Probing Compressed Bottom Squarks with Boosted Jets and Shape Analysis

Abstract

A feasibility study is presented for the search of the lightest bottom squark (sbottom) in a compressed scenario, where its mass difference from the lightest neutralino is 5 GeV. Two separate studies are performed: $(1)$ final state containing two VBF-like tagging jets, missing transverse energy, and zero or one $b$-tagged jet; and $(2)$ final state consisting of initial state radiation (ISR) jet, missing transverse energy, and at least one $b$-tagged jet. An analysis of the shape of the missing transverse energy distribution for signal and background is performed in each case, leading to significant improvement over a cut and count analysis, especially after incorporating the consideration of systematics and pileup. The shape analysis in the VBF-like tagging jet study leads to a $3\sigma$ exclusion potential of sbottoms with mass up to $530(462)$ GeV for an integrated luminosity of $300$ fb${}^{-1}$ at 14 TeV, with $5\%$ systematics and PU $=0(50)$.

5 pages, 4 figures. Discussions and references updated, reach for PU=50 case given

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