Search for supersymmetry in a final state containing two photons and missing transverse momentum in √s=13 TeV pp collisions at the LHC using the ATLAS detector

Aaboud, M.; Aad, G.; Abbott, B.; Adomeit, Stefanie and Bender, M. (2016): Search for supersymmetry in a final state containing two photons and missing transverse momentum in √s=13 TeV pp collisions at the LHC using the ATLAS detector. In: European Physical Journal C, Vol. 76, No. 9, 517

Abstract

A search has been made for supersymmetry in a final state containing two photons and missing transverse momentum using the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The search makes use of 3.2 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 2015. Using a combination of data-driven and Monte-Carlo-based approaches, the Standard Model background is estimated to be 0.27(-0.10)(+0.22) events. No events are observed in the signal region;considering the expected background and its uncertainty, this observation implies a model-independent 95 % CL upper limit of 0.93 fb (3.0 events) on the visible cross section due to physics beyond the Standard Model. In the context of a generalized model of gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking with a bino-like next-to-lightest super-symmetric particle, this leads to a lower limit of 1650 GeV on the mass of a degenerate octet of gluino states, independent of the mass of the lighter bino-like neutralino.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Physics
• Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
• ISSN: 1434-6044
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• Language: English