Search for Supersymmetry in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13 TeV in Events with High-Momentum Z Bosons and Missing Transverse Momentum
Journal of High Energy Physics 2020
Viesturs Veckalns

A search for new physics in events with two highly Lorentz-boosted Z bosons and large missing transverse momentum is presented. The analyzed proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1, were recorded at s = 13 TeV by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The search utilizes the substructure of jets with large radius to identify quark pairs from Z boson decays. Backgrounds from standard model processes are suppressed by requirements on the jet mass and the missing transverse momentum. No significant excess in the event yield is observed beyond the number of background events expected from the standard model. For a simplified supersymmetric model in which the Z bosons arise from the decay of gluinos, an exclusion limit of 1920 GeV on the gluino mass is set at 95% confidence level. This is the first search for beyond-standard-model production of pairs of boosted Z bosons plus large missing transverse momentum. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]


Keywords
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) | Supersymmetry
DOI
10.1007/JHEP09(2020)149
Hyperlink
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP09%282020%29149

Veckalns, V., CERN international group of authors. Search for Supersymmetry in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13 TeV in Events with High-Momentum Z Bosons and Missing Transverse Momentum. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020, Vol. 2020, No. 9, Article number 149. e-ISSN 1029-8479. Available from: doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2020)149

Publication language
English (en)
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