Search for new phenomena in final states with two opposite-charge, same-flavor leptons, jets, and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV
Search results are presented for physics beyond the standard model in final states with two opposite-charge, same-flavor leptons, jets, and missing transverse momentum. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1 of protonproton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV collected with...
| Summary: | Search results are presented for physics beyond the standard model in final
states with two opposite-charge, same-flavor leptons, jets, and missing transverse momentum.
The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1 of protonproton
collisions at √
s = 13 TeV collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016.
The analysis uses the invariant mass of the lepton pair, searching for a kinematic edge or
a resonant-like excess compatible with the Z boson mass. The search for a kinematic edge
targets production of particles sensitive to the strong force, while the resonance search
targets both strongly and electroweakly produced new physics. The observed yields are
consistent with the expectations from the standard model, and the results are interpreted
in the context of simplified models of supersymmetry. In a gauge mediated supersymmetry
breaking (GMSB) model of gluino pair production with decay chains including Z bosons,
gluino masses up to 1500–1770 GeV are excluded at the 95% confidence level depending
on the lightest neutralino mass. In a model of electroweak chargino-neutralino production,
chargino masses as high as 610 GeV are excluded when the lightest neutralino is massless.
In GMSB models of electroweak neutralino-neutralino production, neutralino masses up
to 500–650 GeV are excluded depending on the decay mode assumed. Finally, in a model
with bottom squark pair production and decay chains resulting in a kinematic edge in
the dilepton invariant mass distribution, bottom squark masses up to 980–1200 GeV are
excluded depending on the mass of the next-to-lightest neutralino. |
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