1210.0964 (Bhaskar Dutta et al.)

Vector Boson Fusion Processes as a Probe of Supersymmetric Electroweak
Sectors at the LHC    [PDF]

Bhaskar Dutta, Alfredo Gurrola, Will Johns, Teruki Kamon, Paul Sheldon, Kuver Sinha

Vector boson fusion (VBF) processes offer a promising avenue to study the non-colored sectors of supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model at the LHC. A feasibility study for searching for the chargino/neutralino system in the $R-$parity conserving Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model is presented. The high $E_T$ forward jets in opposite hemispheres are utilized to trigger VBF events, so that the production of the lightest chargino and the second lightest neutralino can be probed without a bias by experimental triggers. Kinematic requirements are developed to search for signals of these supersymmetric states above Standard Model backgrounds in both $\tau$ and light lepton ($e$ and $\mu$) final states at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV.

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