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Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M.; Friedl, M.; Frühwirth, R.; Ghete, V. M.; Hartl, C.; Hörmann, N.; Hrubec, J.; Jeitler, M.; König, A.; Krätschmer, I.; Liko, D.; Matsushita, T.; Mikulec, I.; Rabady, D.; Rad, N.; Rahbaran, B.; Rohringer, H.; Schieck, J.; Strauss, J.; Waltenberger, W.; Wulz, C.-E.; Dvornikov, O.; Makarenko, V.; Zykunov, V.; Mossolov, V.; Shumeiko, N.; Suarez Gonzalez, J.; Alderweireldt, S.; De Wolf, E. A.; Janssen, X.; Lauwers, J.; Van De Klundert, M.; Van Haevermaet, H.; Van Mechelen, P.; Van Remortel, N.; Van Spilbeeck, A.; Abu Zeid, S.; Blekman, F.; D'Hondt, J.; Daci, N.; De Bruyn, I.; Deroover, K.; Lowette, S.; Moortgat, S.; Moreels, L.; Olbrechts, A.; Python, Q.; 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.; Léonard, A.; Luetic, J.; Maerschalk, T.; Marinov, A.; Randle-conde, A.; Seva, T.; Van der Velde, C.; Vanlaer, P.; Yonamine, R.; Zenoni, F.; Zhang, F.; Cimmino, A.; Cornelis, T.; Dobur, D.; Fagot, A.; Garcia, G.; Gul, M.; Khvastunov, I.; Poyraz, D.; Salva, S.; Schöfbeck, R.; Sharma, A.; Tytgat, M.; Van Driessche, W.; Yazgan, E.; Zaganidis, N.; Bakhshiansohi, H.; Beluffi, C.; Bondu, O. et al.
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The European Physical Journal C, Volume 77, Issue 9, article id.635, 29 pp.
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2017
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Results are reported from a search for physics beyond the standard model
in final states with at least three charged leptons, in any combination
of electrons or muons. The data sample corresponds to an integrated
luminosity of 2.3 {fb}^{-1} of proton-proton collisions at √{s} =13
{TeV}, recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2015. Two jets are
required in each event, providing good sensitivity to strong production
of gluinos and squarks. The search regions, sensitive to a range of
different new physics scenarios, are defined using the number of jets
tagged as originating from bottom quarks, the sum of the magnitudes of
the transverse momenta of the jets, the imbalance in the overall
transverse momentum in the event, and the invariant mass of
opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs. The event yields observed in
data are consistent with the expected background contributions from
standard model processes. These results are used to derive limits in
terms of R-parity conserving simplified models of supersymmetry that
describe strong production of gluinos and squarks. Model-independent
limits are presented to facilitate the reinterpretation of the results
in a broad range of scenarios for physics beyond the standard model.