Search for direct pair production of supersymmetric partners to the $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ lepton in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=13\,\text {TeV} $$s=13TeV
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Sirunyan, A. M
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Ambrogi, F.
Bergauer, T.
Brandstetter, J.
Dragicevic, M.
Erö, J.
Del Valle, A. E
Flechl, M.
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March 2, 2020
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The European Physical Journal C. 2020 Mar 02;80(3):189
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A search is presented for $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ slepton pairs produced in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13$$\,\text {TeV}$$TeV. The search is carried out in events containing two $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ leptons in the final state, on the assumption that each $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ slepton decays primarily to a $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ lepton and a neutralino. Events are considered in which each $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ lepton decays to one or more hadrons and a neutrino, or in which one of the $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ leptons decays instead to an electron or a muon and two neutrinos. The data, collected with the CMS detector in 2016 and 2017, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 77.2$$\,\text {fb}^{-1}$$fb-1. The observed data are consistent with the standard model background expectation. The results are used to set 95% confidence level upper limits on the cross section for $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ slepton pair production in various models for $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ slepton masses between 90 and 200$$\,\text {GeV}$$GeV and neutralino masses of 1, 10, and 20$$\,\text {GeV}$$GeV. In the case of purely left-handed $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ slepton production and decay to a $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ lepton and a neutralino with a mass of 1$$\,\text {GeV}$$GeV, the strongest limit is obtained for a $${\uptau }_{}^{}$$τ slepton mass of 125$$\,\text {GeV}$$GeV at a factor of 1.14 larger than the theoretical cross section.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7739-7
