# Search for direct pair production of supersymmetric top quarks decaying to all-hadronic final states in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 8\mathrm{\,Te\kern -0.1em V}$

CMS Collaboration; Canelli, F; Chiochia, V; Kilminster, B; Robmann, P; et al (2016). Search for direct pair production of supersymmetric top quarks decaying to all-hadronic final states in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 8\mathrm{\,Te\kern -0.1em V}$. European Physical Journal C - Particles and Fields, 76(8):460.

## Abstract

Results are reported from a search for the pair production of top squarks, the supersymmetric partners of top quarks, in final states with jets and missing transverse momentum. The data sample used in this search was collected by the CMS detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 18.9 fb$^{−1}$ of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeVTeV produced by the LHC. The search features novel background suppression and prediction methods, including a dedicated top quark pair reconstruction algorithm. The data are found to be in agreement with the predicted backgrounds. Exclusion limits are set in simplified supersymmetry models with the top squark decaying to jets and an undetected neutralino, either through a top quark or through a bottom quark and chargino. Models with the top squark decaying via a top quark are excluded for top squark masses up to 755 GeV in the case of neutralino masses below 200 GeV . For decays via a chargino, top squark masses up to 620 GeV are excluded, depending on the masses of the chargino and neutralino.

## Abstract

Results are reported from a search for the pair production of top squarks, the supersymmetric partners of top quarks, in final states with jets and missing transverse momentum. The data sample used in this search was collected by the CMS detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 18.9 fb$^{−1}$ of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeVTeV produced by the LHC. The search features novel background suppression and prediction methods, including a dedicated top quark pair reconstruction algorithm. The data are found to be in agreement with the predicted backgrounds. Exclusion limits are set in simplified supersymmetry models with the top squark decaying to jets and an undetected neutralino, either through a top quark or through a bottom quark and chargino. Models with the top squark decaying via a top quark are excluded for top squark masses up to 755 GeV in the case of neutralino masses below 200 GeV . For decays via a chargino, top squark masses up to 620 GeV are excluded, depending on the masses of the chargino and neutralino.

## Statistics

### Citations

Dimensions.ai Metrics

### Altmetrics

Detailed statistics

Item Type: Journal Article, refereed, original work 07 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute 530 Physics English 2016 11 Jan 2017 09:17 02 Feb 2018 11:18 Springer 1434-6044 Gold Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4292-5

Preview
Content: Published Version
Filetype: PDF
Size: 2MB
View at publisher
Licence: