Search for Scalar Charm Quark Pair Production in pp Collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

The results of a dedicated search for pair production of scalar partners of charm quarks are reported. The search is based on an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb<SUP>-1</SUP> of pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The search is performed using events...

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Autores: Alconada Verzini, María Josefina, Alonso, Francisco, Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián, Arduh, Francisco Anuar, Dova, María Teresa, Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel, Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo, The ATLAS Collaboration
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/86088
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86088
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Exactas
Física
pp collisions
ATLAS detector
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Sumario:The results of a dedicated search for pair production of scalar partners of charm quarks are reported. The search is based on an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb<SUP>-1</SUP> of pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The search is performed using events with large missing transverse momentum and at least two jets, where the two leading jets are each tagged as originating from c quarks. Events containing isolated electrons or muons are vetoed. In an R-parity-conserving minimal supersymmetric scenario in which a single scalar-charm state is kinematically accessible, and where it decays exclusively into a charm quark and a neutralino, 95% confidence-level upper limits are obtained in the scalar-charm-neutralino mass plane such that, for neutralino masses below 200 GeV, scalar-charm masses up to 490 GeV are excluded.