Search for pair production of higgsinos in events with two Higgs bosons and missing transverse momentum in $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV $pp$ collisions at the ATLAS experiment

This paper presents a search for pair production of higgsinos, the supersymmetric partners of the Higgs bosons, in scenarios with gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking. Each higgsino is assumed to decay into a Higgs boson and a nearly-massless gravitino. The search targets the decay of the two Higgs bosons to $b\bar{b}$, leading to a reconstructed final state with at least three energetic $b$-jets and missing transverse momentum. Two complementary analysis channels are used, with each channel specifically targeting either low or high values of the higgsino mass. The low (high) mass channel exploits 126 (139) fb$^{-1}$ of $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV data collected by the ATLAS detector during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess above the Standard Model prediction is found. At 95% confidence level, masses up to 940 GeV are excluded for higgsinos decaying exclusively to Higgs bosons. Exclusion limits as a function of the higgsino decay branching ratio to a Higgs boson are also reported.

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Keywords
  • cmenergies: 13000.0-13000.0
  • observables: ACC
  • observables: CLs
  • observables: N
  • observables: EFF
  • Higgs pair Production
  • Supersymmetry
  • Beauty
  • Higgsino
  • Proton-Proton
  • Higgs
  • SUSY
  • P P --> HIGGSINO
Defined In https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112011
Author Georges Aad
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Braden Keim Abbott
Kira Abeling
Nils Julius Abicht
Haider Abidi
Asmaa Aboulhorma
Halina Abramowicz
Henso Abreu
Yiming Abulaiti
Bobby Samir Acharya
Repository Name INSPIRE-HEP
Source Creation February 5, 2025
Source Modified March 26, 2025
Language English
Publication Year 2024-02-05