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Search for top-squark pair production in final states with one lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum using 36 fb -1 of vs =13 TeV pp collision data with the ATLAS detector

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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:49 authored by The ATLAS Collaboration, N L Abraham, Benedict AllbrookeBenedict Allbrooke, Lily AsquithLily Asquith, Alessandro CerriAlessandro Cerri, C A Chavez Barajas, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, Samuel Jones, G Lerner, F Miano, Fabrizio SalvatoreFabrizio Salvatore, I Santoyo Castillo, Kate ShawKate Shaw, Thomas StevensonThomas Stevenson, C Y Shehu, K Suruliz, Mark SuttonMark Sutton, Fabio Tresoldi, Iacopo Vivarelli, E Winkels, O J Winston, others
The results of a search for the direct pair production of top squarks, the supersymmetric partner of the top quark, in final states with one isolated electron or muon, several energetic jets, and missing transverse momentum are reported. The analysis also targets spin-0 mediator models, where the mediator decays into a pair of dark-matter particles and is produced in association with a pair of top quarks. The search uses data from proton-proton collisions delivered by the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 and 2016 at a centre-of-mass energy of vs =13 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 fb -1 . A wide range of signal scenarios with different mass-splittings between the top squark, the lightest neutralino and possible intermediate supersymmetric particles are considered, including cases where the W bosons or the top quarks produced in the decay chain are off-shell. No significant excess over the Standard Model prediction is observed. The null results are used to set exclusion limits at 95% confidence level in several supersymmetry benchmark models. For pair-produced top-squarks decaying into top quarks, top-squark masses up to 940 GeV are excluded. Stringent exclusion limits are also derived for all other considered top-squark decay scenarios. For the spin-0 mediator models, upper limits are set on the visible cross-section.

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Journal of High Energy Physics

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1126-6708

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Springer Verlag

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6

Volume

9

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108 1-94

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Publications

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2018-11-12

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2018-11-12

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2018-11-08

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