Search for SUSY at LHC in the first year of data-taking

TL;DR

This paper reviews the CMS search strategy for detecting Supersymmetry at the LHC during its first year, focusing on signatures like high jet multiplicity, missing energy, and leptons, aiming for early discovery.

Contribution

It presents a detailed search strategy tailored for early LHC data to identify low-mass scale Supersymmetry signals.

Findings

Proposed specific signatures for SUSY detection in early LHC data

Assessed the discovery potential with initial CMS data

Outlined the analysis approach for SUSY searches

Abstract

If Supersymmetry would manifest itself at a low mass scale it might be found already in the early phase of the LHC operation. Generic signatures for Supersymmetry in pp-collisions consist of high jet multiplicity, large missing transverse energy as well as leptons in the final state. The CMS search strategy and prospects for a SUSY discovery in the first year of data-taking is reviewed.