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
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.
© The Author(s), 2016