Abstract

A search for supersymmetry in the context of general gauge-mediated breaking with the lightest neutralino as the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and the gravitino as the lightest is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb(-1) recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The search is performed by using events containing two or more isolated photons, at least one hadronic jet, and significant missing transverse energy. No excess of events at high missing transverse energy is observed. Upper limits on the signal cross section for general gauge-mediated supersymmetry between 0.3 and 1.1 pb at the 95% confidence level are determined for a range of squark, gluino, and neutralino masses, excluding supersymmetry parameter space that was inaccessible to previous experiments.

Highlights

  • A search for supersymmetry in the context of general gauge-mediated breaking with the lightest neutralino as the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and the gravitino as the lightest is presented

  • The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36 pbÀ1 recorded by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

  • The search is performed by using events containing two or more isolated photons, at least one hadronic jet, and significant missing transverse energy

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Introduction

A search for supersymmetry in the context of general gauge-mediated breaking with the lightest neutralino as the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and the gravitino as the lightest is presented. The shapes of the EmT iss distributions obtained from both control samples are identical within the statistical and systematic uncertainties and are used to predict the EmT iss background by normalizing to the number of events with EmT iss < 20 GeV in the candidate sample. High-energy muons from cosmic rays or beam halo can deposit a large amount of energy in the ECAL, leading to events with two photon candidates and EmT iss.

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