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Search for supersymmetry in the all-hadronic final state using top quark tagging in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s} = $ 13 TeV
Phys. Rev. D 96 (2017) 012004
Abstract: A search is presented for supersymmetry in all-hadronic events with missing transverse momentum based on tagging of top quarks. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. Search regions are defined using the properties of reconstructed jets, the presence of bottom and top quark candidates, and an imbalance in transverse momentum. With no statistically significant excess of events observed beyond the expected contributions from the standard model, we set exclusion limits at 95% confidence level on the masses of new particles in the context of simplified models of direct and gluino-mediated top squark production. For direct top squark production with decays to a top quark and a neutralino, top squark masses up to 740 GeV and neutralino masses up to 240 GeV are excluded. Gluino masses up to 1550 GeV and neutralino masses up to 900 GeV are excluded for models of gluino pair production where each gluino decays to a top-antitop quark pair and a neutralino.
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Figure 1:
Diagrams representing the two simplified models of direct top squark pair production and decay considered in this study: the T2tt model with top squark decay via a top quark (left), and the T2tb model with the top squark decaying either via a top quark or via an intermediate chargino (right).

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Figure 1-a:
Diagram representing one of the two simplified models of direct top squark pair production and decay considered in this study: the T2tt model with top squark decay via a top quark.

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Figure 1-b:
Diagram representing one of the two simplified models of direct top squark pair production and decay considered in this study: the T2tb model with the top squark decaying either via a top quark or via an intermediate chargino.

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Figure 2:
Diagrams representing the simplified models of gluino-mediated top squark production considered in this study: the T1tttt model (left) where the gluino decays to top quarks and the LSP via an off-shell top squark, and the T5ttcc model (right) where the gluino decays to an on-shell top squark, which decays to a charm quark and the LSP.

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Figure 2-a:
Diagram representing a simplified model of gluino-mediated top squark production considered in this study: the T1tttt model, where the gluino decays to top quarks and the LSP via an off-shell top squark.

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Figure 2-b:
Diagram representing a simplified model of gluino-mediated top squark production considered in this study: the T5ttcc model, where the gluino decays to an on-shell top squark, which decays to a charm quark and the LSP.

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Figure 3:
The tagging efficiency of the top quark tagger as a function of the generator-level hadronically decaying top quark $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} $ (black points). The efficiency was computed using the T2tt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 850 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 100 GeV, and it is similar for ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $ events. The vertical bars depict the statistical uncertainty. The colored lines show the expected hadronically decaying top quark $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} $ distribution from ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $ (red solid line), the T2tt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 500 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 325 GeV (blue short-dashed line), the T2tt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 750 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 50 GeV (green long-dashed line), the T1tttt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1200 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 800 GeV (purple long-dash-dotted line), and the T1tttt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1500 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 100 GeV (orange short-dash-dotted line). The last bin contains the overflow entries and the top quark $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} $ distributions are normalized to unit area.

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Figure 4:
Comparison of the distributions in data (black points), simulated SM backgrounds (filled stacked histograms) and several signal models in ${N_{\mathrm{ t } }}$ (top left), ${N_{\mathrm{ b } }}$ (top right), ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ (bottom left), and ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ (bottom right), after the preselection requirements have been applied. The T2tt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 500 (750) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 325 (50) GeV is shown with a red short-dashed (long-dashed) line, and the T1tttt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1200 (1500) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 800 (100) GeV with a dark green short-dash-dotted (long-dash-dotted) line. The distributions for the signal events have been normalized to the same area as the total background distribution, and the last bin contains the overflow events.

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Figure 4-a:
Comparison of the distributions in data (black points), simulated SM backgrounds (filled stacked histograms) and several signal models in ${N_{\mathrm{ t } }}$, after the preselection requirements have been applied. The T2tt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 500 (750) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 325 (50) GeV is shown with a red short-dashed (long-dashed) line, and the T1tttt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1200 (1500) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 800 (100) GeV with a dark green short-dash-dotted (long-dash-dotted) line. The distribution for the signal events has been normalized to the same area as the total background distribution, and the last bin contains the overflow events.

