A Search for New Physics in Final States With Two Opposite-SignSame-Flavor Leptons, Jets, and Missing Transverse Energy inProton-Proton Collisions with a Center of Mass Energy of 13 TeV
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Welke, Charles Vincent
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Yagil, Avi; Würthwein, Frank
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UC San Diego
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2016
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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UC San Diego
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2016
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A search is performed in final states with Z\rightarrow\ell\ell, jets, and missing transverse momentum using data collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2015 corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3~\fbinv of pp collisions at \sqrt{s}=13\TeV. Signal regions are defined to maximize sensitivity to new physics including one to search where ATLAS reported a 3.0~\sigma excess at 8~TeV. The observations in all regions are consistent with the predicted standard model backgrounds, and the results are interpreted in the context of simplified models of supersymmetry.