TY - THES A1 - Schreyer, Manuel T1 - Search for supersymmetry in events containing light leptons, jets and missing transverse momentum in \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector T1 - Suche nach Supersymmetrie in Ereignissen mit leichten Leptonen, Jets und fehlendem Transversalimpuls in pp-Kollisionen bei \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV mit dem ATLAS-Detektor N2 - The results of two analyses searching for supersymmetry (SUSY) in data of the ATLAS experiment are presented in this thesis. The data were recorded in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012 at a centre of mass energy of \(\sqrt{s}\)=8 TeV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb\(^{−1}\). The first search is performed in signatures containing an opposite-sign electron or muon pair, which is compatible with originating from a Z boson decay, in addition to jets and large missing transverse momentum. The analysis targets the production of squarks and gluinos in R-parity conserving (RPC) models with SUSY breaking via General Gauge Mediation (GGM). The main Standard Model (SM) backgrounds are \(t\overline t\), WW, W+t and Z to \(\tau \tau\) processes which are entirely estimated from data using different-flavour events. Besides that, the SM production of Z bosons in association with jets and large fake missing momentum from mismeasurements plays a role and is predicted with the data-driven jet smearing method. Backgrounds from events with fake leptons are estimated with the data-driven matrix method. WZ/ZZ production as well as smaller background contributions are determined from Monte-Carlo simulations. The search observes an excess of data over the SM prediction with a local significance of 3.0 \(\sigma\) in the electron channel, 1.7 \(\sigma\) in the muon channel and 3.0 \(\sigma\) when the two channels are added together. The results are used to constrain the parameters of the GGM model. The second analysis uses the already published results of an ATLAS search for SUSY in events with one isolated electron or muon, jets and missing transverse momentum to reinterpret them in the context of squark and gluino production in SUSY models with R-parity violating (RPV) \(LQ\overline D\)-operators. In contrast to RPC models, the lightest SUSY particle (LSP) is not stable but decays into SM particles. "Standard" analyses often do not consider SUSY models with RPV although they are in principle sensitive to them. The exclusion limits on the squark and gluino mass obtained from the reinterpretation extend up to 1200 GeV. These are the first results by any ATLAS SUSY search which systematically cover a wide range of RPV couplings in the case of prompt LSP decays. However, the analysis is not sensitive to the full parameter space of the \(LQ\overline D\)-model and reveals gaps in the ATLAS SUSY program which have to be closed by dedicated search strategies in the future. N2 - In dieser Arbeit werden die Ergebnisse von zwei Suchen nach Supersymmetrie (SUSY) in Daten des ATLAS-Experiments präsentiert. Die Messdaten wurden im Jahr 2012 in Proton-Proton-Kollisionen am Large Hadron Collider bei einer Schwerpunktsenergie von \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV gewonnen und entsprechen einer integrierten Luminosität von 20,3 fb\(^{−1}\). Die erste Suche verwendet Signaturen mit Jets, großem fehlenden Transversalimpuls sowie einem Elektron- oder Myonpaar mit entgegengesetzter Ladung, dessen Eigenschaften mit einem Leptonpaar aus dem Zerfall eines Z-Bosons vereinbar sind. Die Analyse zielt auf die Untersuchung von Squark- und Gluinoproduktion im Rahmen R-paritätserhaltender (RPC) Modelle mit SUSY-Brechung durch General Gauge Mediation (GGM) ab. Die Hauptuntergründe des Standardmodells (SM) sind \(t\overline t\), WW, W+t und Z nach \(\tau \tau\) Prozesse. Diese werden komplett aus den Daten selbst unter Verwendung von Ereignissen mit Leptonpaaren unterschiedlichen Flavours abgeschätzt. Daneben spielt der Untergrund aus der SM-Produktion von Z-Bosonen in Verbindung mit Jets und großem fehlenden Impuls, der durch Fehlmessungen fälschlicherweise rekonstruiert wird, ein Rolle. Dieser wird mit der datengestützten Jet-Smearing-Methode abgeschätzt. Der Hintergrundbeitrag von Ereignissen mit fehlidentifizierten Leptonen wird mit der datengestützten Matrix-Methode bestimmt, während die Produktion von WZ/ZZ-Paaren sowie kleinere Untergrundprozesse mit Hilfe von Monte-Carlo-Simulationen abgeschätzt werden. Die Suche beobachtet einen Überschuss an Daten über der SM-Vorhersage mit einer lokalen Signifikanz von 3,0 \(\sigma\) im Elektronkanal, 1,7 \(\sigma\) im Myonkanal und 3,0 \(\sigma\), wenn beide Kanäle zusammengezählt werden. Mit den Ergebnissen lassen sich die Parameter des GGM-Modells einschränken. Die zweite Analyse interpretiert die bereits veröffentlichten Ergebnisse einer ATLAS SUSY-Suche in Ereignissen mit einem isolierten Elektron oder Myon, Jets und fehlendem Transversalimpuls im Rahmen von Squark- und Gluinoproduktion in SUSY-Modellen, in denen die R-Parität durch \(LQ\overline D\)-Operatoren verletzt wird. Im Gegensatz zu RPC-Modellen ist das leichteste SUSY-Teilchen (LSP) dort nicht stabil, sondern zerfällt in SM-Teilchen. R-paritätsverletzende (RPV) SUSY-Modelle werden von "Standardanalysen" oft vernachlässigt, obwohl diese prinzipiell