Search for supersymmetry at the CMS in all-hadronic final state

TL;DR

This paper reports a search for supersymmetry in all-hadronic final states at the CMS detector, using innovative data-driven and jet-based techniques to distinguish potential SUSY signals from standard model backgrounds.

Contribution

The study introduces a novel alpha_T variable and a data-driven background estimation method for improved SUSY detection in hadronic final states.

Findings

No significant excess observed over background

Alpha_T effectively suppresses QCD background

Method demonstrates potential for early SUSY discovery

Abstract

We present a search for supersymmetry (SUSY) in the fully hadronic final state with the CMS detector at the LHC. This final state contains at least two jets and a significant transverse energy imbalance due to neutralinos escaping detection. The background to all-hadronic signature arise from QCD multijet production, ttbar and electroweak boson+jet production. These background can be estimated by utilizing a data-driven approach using events thus enabling a possible discovery of SUSY in the early physics data. In addition to the generic search, we also present an analysis which utilizes a new quantity, alpha_T, constructed exclusively from the transverse energies of the jets to effectively eliminate the QCD background.