Search for new phenomena in events with two opposite-charge leptons, jets and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{\mathrm{s}} $ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics 2021-02, Vol.4
• Main Authors: Aad, Georges, Abbott, Brad, Abbott, Dale Charles, Abed Abud, Adam, Abeling, Kira, Abhayasinghe, Deshan Kavishka, Abidi, Syed Haider, Abouzeid, Ossama, Abraham, Nicola, Abramowicz, Halina, Abreu, Henso, Abulaiti, Yiming, Acharya, Bobby Samir, Achkar, Baida, Adam, Lennart, Adam Bourdarios, Claire, Adamczyk, Leszek, Adamek, Lukas, Adelman, Jahred, Adiguzel, Aytul, Adorni, Sofia, Adye, Tim, Affolder, Tony, Afik, Yoav, Agapopoulou, Christina, Agaras, Merve Nazlim, Aggarwal, Anamika, Agheorghiesei, Catalin, Aguilar Saavedra, Juan Antonio, Ahmad, Ammara, Ahmadov, Faig, Ahmed, Waleed Syed, Ai, Xiaocong, Aielli, Giulio, Akatsuka, Shunichi, Akbiyik, Melike, Akesson, Torsten Paul Ake, Akilli, Ece, Akimov, Andrei, Al Khoury, Konie, Alberghi, Gian Luigi, Albert, Justin, Alconada Verzini, Maria Josefina, Alderweireldt, Sara Caroline, Aleksa, Martin, Aleksandrov, Igor, Alexa, Calin, Alexopoulos, Theodoros, Alfonsi, Alice, Alfonsi, Fabrizio, Alhroob, Muhammad, Ali, Babar, Ali, Shahzad, Aliev, Malik, Alimonti, Gianluca, Allaire, Corentin, Allbrooke, Benedict, Allen, Benjamin William, Allport, Phillip, Aloisio, Alberto, Alonso, Francisco, Alpigiani, Cristiano, Alunno Camelia, Elio, Alvarez Estevez, Manuel, Alviggi, Mariagrazia, Amaral Coutinho, Yara, Ambler, Alessandro, Ambroz, Luca, Amelung, Christoph, Amidei, Dante Eric, Amor dos Santos, Susana Patricia, Amoroso, Simone, Amrouche, Cherifa Sabrina, An, Fenfen, Anastopoulos, Christos, Andari, Nansi, Andeen, Timothy, Anders, John Kenneth, Andrean, Stefio Yosse, Andreazza, Attilio, Andrei, George Victor, Anelli, Christopher Ryan, Angelidakis, Stylianos, Angerami, Aaron, Anisenkov, Alexey, Annovi, Alberto, Antel, Claire, Anthony, Matthew Thomas, Antipov, Egor, Antonelli, Mario, Antrim, Daniel Joseph, Anulli, Fabio, Aoki, Masato, Aparisi Pozo, Javier Alberto, Aparo, Marco, Aperio Bella, Ludovica, Aranzabal, Nordin, Araujo Ferraz, Victor, Araujo Pereira, Rodrigo, Arcangeletti, Chiara
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics
• ISSN: 1126-6708; 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2021)165

The results of a search for direct pair production of top squarks and for dark matter in events with two opposite-charge leptons (electrons or muons), jets and missing transverse momentum are reported, using 139 fb$^{−1}$ of integrated luminosity from proton-proton collisions at $ \sqrt{s} $ = 13 TeV, collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider during Run 2 (2015–2018). This search considers the pair production of top squarks and is sensitive across a wide range of mass differences between the top squark and the lightest neutralino. Additionally, spin-0 mediator dark-matter models are considered, in which the mediator is produced in association with a pair of top quarks. The mediator subsequently decays to a pair of dark-matter particles. No significant excess of events is observed above the Standard Model background, and limits are set at 95% confidence level. The results exclude top squark masses up to about 1 TeV, and masses of the lightest neutralino up to about 500 GeV. Limits on dark-matter production are set for scalar (pseudoscalar) mediator masses up to about 250 (300) GeV.[graphic not available: see fulltext]