New Physics Models in the Diphoton Final State at CMS

Citation

Wang, Ann Miao (2015) New Physics Models in the Diphoton Final State at CMS. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9CC0XMN . https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01152016-102117113

Abstract

Since the discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC, its use as a probe to search for beyond the standard model physics, such as supersymmetry, has become important, as seen in a recent search by the CMS experiment using razor variables in the diphoton final state. Motivated by this search, this thesis examines the LHC discovery potential of a SUSY scenario involving bottom squark pair production with a Higgs boson in the final state. We design and implement a software-based trigger using the razor variables for the CMS experiment to record events with a bottom quark-antiquark pair from a Higgs boson. We characterize the full range of signatures at the LHC from this Higgs-aware SUSY scenario and demonstrate the sensitivity of the CMS data to this model.

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