Missing energy look-alikes with 100 pb-1 at the LHC
arXiv:0805.2398 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.075008
Abstract
A missing energy discovery is possible at the LHC with the first 100 pb-1 of understood data. We present a realistic strategy to rapidly narrow the list of candidate theories at, or close to, the moment of discovery. The strategy is based on robust ratios of inclusive counts of simple physics objects. We study specific cases showing discrimination of look-alike models in simulated data sets that are at least 10 to 100 times smaller than used in previous studies. We discriminate supersymmetry models from non-supersymmetric look-alikes with only 100 pb-1 of simulated data, using combinations of observables that trace back to differences in spin.
48 pages, 35 figures, 40 tables; v2 has clarified text, added tables, fixed typos and references; version to be published in Physical Review D
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