agatonovic-Jovin, T.

AU - Agricola, J.

AU - Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.

AU - Ahlen, S. P.

AU - Ahmadov, F.

AU - Aielli, G.

AU - Akerstedt, H.

AU - Åkesson, T. P.A.

AU - Akimov, A. V.

AU - Alberghi, G. L.

AU - Albert, J.

AU - Albrand, S.

AU - Alconada Verzini, M. J.

AU - Aleksa, M.

AU - Aleksandrov, I. N.

AU - Alexa, C.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Alexopoulos, T.

AU - Alhroob, M.

AU - Alimonti, G.

AU - Alio, L.

AU - Alison, J.

AU - Alkire, S. P.

AU - Allbrooke, B. M.M.

AU - Allport, P. P.

AU - Arnold, H.

AU - Da Via, C.

AU - Dao, V.

AU - Hobbs, J.

AU - Jia, J.

AU - Piacquadio, G.

AU - Tsybychev, D.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.

PY - 2016/3/4

Y1 - 2016/3/4

N2 - The ATLAS experiment has performed extensive searches for the electroweak production of charginos, neutralinos, and staus. This article summarizes and extends the search for electroweak supersymmetry with new analyses targeting scenarios not covered by previously published searches. New searches use vector-boson fusion production, initial-state radiation jets, and low-momentum lepton final states, as well as multivariate analysis techniques to improve the sensitivity to scenarios with small mass splittings and low-production cross sections. Results are based on 20 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data at √s = 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess beyond Standard Model expectations is observed. The new and existing searches are combined and interpreted in terms of 95% confidence-level exclusion limits in simplified models, where a single production process and decay mode is assumed, as well as within phenomenological supersymmetric models.

AB - The ATLAS experiment has performed extensive searches for the electroweak production of charginos, neutralinos, and staus. This article summarizes and extends the search for electroweak supersymmetry with new analyses targeting scenarios not covered by previously published searches. New searches use vector-boson fusion production, initial-state radiation jets, and low-momentum lepton final states, as well as multivariate analysis techniques to improve the sensitivity to scenarios with small mass splittings and low-production cross sections. Results are based on 20 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data at √s = 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess beyond Standard Model expectations is observed. The new and existing searches are combined and interpreted in terms of 95% confidence-level exclusion limits in simplified models, where a single production process and decay mode is assumed, as well as within phenomenological supersymmetric models.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84961216981

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.052002

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.052002

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84961216981

SN - 2470-0010

VL - 93

JO - Physical Review D

JF - Physical Review D

IS - 5

M1 - 052002

ER -

Search for the electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this