Abstract
A search for supersymmetry through the direct pair production of top squarks, with Higgs (H) or Z bosons in the decay chain, is performed using a data sample of proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV collected in 2012 with the CMS detector at the LHC. The sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.5fb−1. The search is performed using a selection of events containing leptons and bottom-quark jets. No evidence for a significant excess of events over the standard model background prediction is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of simplified supersymmetric models with pair production of a heavier top-squark mass eigenstate t˜2 decaying to a lighter top-squark mass eigenstate t˜1 via either t˜2 → Ht˜1 or t˜2 → Zt˜1, followed in both cases by t˜1 → tχ˜01, where χ˜01 is an undetected, stable, lightest supersymmetric particle. The interpretation is performed in the region where the mass difference between the t˜1 and χ˜01 states is approximately equal to the top-quark mass (mt˜1 − mχ˜01 ≅ mt), which is not probed by searches for direct t˜1 squark pair production. The analysis excludes top squarks with masses mt˜2 < 575 GeV and mt˜1 < 400 GeV at a 95% confidence level.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 371-397 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 736 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CMS
- SUSY
- Stop
- Higgs