Search for R -parity violating supersymmetry with displaced vertices in proton-proton collisions at √{s }=8 TeV
Abstract
Results are reported from a search for R -parity violating supersymmetry in proton-proton collision events collected by the CMS experiment at a center-of-mass energy of √{s }=8 TeV . The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 17.6 fb-1 . This search assumes a minimal flavor violating model in which the lightest supersymmetric particle is a long-lived neutralino or gluino, leading to a signal with jets emanating from displaced vertices. In a sample of events with two displaced vertices, no excess yield above the expectation from standard model processes is observed, and limits are placed on the pair production cross section as a function of mass and lifetime of the neutralino or gluino. At 95% confidence level, the analysis excludes cross sections above approximately 1 fb for neutralinos or gluinos with mass between 400 and 1500 GeV and mean proper decay length between 1 and 30 mm. Gluino masses are excluded below 1 and 1.3 TeV for mean proper decay lengths of 300 μ m and 1 mm, respectively, and below 1.4 TeV for the range 2-30 mm. The results are also applicable to other models in which long-lived particles decay into multijet final states.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- January 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.012009
- Bibcode:
- 2017PhRvD..95a2009K