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Search for new physics in events with photons, jets, and missing transverse energy in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

Abstract

A search for physics beyond the standard model involving events with one or more photons, jets, and missing transverse energy has been performed by the CMS experiment. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.93 fb^(−1) of proton-proton collisions at s√=7 TeV, produced at the Large Hadron Collider. No excess of events with large missing transverse energy is observed beyond expectations from standard model processes, and upper limits on the signal production cross sections for new physics processes are set at the 95% confidence level. The results of this search are interpreted in the context of three models of new physics: a general model of gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking, Simplified Models, and a theory involving universal extra dimensions. In the absence of evidence for new physics, exclusion regions are derived in the parameter spaces of the respective models.

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© 2013 CERN, for the benefit of the CMS collaboration. Received: November 20, 2012. Accepted: February 4, 2013. Published: March 19, 2013. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. We would like to thank David Shih for stimulating discussions and help with the production of our SUSY simulated samples for which he kindly provided SLHA files. We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centres and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research; the Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, and Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; the Brazilian Funding Agencies (CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP); the Bulgarian Ministry of Education, Youth and Science; CERN; the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, and National Natural Science Foundation of China; the Colombian Funding Agency (COLCIENCIAS); the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport; the Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus; the Ministry of Education and Research, Recurrent financing contract SF0690030s09 and European Regional Development Fund, Estonia; the Academy of Finland, Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, and Helsinki Institute of Physics; the Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules / CNRS, and Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives / CEA, France; the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, Germany; the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece; the National Scientific Research Foundation, and National Office for Research and Technology, Hungary; the Department of Atomic Energy and the Department of Science and Technology, India; the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Iran; the Science Foundation, Ireland; the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy; the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the World Class University program of NRF, Korea; the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; the Mexican Funding Agencies (CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI); the Ministry of Science and Innovation, New Zealand; the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission; the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Science Centre, Poland; the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal; JINR (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan); the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research; the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Serbia; the Secretaría de Estado de Investigaciόn, Desarrollo e Innovaciόn and Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010, Spain; the Swiss Funding Agencies (ETH Board, ETH Zurich, PSI, SNF, UniZH, Canton Zurich, and SER); the National Science Council, Taipei; the Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics, the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology and National Electronics and Computer Technology Center; the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority; the Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK; the US Department of Energy, and the US National Science Foundation. Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India; the Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino); and the HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund.

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Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique and Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Orderzoek
CNPq (Brazil)
CAPES (Brazil)
FAPERJ (Brazil)
FAPESP (Brazil)
Bulgarian Ministry of Education, Youth, and Science
CERN
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus
Ministry of Education and Research
SF0690030s09
European Regional Development Fund, Estonia
Academy of Finland
Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, and Helsinki Institute of Physics
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules/CNRS
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA) France
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany)
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, Germany
General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece
National Scientic Research Foundation
National Office for Research and Technology, Hungary
epartment of Atomic Energy and the Department of Science and Technology, India
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Iran
Science Foundation, Ireland
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy
Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the World Class University program of NRF, Korea
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
CINVESTAV (Mexico)
CONACyT (Mexico)
SEP and UASLP-FAI (Mexico)
Ministry of Science and Innovation, New Zealand
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Science Centre, Poland
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
JINR (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Russian Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Serbia
Secretaría de Estado de Investigaciόn, Desarrollo e Innovaciόn and Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010, Spain
ETH Board
ETH Zurich
PSI
SNF
UniZH
Canton Zurich and SER
National Science Council, Taipei
Thailand center of Excellence in Physics
Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology and National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey
Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK
Department of Energy (DOE)
NSF
Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council (European Union)
Leventis Foundation
A.P. Sloan Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'índustrie et dans l'Ágriculture (FRIA-Belgium)
Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium)
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of Czech Republic
Council of Science and Industrial Research, India
Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino)
HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science
European Union
Regional Development Fund

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