Search for supersymmetry in events with four or more charged leptons in 139 fb$^{−1}$ of $ \sqrt{s} $ = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics 2021-03, Vol.7
• Main Authors: Aad, Georges, Abbott, Braden Keim, Abbott, Dale, Abed Abud, Adam, Abeling, Kira, Abhayasinghe, Deshan Kavishka, Abidi, Haider, Abouzeid, Hass, Abouzeid, Ossama, Abraham, Nicola Louise, 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 Braccesi Chiassi, Sofia, Adye, Tim, Adye, Timothy John, Affolder, Tony, Affolder, Anthony, 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, Akilli, Ece, Akimov, Andrei, Al Khoury, Konie, Alberghi, Gian Luigi, Albert, Justin, Alconada Verzini, M.J., Alderweireldt, Sara, Aleksa, Martin, Aleksandrov, I.N., 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, Philip Patrick, Aloisio, Alberto, Alonso, Francisco, Alpigiani, Cristiano, Alunno Camelia, Elio, Alvarez Estevez, Manuel, Alviggi, Mariagrazia, Do Amaral Coutinho, Yara, Ambler, Alessandro, Ambroz, Luca, Amelung, Christoph, Amidei, Dante, Amor dos Santos, Susana Patricia, Amoroso, Simone, Amrouche, Cherifa Sabrina, An, Fenfen, Anastopoulos, Christos, Andari, Nansi, Andeen, Timothy Robert, Anders, John Kenneth, Andrean, Stefio Yosse, Andreazza, Attilio, Andrei, 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 Barrio, Nordin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics
• ISSN: 1126-6708; 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2021)167

A search for supersymmetry in events with four or more charged leptons (electrons, muons and τ-leptons) is presented. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to 139 fb$^{−1}$ of proton-proton collisions delivered by the Large Hadron Collider at $ \sqrt{s} $ = 13 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. Four-lepton signal regions with up to two hadronically decaying τ-leptons are designed to target several supersymmetric models, while a general five-lepton signal region targets any new physics phenomena leading to a final state with five charged leptons. Data yields are consistent with Standard Model expectations and results are used to set upper limits on contributions from processes beyond the Standard Model. Exclusion limits are set at the 95% confidence level in simplified models of general gauge-mediated supersymmetry, excluding higgsino masses up to 540 GeV. In R-parity-violating simplified models with decays of the lightest supersymmetric particle to charged leptons, lower limits of 1.6 TeV, 1.2 TeV, and 2.5 TeV are placed on wino, slepton and gluino masses, respectively.[graphic not available: see fulltext]