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Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Ambrogi, F.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M.; Friedl, M.; Frühwirth, R.; Ghete, V. M.; Grossmann, J.; Hrubec, J.; Jeitler, M.; König, A.; Krammer, N.; Krätschmer, I.; Liko, D.; Madlener, T.; Mikulec, I.; Pree, E.; Rabady, D.; Rad, N.; Rohringer, H.; Schieck, J.; Schöfbeck, R.; Spanring, M.; Spitzbart, D.; Waltenberger, W.; Wittmann, J.; Wulz, C.-E.; Zarucki, M.; Chekhovsky, V.; Mossolov, V.; Suarez Gonzalez, J.; De Wolf, E. A.; Di Croce, D.; Janssen, X.; Lauwers, J.; Van De Klundert, M.; Van Haevermaet, H.; Van Mechelen, P.; Van Remortel, N.; Abu Zeid, S.; Blekman, F.; D'Hondt, J.; De Bruyn, I.; De Clercq, J.; Deroover, K.; Flouris, G.; Lontkovskyi, D.; Lowette, S.; Moortgat, S.; Moreels, L.; Python, Q.; Skovpen, K.; Tavernier, S.; Van Doninck, W.; Van Mulders, P.; Van Parijs, I.; Brun, H.; Clerbaux, B.; De Lentdecker, G.; Delannoy, H.; Fasanella, G.; Favart, L.; Goldouzian, R.; Grebenyuk, A.; Karapostoli, G.; Lenzi, T.; Luetic, J.; Maerschalk, T.; Marinov, A.; Randle-conde, A.; Seva, T.; Vander Velde, C.; Vanlaer, P.; Vannerom, D.; Yonamine, R.; Zenoni, F.; Zhang, F.; Cimmino, A.; Cornelis, T.; Dobur, D.; Fagot, A.; Gul, M.; Khvastunov, I.; Poyraz, D.; Roskas, C.; Salva, S.; Tytgat, M.; Verbeke, W.; Zaganidis, N.; Bakhshiansohi, H.; Bondu, O.; Brochet, S.; Bruno, G. et al.
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Journal of High Energy Physics, Volume 2018, Issue 3, article id. #76, 55 pp.
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2018
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Search results are presented for physics beyond the standard model in
final states with two opposite-charge, same-flavor leptons, jets, and
missing transverse momentum. The data sample corresponds to an
integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1 of proton-proton
collisions at √{s}=13 TeV collected with the CMS detector at the
LHC in 2016. The analysis uses the invariant mass of the lepton pair,
searching for a kinematic edge or a resonant-like excess compatible with
the Z boson mass. The search for a kinematic edge targets production of
particles sensitive to the strong force, while the resonance search
targets both strongly and electroweakly produced new physics. The
observed yields are consistent with the expectations from the standard
model, and the results are interpreted in the context of simplified
models of supersymmetry. In a gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking
(GMSB) model of gluino pair production with decay chains including Z
bosons, gluino masses up to 1500-1770 GeV are excluded at the 95%
confidence level depending on the lightest neutralino mass. In a model
of electroweak chargino-neutralino production, chargino masses as high
as 610 GeV are excluded when the lightest neutralino is massless. In
GMSB models of electroweak neutralino-neutralino production, neutralino
masses up to 500-650 GeV are excluded depending on the decay mode
assumed. Finally, in a model with bottom squark pair production and
decay chains resulting in a kinematic edge in the dilepton invariant
mass distribution, bottom squark masses up to 980-1200 GeV are excluded
depending on the mass of the next-to-lightest neutralino. [Figure not
available: see fulltext.]