Search for new phenomena in final states with large jet multiplicities and missing transverse momentum at \( \sqrt{s}=8 \) TeV proton-proton collisions using the ATLAS experiment

Abstract

A search is presented for new particles decaying to large numbers (7 or more) of jets, with missing transverse momentum and no isolated electrons or muons. This analysis uses 20.3 fb−1 of pp collision data at \( \sqrt{s}=8 \) TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The sensitivity of the search is enhanced by considering the number of b-tagged jets and the scalar sum of masses of large-radius jets in an event. No evidence is found for physics beyond the Standard Model. The results are interpreted in the context of various simplified supersymmetry-inspired models where gluinos are pair produced, as well as an mSUGRA/CMSSM model.

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The ATLAS collaboration., Aad, G., Abajyan, T. et al. Search for new phenomena in final states with large jet multiplicities and missing transverse momentum at \( \sqrt{s}=8 \) TeV proton-proton collisions using the ATLAS experiment. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 130 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2013)130

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  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Jet physics
  • Supersymmetry
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