A search for direct pair production of scalar partners of the top quark (top squarks or scalar third-generation up-type leptoquarks) in the all-hadronic tt¯ plus missing transverse momentum final state is presented. The analysis of 139 fb - 1 of s=13 TeV proton–proton collision data collected using the ATLAS detector at the LHC yields no significant excess over the Standard Model background expectation. To interpret the results, a supersymmetric model is used where the top squark decays via t~→t(∗)χ~10, with t(∗) denoting an on-shell (off-shell) top quark and χ~10 the lightest neutralino. Three specific event selections are optimised for the following scenarios. In the scenario where mt~>mt+mχ~10, top squark masses are excluded in the range 400–1250 GeV for χ~10 masses below 200 GeV at 95% confidence level. In the situation where mt~∼mt+mχ~10, top squark masses in the range 300–630 GeV are excluded, while in the case where mt~
Search for a scalar partner of the top quark in the all-hadronic tt¯ plus missing transverse momentum final state at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aloisio, Alberto; Alviggi, Mariagrazia; Canale, Vincenzo; DELLA PIETRA, Massimo; Merola, Leonardo; Conventi, Francesco; Rossi, Elvira; Massarotti, Paolo; DE ASMUNDIS, Riccardo; Cirotto, Francesco; Lavorgna, Marco; Giannini, Antonio; DI DONATO, Camilla; Iengo, Paolo; Sekhniaidze, Givi; Izzo, Vincenzo; Carlino, Gianpaolo; Doria, Alessandra. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - 80:8(2020). [10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8102-8]
Search for a scalar partner of the top quark in the all-hadronic tt¯ plus missing transverse momentum final state at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
ALOISIO ALBERTO;ALVIGGI MARIAGRAZIA;CANALE VINCENZO;DELLA PIETRA MASSIMO;MEROLA LEONARDO;ROSSI ELVIRA;MASSAROTTI PAOLO;DE ASMUNDIS Riccardo;LAVORGNA MARCO;GIANNINI ANTONIO;
2020
Abstract
A search for direct pair production of scalar partners of the top quark (top squarks or scalar third-generation up-type leptoquarks) in the all-hadronic tt¯ plus missing transverse momentum final state is presented. The analysis of 139 fb - 1 of s=13 TeV proton–proton collision data collected using the ATLAS detector at the LHC yields no significant excess over the Standard Model background expectation. To interpret the results, a supersymmetric model is used where the top squark decays via t~→t(∗)χ~10, with t(∗) denoting an on-shell (off-shell) top quark and χ~10 the lightest neutralino. Three specific event selections are optimised for the following scenarios. In the scenario where mt~>mt+mχ~10, top squark masses are excluded in the range 400–1250 GeV for χ~10 masses below 200 GeV at 95% confidence level. In the situation where mt~∼mt+mχ~10, top squark masses in the range 300–630 GeV are excluded, while in the case where mt~I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