sensitiv auf RPV SUSY sind. Die Ausschlussgrenzen auf die Squark- und Gluinomasse, die sich aus der Reinterpretation ergeben, reichen bis zu 1200 GeV. Dies sind die ersten derartigen Ergebnisse einer ATLAS SUSY-Suche, die einen großen Bereich möglicher RPV-Kopplungen für den Fall prompter LSP-Zerfälle auf systematische Art und Weise abdecken. Allerdings ist die Analyse nicht im gesamten Parameterraum des \(LQ\overline D\)-Modells sensitiv und deckt somit Lücken im ATLAS SUSY-Programm auf. Diese sollten in Zukunft durch speziell optimierte Suchstrategien geschlossen werden. KW - Supersymmetrie KW - Supersymmetry KW - Supersymmetrie KW - LHC KW - ATLAS-Detektor KW - Neue Physik KW - New physics KW - ATLAS KW - Proton-Proton-Streuung Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-120863 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Search for supersymmetry in final states with two same-sign or three leptons and jets using 36 fb\(^{−1}\) of \(\sqrt{s}=13\) TeV \(pp\) collision data with the ATLAS detector JF - Journal of High Energy Physics N2 - A search for strongly produced supersymmetric particles using signatures involving multiple energetic jets and either two isolated same-sign leptons (\(e\) or \(µ\)), or at least three isolated leptons, is presented. The analysis relies on the identification of \(b\)-jets and high missing transverse momentum to achieve good sensitivity. A data sample of proton-proton collisions at \(\sqrt{s} = 13\) TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 and 2016, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb\(^{−1}\), is used for the search. No significant excess over the Standard Model prediction is observed. The results are interpreted in several simplified supersymmetric models featuring \(R\)-parity conservation or \(R\)-parity violation, extending the exclusion limits from previous searches. In models considering gluino pair production, gluino masses are excluded up to 1.87 TeV at 95% confidence level. When bottom squarks are pair-produced and decay to a chargino and a top quark, models with bottom squark masses below 700 GeV and light neutralinos are excluded at 95% confidence level. In addition, model-independent limits are set on a possible contribution of new phenomena to the signal region yields. KW - High energy physics KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) KW - Supersymmetry Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172787 VL - 2017 IS - 09 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Search for new phenomena with large jet multiplicities and missing transverse momentum using large-radius jets and flavour-tagging at ATLAS in 13 TeV \(pp\) collisions JF - Journal of High Energy Physics N2 - A search is presented for particles that decay producing a large jet multiplicity and invisible particles. The event selection applies a veto on the presence of isolated electrons or muons and additional requirements on the number of \(b\)-tagged jets and the scalar sum of masses of large-radius jets. Having explored the full ATLAS 2015-2016 dataset of LHC proton-proton collisions at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV, which corresponds to 36.1 fb\(^{−1}\) of integrated luminosity, no evidence is found for physics beyond the Standard Model. The results are interpreted in the context of simplified models inspired by R-parity-conserving and R-parity-violating supersymmetry, where gluinos are pair-produced. More generic models within the phenomenological minimal supersymmetric Standard Model are also considered. KW - High energy physics KW - Beyond Standard Model KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) KW - Supersymmetry Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172302 VL - 34 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Search for top-squark pair production in final states with one lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum using 36 fb\(^{-1}\) of root s=13 TeV \({pp}\) collision data with the ATLAS detector JF - Journal of High Energy Physics N2 - The results of a search for the direct pair production of top squarks, the supersymmetric partner of the top quark, in final states with one isolated electron or muon, several energetic jets, and missing transverse momentum are reported. The analysis also targets spin-0 mediator models, where the mediator decays into a pair of dark-matter particles and is produced in association with a pair of top quarks. The search uses data from proton-proton collisions delivered by the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 and 2016 at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 13TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 fb(-1). A wide range of signal scenarios with different mass-splittings between the top squark, the lightest neutralino and possible intermediate supersymmetric particles are considered, including cases where the W bosons or the top quarks produced in the decay chain are off-shell. No significant excess over the Standard Model prediction is observed. The null results are used to set exclusion limits at 95% confidence level in several supersymmetry benchmark models. For pair-produced top-squarks decaying into top quarks, top-squark masses up to 940 GeV are excluded. Stringent exclusion limits are also derived for all other