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Search for new physics in the multijet and missing transverse momentum final state in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV

Abstract

A search for new physics is performed in multijet events with large missing transverse momentum produced in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb^(−1) collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample is divided into three jet multiplicity categories (3-5, 6-7, and ≥8 jets), and studied further in bins of two variables: the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta and the missing transverse momentum. The observed numbers of events in various categories are consistent with backgrounds expected from standard model processes. Exclusion limits are presented for several simplified supersymmetric models of squark or gluino pair production.

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© 2014 CERN, for the benefit of the CMS Collaboration. Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centres and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWF and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); MoER, SF0690030s09 and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); NRF and WCU Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, RosAtom, RAS and RFBR (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); NSC (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (U.S.A.). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation `a la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India; the Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino); the HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced by EU, Regional Development Fund; and the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF.

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Funding

SCOAP3
BMWF and FWF (Austria)
FNRS and FWO (Belgium)
CNPq (Brazil)
CAPES (Brazil)
FAPERJ (Brazil)
FAPESP (Brazil)
MES (Bulgaria)
CERN
CAS
MoST and NSFC (China)
COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
MSES and CSF (Croatia)
RPF (Cyprus)
MoER, SF0690030s09 and ERDF (Estonia)
Academy of Finland
MEC (Finland)
HIP (Finland)
CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
BMBF (Germany)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
HGF (Germany)
GSRT (Greece)
OTKA and NIH (Hungary)
DAE and DST (India)
IPM (Iran)
Science Foundation, Ireland
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
NRF and WCU (Korea)
LAS (Lithuania)
MOE and UM (Malaysia)
CINVESTAV (Mexico)
CONACYT (Mexico)
SEP and UASLP-FAI (Mexico)
MBIE (New Zealand)
PAEC (Pakistan)
MSHE and NSC (Poland)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
JINR (Dubna)
MON
RosAtom
RAS and RFBR (Russia)
MESTD (Serbia)
SEIDI and CPAN (Spain)
Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland)
NSC (Taipei)
ThEPCenter
IPST, STAR, and NSTDA (Thailand)
TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey)
NASU (Ukraine)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Department of Energy (DOE)
NSF
Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union)
Leventis Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'índustrie et dans l'Ágriculture (FRIA-Belgium)
Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium)
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of Czech Republic
Council of Science and Industrial Research, India
Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino)
HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science
EU Regional Development Fund
Thalis and Aristeia programmes
EU-ESF
Greek NSRF

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