LHC Search Strategy for Squarks in Higgsino-LSP Scenarios with Leptons and b-Jets in the Final State
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Simulation and Collider Analysis
3. Discussion and Summary
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Process | Signal | (inc.) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expected | 239 | 19,420 | 530 | 830 | ||
selection cut | 29.8 | 40,888 | 2140 | 38 | 39 | |
cuts of Equations (2)–(3) | 5.9 | 200 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.27 | 0.09 |
GeV | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.86 | 0 | 2.61 |
GeV | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0 | 4.02 |
= 3 ab | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0 | 6.65 |
Process | Signal | (inc.) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expected | 195 | 19,420 | 530 | 830 | ||
selection cut | 23.4 | 40,888 | 2140 | 38 | 39 | |
cuts of Equations (2)–(3) | 3.5 | 200 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.27 | 0.06 |
GeV | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.86 | 0 | 1.76 |
GeV | 1.76 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0 | 2.61 |
= 3 ab | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0 | 4.37 |
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Arganda, E.; Delgado, A.; Morales, R.A.; Quirós, M. LHC Search Strategy for Squarks in Higgsino-LSP Scenarios with Leptons and b-Jets in the Final State. Particles 2022, 5, 265-272. https://doi.org/10.3390/particles5030023
Arganda E, Delgado A, Morales RA, Quirós M. LHC Search Strategy for Squarks in Higgsino-LSP Scenarios with Leptons and b-Jets in the Final State. Particles. 2022; 5(3):265-272. https://doi.org/10.3390/particles5030023
Chicago/Turabian StyleArganda, Ernesto, Antonio Delgado, Roberto A. Morales, and Mariano Quirós. 2022. "LHC Search Strategy for Squarks in Higgsino-LSP Scenarios with Leptons and b-Jets in the Final State" Particles 5, no. 3: 265-272. https://doi.org/10.3390/particles5030023