Eur. Phys. J. C (2016) 76: 457
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4299-y

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Searching for supersymmetry scalelessly

¹ DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
² Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
³ Department of Physics, Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
⁴ Physik Department T75, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Strase 1, 85748, Garching, Germany

^* e-mail: Matthias.Schlaffer@weizmann.ac.il

Received: 29 March 2016
Accepted: 1 August 2016
Published online: 13 August 2016

Abstract

In this paper we propose a scale invariant search strategy for hadronic top or bottom plus missing energy final states. We present a method which shows flat efficiencies and background rejection factors over broad ranges of parameters and masses. The resulting search can easily be recast into a limit on alternative models. We show the strength of the method in a natural SUSY setup where stop and sbottom squarks are pair produced and decay into hadronically decaying top quarks or bottom quarks and higgsinos.