Search for R-parity violating decays of a top squark in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV

V. Khachatryan; A. M. Sirunyan; A. Tumasyan; W. Adam; E. Asilar; T. Bergauer; J. Brandstetter; E. Brondolin; M. Dragicevic; J. Erö; M. Flechl; M. Friedl; R. Frühwirth; V. M. Ghete; C. Hartl; N. Hörmann; J. Hrubec; M. Jeitler; V. Knünz; A. König; M. Krammer; I. Krätschmer; D. Liko; T. Matsushita; I. Mikulec; D. Rabady; B. Rahbaran; H. Rohringer; J. Schieck; R. Schöfbeck; J. Strauss; W. Treberer-Treberspurg; W. Waltenberger; C. E. Wulz; V. Mossolov; N. Shumeiko; J. Suarez Gonzalez; S. Alderweireldt; T. Cornelis; E. A. De Wolf; X. Janssen; A. Knutsson; J. Lauwers; S. Luyckx; R. M. Chatterjee; Y. Kubota; J. Mans; S. Nourbakhsh; N. Ruckstuhl; R. Rusack; CMS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.06.039

Search for R-parity violating decays of a top squark in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV

V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, E. Asilar, T. Bergauer, J. Brandstetter, E. Brondolin, M. Dragicevic, J. Erö, M. Flechl, M. Friedl, R. Frühwirth, V. M. Ghete, C. Hartl, N. Hörmann, J. Hrubec, M. Jeitler, V. Knünz, A. KönigM. Krammer, I. Krätschmer, D. Liko, T. Matsushita, I. Mikulec, D. Rabady, B. Rahbaran, H. Rohringer, J. Schieck, R. Schöfbeck, J. Strauss, W. Treberer-Treberspurg, W. Waltenberger, C. E. Wulz, V. Mossolov, N. Shumeiko, J. Suarez Gonzalez, S. Alderweireldt, T. Cornelis, E. A. De Wolf, X. Janssen, A. Knutsson, J. Lauwers, S. Luyckx, R. M. Chatterjee, Y. Kubota, J. Mans, S. Nourbakhsh, N. Ruckstuhl, R. Rusack, CMS Collaboration

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The results of a search for a supersymmetric partner of the top quark (top squark), pair-produced in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV, are presented. The search, which focuses on R-parity violating, chargino-mediated decays of the top squark, is performed in final states with low missing transverse momentum, two oppositely charged electrons or muons, and at least five jets. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb⁻¹ collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2012. The data are found to be in agreement with the standard model expectation, and upper limits are placed on the top squark pair production cross section at 95% confidence level. Assuming a 100% branching fraction for the top squark decay chain, t˜→tχ˜₁ ^±,χ˜₁ ^±→ℓ^±+jj, top squark masses less than 890 (1000) GeV for the electron (muon) channel are excluded for the first time in models with a single nonzero R-parity violating coupling λ_ijk ^′ (i,j,k≤2), where i,j,k correspond to the three generations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	178-201
Number of pages	24
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	760
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.06.039
State	Published - Sep 10 2016

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Leptons
Low missing transverse energy
Physics
Supersymmetry

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Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., Brondolin, E., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Flechl, M., Friedl, M., Frühwirth, R., Ghete, V. M., Hartl, C., Hörmann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Knünz, V., ... CMS Collaboration (2016). Search for R-parity violating decays of a top squark in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 760, 178-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.06.039

Khachatryan, V, Sirunyan, AM, Tumasyan, A, Adam, W, Asilar, E, Bergauer, T, Brandstetter, J, Brondolin, E, Dragicevic, M, Erö, J, Flechl, M, Friedl, M, Frühwirth, R, Ghete, VM, Hartl, C, Hörmann, N, Hrubec, J, Jeitler, M, Knünz, V, König, A, Krammer, M, Krätschmer, I, Liko, D, Matsushita, T, Mikulec, I, Rabady, D, Rahbaran, B, Rohringer, H, Schieck, J, Schöfbeck, R, Strauss, J, Treberer-Treberspurg, W, Waltenberger, W, Wulz, CE, Mossolov, V, Shumeiko, N, Suarez Gonzalez, J, Alderweireldt, S, Cornelis, T, De Wolf, EA, Janssen, X, Knutsson, A, Lauwers, J, Luyckx, S, Chatterjee, RM, Kubota, Y, Mans, J, Nourbakhsh, S, Ruckstuhl, N, Rusack, R & CMS Collaboration 2016, 'Search for R-parity violating decays of a top squark in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 760, pp. 178-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.06.039

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