Ústav technické a experimentální fyziky Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics

Search for scalar top quark pair production in natural gauge mediated supersymmetry models with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

NázevTitle
Search for scalar top quark pair production in natural gauge mediated supersymmetry models with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=7 TeVSearch for scalar top quark pair production in natural gauge mediated supersymmetry models with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, A. A. Abdelalim, K. Augsten, T. Holý, Z. Hubáček, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, V. Král, F. Krejčí, S. Pospíšil, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, J. Sodomka, M. Solar, J. Šolc, B. Sopko, V. Sopko, I. Štekl, D. Tureček, V. Vacek, M. Vlasák, P. Vokáč
DOIDOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2012.07.010
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Physics Letters B. 2012, 715(1-3), 44-60. ISSN 0370-2693.
RokYear
2012
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000308519000009
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84938558426
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/12:00202642!RIV13-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics; Centrum částicové fyzikyCenter for Particle Physics; Fundamentální experimenty ve fyzice mikrosvětaFundamental Experiments in Physics of Microworld; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN

AbstraktAbstract

The results of a search for pair production of the lighter scalar partners of top quarks ((t) over bar (1)) in 2.05 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS experiment at the LHC are reported. Scalar top quarks are searched for in events with two same flavour opposite-sign leptons (e, mu) with invariant mass consistent with the Z boson mass, large missing transverse momentum and jets in the final state. At least one of the jets is identified as originating from a b-quark. No excess over Standard Model expectations is found. The results are interpreted in the framework of R-parity conserving, gauge mediated Supersymmetry breaking 'natural' scenarios, where the neutralino ((chi) over bar (0)(1)) is the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle. Scalar top quark masses up to 310 GeV are excluded for 115 GeV m(<(chi) over bar1)(0) 230 GeV at 95% confidence level, reaching an exclusion of m(<(t) over bar1) 330 GeV for m(<(chi) over bar1)(0) = 190 GeV. Scalar top quark masses below 240 GeV are excluded for all values of m((chi) over bar1)(0) > m(z).

The results of a search for pair production of the lighter scalar partners of top quarks ((t) over bar (1)) in 2.05 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS experiment at the LHC are reported. Scalar top quarks are searched for in events with two same flavour opposite-sign leptons (e, mu) with invariant mass consistent with the Z boson mass, large missing transverse momentum and jets in the final state. At least one of the jets is identified as originating from a b-quark. No excess over Standard Model expectations is found. The results are interpreted in the framework of R-parity conserving, gauge mediated Supersymmetry breaking 'natural' scenarios, where the neutralino ((chi) over bar (0)(1)) is the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle. Scalar top quark masses up to 310 GeV are excluded for 115 GeV m(<(chi) over bar1)(0) 230 GeV at 95% confidence level, reaching an exclusion of m(<(t) over bar1) 330 GeV for m(<(chi) over bar1)(0) = 190 GeV. Scalar top quark masses below 240 GeV are excluded for all values of m((chi) over bar1)(0) > m(z).