Search for top squarks in final states with one isolated lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

M. Aaboud; G. Aad; B. Abbott; O. Abdinov; B Abeloos; O.S. AbouZeid; NL Abraham; H. Abramowicz; Mogens Dam; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Stefania Xella; Peter Henrik Hansen; Troels Christian Petersen; Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen; Almut Maria Pingel; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; James William Monk; Lars Egholm Pedersen; Graig Wiglesworth; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052009

Search for top squarks in final states with one isolated lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

M. Aaboud, G. Aad, B. Abbott, O. Abdinov, B Abeloos, O.S. AbouZeid, NL Abraham, H. Abramowicz, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian Petersen, Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Almut Maria Pingel, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, James William Monk, Lars Egholm PedersenGraig Wiglesworth, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

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The results of a search for the top squark, the supersymmetric partner of the top quark, in final states with one isolated electron or muon, jets, and missing transverse momentum are reported. The search uses the 2015 LHC pp collision data at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb-1. The analysis targets two types of signal models: gluino-mediated pair production of top squarks with a nearly mass-degenerate top squark and neutralino and direct pair production of top squarks, decaying to the top quark and the lightest neutralino. The experimental signature in both signal scenarios is similar to that of a top quark pair produced in association with large missing transverse momentum. No significant excess over the Standard Model background prediction is observed, and exclusion limits on gluino and top squark masses are set at 95% confidence level. The results extend the LHC run-1 exclusion limit on the gluino mass up to 1460 GeV in the gluino-mediated scenario in the high gluino and low top squark mass region and add an excluded top squark mass region from 745 to 780 GeV for the direct top squark model with a massless lightest neutralino. The results are also reinterpreted to set exclusion limits in a model of vectorlike top quarks.

Original language	English
Article number	052009
Journal	Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
Volume	94
Issue number	5
ISSN	1550-7998
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052009
Publication status	Published - 19 Sept 2016

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Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., AbouZeid, O. S., Abraham, NL., Abramowicz, H., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., Petersen, T. C., Thomsen, L. A., Pingel, A. M., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., Alonso Diaz, A., Monk, J. W., ... Galster, G. A. G. K. (2016). Search for top squarks in final states with one isolated lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 94(5), [052009]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052009

Search for top squarks in final states with one isolated lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. / Aaboud, M.; Aad, G.; Abbott, B. et al.

In: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), Vol. 94, No. 5, 052009, 19.09.2016.

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Aaboud, M, Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Thomsen, LA, Pingel, AM, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Alonso Diaz, A, Monk, JW, Pedersen, LE, Wiglesworth, G & Galster, GAGK 2016, 'Search for top squarks in final states with one isolated lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector', Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), vol. 94, no. 5, 052009. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052009

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Search for top squarks in final states with one isolated lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

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