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Search for top-squark pairs decaying into Higgs or Z bosons in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV

A search for supersymmetry through the direct pair production of top squarks, with Higgs (H) or Z bosons in the decay chain, is performed using a data sample of proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV collected in 2012 with the CMS detector at the LHC. The sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb−1. The search is performed using a selection of events containing leptons and bottom-quark jets. No evidence for a significant excess of events over the standard model background prediction is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of simplified supersymmetric models with pair production of a heavier top-squark mass eigenstate t˜2 decaying to a lighter top-squark mass eigenstate ˜ t1 via either ˜ t2 → Ht˜1 or ˜ t2 → Zt˜1, followed in both cases by ˜ t1 → tχ˜ 0 1 , where χ˜ 0 1 is an undetected, stable, lightest supersymmetric particle. The interpretation is performed in the region where the mass difference between the t˜1 and χ˜ 0 1 states is approximately equal to the top-quark mass (mt˜1 − mχ˜ 0 1  mt), which is not probed by searches for direct t˜1 squark pair production. The analysis excludes top squarks with masses mt˜2 < 575 GeV and mt˜1 < 400 GeV at a 95% confidence level.

CMS; SUSY; Stop; Higgs

CMS Collaboration.