Search for supersymmetry in final states with jets, missing transverse momentum and one isolated lepton in sqrt{s} = 7 TeV pp collisions using 1 fb-1 of ATLAS data

TL;DR

This paper reports a search for supersymmetry in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV using ATLAS data, finding no evidence for new physics and setting limits on various supersymmetric models.

Contribution

It provides an updated analysis with optimized signal regions and sets new limits on supersymmetry parameters using 1.04 fb^-1 of LHC data.

Findings

No excess above the standard model background was observed.

Limits were set on the cross-section of potential new physics.

Constraints were placed on supersymmetry model parameters.

Abstract

We present an update of a search for supersymmetry in final states containing jets, missing transverse momentum, and one isolated electron or muon, using 1.04 fb^-1 of proton-proton collision data at sqrt{s} = 7 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in the first half of 2011. The analysis is carried out in four distinct signal regions with either three or four jets and variations on the (missing) transverse momentum cuts, resulting in optimized limits for various supersymmetry models. No excess above the standard model background expectation is observed. Limits are set on the visible cross-section of new physics within the kinematic requirements of the search. The results are interpreted as limits on the parameters of the minimal supergravity framework, limits on cross-sections of simplified models with specific squark and gluino decay modes, and limits on parameters of a model with bilinear R-parity violation.