Search for light top squark pair production in final states with leptons and b-jets with the ATLAS detector in √s=7 TeV proton–proton collisions

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.049

Search for light top squark pair production in final states with leptons and b-jets with the ATLAS detector in √s=7 TeV proton–proton collisions

ATLAS Collaboration

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Abstract

The results of a search for pair production of light top squarks are presented, using 4.7 fb⁻¹ of s=7 TeV proton–proton collisions collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. This search targets top squarks with masses similar to, or lighter than, the top quark mass. Final states containing exclusively one or two leptons (e,μ), large missing transverse momentum, light-flavour jets and b-jets are used to reconstruct the top squark pair system. Event-based mass scale variables are used to separate the signal from a large tt¯ background. No excess over the Standard Model expectations is found. The results are interpreted in the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, assuming the top squark decays exclusively to a chargino and a b-quark, while requiring different mass relationships between the Supersymmetric particles in the decay chain. Light top squarks with masses between 123–167 GeV are excluded for neutralino masses around 55 GeV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13-31
Number of pages	19
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	720
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.049
State	Published - 13 Mar 2013

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Search for light top squark pair production in final states with leptons and b-jets with the ATLAS detector in √s=7 TeV proton–proton collisions

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