Search for Supersymmetry in Hadronic Final States

Search for Supersymmetry in Hadronic Final States
Author: Hannsjörg Artur Weber
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2015-06-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319199560

The project reported here was a search for new super symmetric particles in proton-proton collisions at the LHC. It has produced some of the world’s best exclusion limits on such new particles. Furthermore, dedicated simulation studies and data analyses have also yielded essential input to the upgrade activities of the CMS collaboration, both for the Phase-1 pixel detector upgrade and for the R&D studies in pursuit of a Phase-2 end cap calorimeter upgrade.

Phenomena Beyond the Standard Model: What Do We Expect for New Physics to Look Like?

Phenomena Beyond the Standard Model: What Do We Expect for New Physics to Look Like?
Author: Roman Pasechnik
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2020-09-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 2889639908

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.

Search for Supersymmetry in Events with a Single Lepton, Jets, and Missing Transverse Momentum Using a Neural Network

Search for Supersymmetry in Events with a Single Lepton, Jets, and Missing Transverse Momentum Using a Neural Network
Author: Avishek Chatterjee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2013
Genre:
ISBN:

A search for supersymmetry in proton-proton collisions at [SQUARE ROOT] s = 7 TeV is presented, focusing on events with a single isolated lepton, energetic jets, and large missing transverse momentum. The analyzed data corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 4.98 fb[-]1 recorded by the CMS experiment. The search uses an artificial neural network to suppress Standard Model backgrounds, and estimates residual backgrounds using a fully data-driven method. The analysis is performed in both the muon and electron channels, and the combined result is interpreted in terms of limits on the CMSSM parameter space, as well as a simplified model.

A Search for Displaced Leptons in the ATLAS Detector

A Search for Displaced Leptons in the ATLAS Detector
Author: Lesya Horyn
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2022-02-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030916723

This thesis presents a search for long-lived particles decaying into displaced electrons and/or muons with large impact parameters. This signature provides unique sensitivity to the production of theoretical lepton-partners, sleptons. These particles are a feature of supersymmetric theories, which seek to address unanswered questions in nature. The signature searched for in this thesis is difficult to identify, and in fact, this is the first time it has been probed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It covers a long-standing gap in coverage of possible new physics signatures. This thesis describes the special reconstruction and identification algorithms used to select leptons with large impact parameters and the details of the background estimation. The results are consistent with background, so limits on slepton masses and lifetimes in this model are calculated at 95% CL, drastically improving on the previous best limits from the Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP).