A search for Supersymmetry in final states with two same-flavor opposite-sign leptons, jets and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector

Sammanfattning: This thesis presents a search for Supersymmetry in final states containing two same-flavor opposite-sign leptons, jets and large missing transverse momentum. The search makes use of 36.1 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data collected at a center-of-mass energy of √s = 13 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Two signal scenarios, which both involve the pair-production of squarks or gluinos decaying into final states with two leptons and the lightest supersymmetric particle, are targeted by the analysis. The first scenario considers decay chains with a leptonically decaying Z boson and is characterized by a peak in the dilepton invariant mass distribution. In the second scenario, decays through intermediate sleptons or an off-shell Z boson are considered. Such processes lead to a kinematic endpoint in the dilepton invariant mass distribution. The main Standard Model backgrounds include the pair-production of top quarks and direct production of Z bosons. These backgrounds are estimated with two data-driven methods. The observed data is found to be consistent with the Standard Model expectation and the results are interpreted in simplified Supersymmetry models for gluino and squark pair-production. Sensitivity is provided for gluino and squark masses up to 1.85 TeV and 1.3 TeV respectively.