16–18 Oct 2017
Fermilab
America/Chicago timezone

Coverage of the pMSSM by simplified model results

18 Oct 2017, 11:20
15m
One West (WH1W) (Fermilab)

One West (WH1W)

Fermilab

Interpretation studies

Speaker

Sabine Kraml (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

Description

We investigate to which extent the SUSY search results published by ATLAS and CMS in the context of simplified models actually cover the more realistic scenarios of a full model. Concretely, we work within the phenomenological MSSM (pMSSM) with 19 free parameters and compare the constraints obtained from SModelSv1.1.1 with those from the ATLAS pMSSM study in arXiv:1508.06608. We find that about 40-45% of the points excluded by ATLAS escape the currently available simplified model constraints. For these points we identify the most relevant topologies which are not tested by the current simplified model results. In particular, we find that topologies with asymmetric branches, including 3-jet signatures from gluino-squark associated production, could be important for improving the current constraining power of simplified models results. Furthermore, for a better coverage of light stops and sbottoms, constraints for decays via heavier neutralinos and charginos, which subsequently decay visibly to the lightest neutralino are also needed.

Presentation Talk given in person

Primary author

Sabine Kraml (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

Presentation materials