Using b-tagging to enhance the supersymmetry reach of the CERN Large Hadron Collider
- Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Sao Paulo - SP (Brazil)
Assuming that supersymmetry is realized with parameters in the hyperbolic branch/focus point region of the minimal supergravity model, we show that by searching for multijet+E{sub T}{sup miss} events with tagged b jets the reach of experiments at the LHC may be extended by as much as 20% from current projections. The reason for this is that gluino decays to third generation quarks are enhanced because the lightest neutralino has substantial Higgsino components. Although we were motivated to perform this analysis because the hyperbolic branch/focus point region is compatible with the recent determination of the relic density of cold dark matter, our considerations may well have a wider applicability since decays of gluinos to third generation quarks are favored in a wide variety of models.
- OSTI ID:
- 20711261
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 72, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.035009; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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