Super-Razor and Searches for Sleptons and Charginos at the LHC

Oct 17, 2013
30 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 89 (2014) 5, 055020
  • Published: Mar 20, 2014
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Report number:
  • FERMILAB-PUB-13-456-A-T

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Abstract: (APS)

Direct searches for electroweak pair production of new particles at the LHC are a difficult proposition, due to the large background and low signal cross sections. We demonstrate how these searches can be improved by a combination of new razor variables and shape analysis of signal and background kinematics. We assume that the pair-produced particles decay to charged leptons and missing energy, either directly or through a W boson. In both cases the final state is a pair of opposite sign leptons plus missing transverse energy. We estimate exclusion reach in terms of sleptons and charginos as realized in minimal supersymmetry. We compare this super-razor approach in detail to analyses based on other kinematic variables, showing how the super-razor uses more of the relevant kinematic information while achieving higher selection efficiency on signals, including cases with compressed spectra.

Note:
  • 33 pages, 33 figures
  • 14.80.Ly
  • new physics
  • supersymmetry
  • minimal supersymmetric standard model
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • chargino: pair production
  • chargino: decay
  • chargino: mass
  • slepton: pair production
  • slepton: decay