considered top-squark decay scenarios. For the spin-0 mediator models, upper limits are set on the visible cross-section. KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) KW - Dark-matter production KW - Symmetry-breaking KW - Plus plus KW - Model KW - Supersymmetry KW - Program KW - LHS KW - Mass KW - Extension KW - Physics Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-220733 VL - 108 IS - 6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Search for new phenomena using the invariant mass distribution of same-flavour opposite-sign dilepton pairs in events with missing transverse momentum in root \(s\)=13 TeV \(pp\) collisions with the ATLAS detector JF - European Physical Journal C N2 - A search for new phenomena in final states containing an e(+)e(-) or m(+)m(-) pair, jets, and large missing transverse momentum is presented. This analysis makes use of proton-proton collision data with an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb(-1), collected during 2015 and 2016 at a centre of-mass energy Os = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The search targets the pair production of supersymmetric coloured particles (squarks or gluinos) and their decays into final states containing an e(+)e(-) or m(+)m(-) pair and the lightest neutralino ((c) over tilde (0)(1)) via one of two next-to-lightest neutralino ((c) over tilde (0)(2)) decay mechanisms: (c) over tilde (0)(2) Z (c) over tilde (0)(1), where the Z boson decays leptonically leading to a peak in the dilepton invariant mass distribution around the Z boson mass; and (c) over tilde (0)(2) l(+)1(-) (c) over tilde (0)(1) with no intermediate l(+)l(-) resonance, yielding a kinematic endpoint in the dilepton invariant mass spectrum. The data are found to be consistent with the Standard Model expectation. Results are interpreted using simplified models, and exclude gluinos and squarks with masses as large as 1.85 and 1.3 TeV at 95% confidence level, respectively. KW - Parton Distributions KW - Gluino Production KW - ++ KW - Extension KW - Energy KW - Squark KW - Supersymmetry KW - Physics KW - Decay Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-226109 VL - 78 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A search for pair-produced resonances in four-jet final states at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector JF - The European Physical Journal C N2 - A search for massive coloured resonances which are pair-produced and decay into two jets is presented. The analysis uses 36.7 fb(-1) of root s = 13 TeV pp collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015 and 2016. No significant deviation from the background prediction is observed. Results are interpreted in a SUSY simplified model where the lightest supersymmetric particle is the top squark, (t) over tilde, which decays promptly into two quarks through R-parity-violating couplings. Top squarks with masses in the range 100 GeV < m((T) over tilde) < 410 GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level. If the decay is into a b-quark and a light quark, a dedicated selection requiring two b-tags is used to exclude masses in the ranges 100 GeV < m((t) over tilde) < 470 GeV and 480 GeV < m(<(t)over tilde>) < 610 GeV. Additional limits are set on the pair-production of massive colour-octet resonances. KW - Patron Distributions KW - Collicions KW - Extension KW - Squark KW - Supersymmetry KW - Color KW - Decay Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225465 VL - 78 IS - 250 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Search for pair production of Higgsinos in final states with at least three \(b\)-tagged jets in root \(s\)=13 TeV \(pp\) collisions using the ATLAS detector JF - Physical Review D N2 - A search for pair production of the supersymmetric partners of the Higgs boson (higgsinos (H) over tilde) in gaugemediated scenarios is reported. Each higgsino is assumed to decay to a Higgs boson and a gravitino. Two complementary analyses, targeting high- and low-mass signals, are performed to maximize sensitivity. The two analyses utilize LHC pp collision data at a center-of-mass energy root s = 13 TeV, the former with an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb(-1) and the latter with 24.3 fb(-1), collected with the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016. The search is performed in events containing missing transverse momentum and several energetic jets, at least three of which must be identified as b-quark jets. No significant excess is found above the predicted background. Limits on the cross section are set as a function of the mass of the <(Hover tilde> in simplified models assuming production via mass-degenerate higgsinos decaying to a Higgs boson and a gravitino. Higgsinos with masses between 130 and 230 GeV and between 290 and 880 GeV are excluded at the 95% confidence level. Interpretations of the limits in terms of the branching ratio of the higgsino to a Z boson or a Higgs boson are also presented, and a 45% branching ratio to a Higgs boson is excluded for m(<(Hover tilde>) approximate to 400 GeV. KW - Gluino Production KW - Supersymmetry KW - Extension KW - Squark KW - Predictions KW - Supersymmetric models KW - Hierarchy problem KW - Extensions of Higgs sector Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-226010 VL - 98 ER -