Impact of LHC Searches on NLSP Top Squark and Gluino Mass (1112.4461v2)

Abstract: We explore the implications of 7 TeV LHC searches for a scenario in which one of the stops is the next-to lightest supersymmetric particle (NLSP). The NLSP stop (\tilde{t}1) is assumed to decay exclusively into neutralino and charm quark. We consider processes where the stops are pair produced together with a hard QCD jet. We also consider stop quarks from gluino decays, \tilde{g}\to t\tilde{t}_1^\ast+\bar{t}\tilde{t}_1. We show that the monojet ATLAS and CMS searches corresponding to 1 fb^{-1} of integrated luminosity are sensitive to stop masses of up to 160 GeV, with the 20% neutralino-stop coannihilation region essentially ruled out for M{\tilde{t}1}\lesssim 140 GeV. The region M{\tilde{t}1}\lesssim 130 GeV is excluded with even relatively larger mass difference, M{\tilde{t}1}-M{\tilde{\chi}_1^0}\sim 40 GeV, by the multi-jets search. The b-jet and same-sign dilepton searches are sensitive to a heavier gluino because they only pick up gluino pair production events followed by top quarks decaying into b-jets and same-sign dileptons, respectively. We find that the LHC data places a lower limit on the gluino mass in this scenario of about 600 GeV (700 GeV) from b-jets (same-sign dileptons) searches.