1202.0558 (Anson Hook et al.)

High Multiplicity Searches at the LHC Using Jet Masses    [PDF]

Anson Hook, Eder Izaguirre, Mariangela Lisanti, Jay G. Wacker

This article introduces a new class of searches for physics beyond the
Standard Model that improves the sensitivity to signals with high jet
multiplicity. The proposed searches gain access to high multiplicity signals by
reclustering events into large-radius, or "fat," jets and by requiring that
each event has multiple massive jets. This technique is applied to
supersymmetric scenarios in which gluinos are pair-produced and then
subsequently decay to final states with either moderate quantities of missing
energy or final states without missing energy. In each of these scenarios, the
use of jet mass improves the estimated reach in gluino mass by 20 % to 50 %
over current LHC searches.

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