Looking for Squark Pair Production in the Early LHC Data

Abstract

We examine the ability of LHC experiments to observe jets from squark pair production at the center-of-mass energy E${}_{CM}$=10 TeV and 1 fb${}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. We point out the crucial influence of initial- and final-state radiation on the signal/background discriminating ability of different kinematic variables. The reliable measurements of missing transverse energy and stransverse mass would play a key role in picking out the signal against the background.

LaTex, 15 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables