Search for New Physics at sqrt{s} = 7 TeV in Hadronic Final States with Missing Transverse Energy and Heavy Flavor

Abstract

A search for supersymmetric particles in events with large missing transverse momentum, heavy flavor jet candidates and no leptons (e,mu) in sqrt{s} = 7 TeV proton-proton collisions is presented. In a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.83 fb^-1 recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, no significant excess is observed with respect to the prediction for Standard Model processes. Model-independent production cross section upper limits are provided in the context of simplified models as well as conventional limits.

3 pages, 3 figures, presented at Physics in Collision XXXI, August 28 - September 1, 2011