SUSY discovery potential of LHC14 with 0.3-3~ab^{-1} : A Snowmass whitepaper

TL;DR

This whitepaper assesses the Large Hadron Collider's potential to discover supersymmetry with 0.3 to 3 inverse attobarns of data, focusing on gluino and electroweak gaugino production in specific models.

Contribution

It provides detailed projections of LHC14's discovery reach for supersymmetry in models with gaugino mass unification and specific mass hierarchies, extending previous estimates.

Findings

LHC14 with 3 ab^{-1} can discover gluinos up to 2.3 TeV.

Electroweak gaugino searches extend to gluino masses of about 2.6 TeV.

The study highlights the importance of integrated luminosity for SUSY discovery potential.

Abstract

We examine the discovery reach of LHC14 for supersymmetry for integrated luminosity ranging from 0.3 to 3 ab^{-1}. In models with gaugino mass unification and M_1,\ M_2<< |\mu| (as for mSUGRA/CMSSM), we find a reach of LHC14 with 3 ab^{-1} for gluino pair production extends to m_{\tg} 2.3 TeV while the reach via \tw_1\tz_2 \to W h +ETmiss extends to m_{\tg}\sim 2.6 TeV.