Search for electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in final states with two $\tau$-leptons in $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector

Author:

ATLAS Collaboration

Keyword:

High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)

journal:

CERN-EP-2023-295

date:

2024-02-01 00:00:00

Abstract

Three searches for the direct production of staus or charginos and neutralinos in final states with at least two hadronically decaying $\tau$-leptons are presented. For chargino and neutralino production, decays via intermediate staus or $W$ and $h$ bosons are considered. The analysis uses a dataset of $pp$ collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 $fb^{-1}$, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. No significant deviation from the expected Standard Model background is observed and SUSY particle mass limits at 95% confidence level are obtained in simplified models. For direct production of $\tilde~{\chi}^{+}_{1}\tilde~{\chi}^{-}_{1}$, chargino masses are excluded up to 970 GeV, while $\tilde~{\chi}^{\pm}_1$ and $\tilde~{\chi}^0_2$ masses up to 1160 GeV (330 GeV) are excluded for $\tilde~{\chi}^{\pm}_1\tilde~{\chi}^0_2$/$\tilde~{\chi}^+_1\tilde~{\chi}^-_1$ production with subsequent decays via staus ($W$ and $h$ bosons). Stau masses up to 500 GeV are excluded for mass degenerate $\tilde~{\tau}_{L,R}$ scenarios and up to 425 GeV for $\tilde~{\tau}_L$-only scenarios. Sensitivity to $\tilde~{\tau}_R$-only scenarios from the ATLAS experiment is presented here for the first time, with $\tilde~{\tau}_R$ masses excluded up to 350 GeV.

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