Search for direct top squark pair production in events with a Z boson, b-jets and missing transverse momentum in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

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Search for direct top squark pair production in events with a Z boson, b-jets and missing transverse momentum in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

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Abstract

A search is presented for direct top squark pair production using events with at least two leptons including a same-flavour opposite-sign pair with invariant mass consistent with the Z boson mass, jets tagged as originating from b-quarks and missing transverse momentum. The analysis is performed with proton–proton collision data at √s = 8 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2012 corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb⁻¹. No excess beyond the Standard Model expectation is observed. Interpretations of the results are provided in models based on the direct pair production of the heavier top squark state (t₂) followed by the decay to the lighter top squark state (t₁) via t₂ → Zt₁, and for t₁ pair production in natural gaugemediated supersymmetry breaking scenarios where the neutralino (χ ₀₁) is the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and decays producing a Z boson and a gravitino (G ) via the χ ₀₁ → Z G process.

Original language	English
Article number	2883
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	74
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2883-6
State	Published - 3 Jun 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Search for direct top squark pair production in events with a Z boson, b-jets and missing transverse momentum in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

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