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

Aad, G. and Abajyan, T. and Abbott, B. and Abdallah, J. and Khalek, S. A. and Abdelalim, A. A. and Abdinov, O. and Aben, R. and Abi, B. and Abolins, M. and AbouZeid, O. S. and Abramowicz, H. and Abreu, H. and Acerbi, E. and Acharya, B. S. and Adamczyk, L. and Adams, D. L. and Addy, T. N. and Adelman, J. and Adomeit, S. and Adragna, P. and Adye, T. and Aefsky, S. and Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A. and Agustoni, M. and Aharrouche, M. and Ahlen, S. P. and Ahles, F. and Ahmad, A. and Ahsan, M. and Krasznahorkay, Attila and Pásztor, Gabriella and Tóth, József (2013) 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. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 720 (1-3). pp. 13-31. ISSN 0370-2693

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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 t¯t 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.

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