Speaker
Robert John Bainbridge
(Imperial College London)
Description
Supersymmetry may give rise to striking events that could be discovered early in LHC running. We discuss search strategies based on the generic event signatures of high jet multiplicity and large missing transverse momentum in the final state, which have great potential for discovery. An important aspect of such searches is the commissioning of search variables with LHC data, and demonstrating a good understanding of the detector, which is discussed in detail. Techniques for estimating the contributions from Standard Model background processes using data are presented. Finally prospects for a discovery are reviewed.