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Figure 4-b:
Comparison of the distributions in data (black points), simulated SM backgrounds (filled stacked histograms) and several signal models in ${N_{\mathrm{ b } }}$, after the preselection requirements have been applied. The T2tt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 500 (750) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 325 (50) GeV is shown with a red short-dashed (long-dashed) line, and the T1tttt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1200 (1500) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 800 (100) GeV with a dark green short-dash-dotted (long-dash-dotted) line. The distribution for the signal events has been normalized to the same area as the total background distribution, and the last bin contains the overflow events.

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Figure 4-c:
Comparison of the distributions in data (black points), simulated SM backgrounds (filled stacked histograms) and several signal models in ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$, after the preselection requirements have been applied. The T2tt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 500 (750) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 325 (50) GeV is shown with a red short-dashed (long-dashed) line, and the T1tttt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1200 (1500) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 800 (100) GeV with a dark green short-dash-dotted (long-dash-dotted) line. The distribution for the signal events has been normalized to the same area as the total background distribution, and the last bin contains the overflow events.

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Figure 4-d:
Comparison of the distributions in data (black points), simulated SM backgrounds (filled stacked histograms) and several signal models in ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$, after the preselection requirements have been applied. The T2tt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 500 (750) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 325 (50) GeV is shown with a red short-dashed (long-dashed) line, and the T1tttt signal model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1200 (1500) GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 800 (100) GeV with a dark green short-dash-dotted (long-dash-dotted) line. The distribution for the signal events has been normalized to the same area as the total background distribution, and the last bin contains the overflow events.

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Figure 5:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 0-41 of the gluino-mediated production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 10 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 450 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 400 GeV. In addition to the search bins shown in this figure, there are three bins (42-44) with $ {N_{\mathrm{ t } }} \ge $ 3, one for each $ {N_{\mathrm{ b } }} $ bin, that contain no further binning in ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ or ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ beyond baseline selection requirements.

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Figure 5-a:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 0-8 of the gluino-mediated production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 10 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 450 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 400 GeV.

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Figure 5-b:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 11-20 of the gluino-mediated production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 20 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 450 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 400 GeV.

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Figure 5-c:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 21-23 of the gluino-mediated production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 23 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 450 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 200 GeV.

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Figure 5-d:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 25-31 of the gluino-mediated production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 31 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 350 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 200 GeV.

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Figure 5-e:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 32-39 of the gluino-mediated production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 39 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 350 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 400 GeV.

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Figure 5-f:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 40-41 of the gluino-mediated production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 41 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 300 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 200 GeV.

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Figure 6:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 0-36 for the direct top squark production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 10 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 450 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 400 GeV.

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Figure 6-a:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 0-10 for the direct top squark production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 10 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 450 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 400 GeV.

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Figure 6-b:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 11-20 for the direct top squark production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 20 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 450 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 400 GeV.

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Figure 6-c:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 21-28 for the direct top squark production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 28 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 350 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 400 GeV.

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Figure 6-d:
Search region definitions for bin numbers 29-36 for the direct top squark production optimization, as defined in the text. The highest ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ bins are open-ended, e.g., bin 36 requires $ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}} > $ 350 GeV and $ {M_{\mathrm {T2}}} > $ 400 GeV.

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Figure 7:
(Top) The lost-lepton background in the 45 search regions optimized for gluino-mediated production as determined directly from ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $, single top quark, and W+jets simulation (points) and as predicted by applying the lost-lepton background determination procedure to the simulated muon control sample (histograms). The lower panel shows the same results after dividing by the predicted value. (Bottom) The corresponding simulated results for the background from hadronically decaying $\tau $ leptons. For both plots, vertical lines indicate search regions with different ${N_{\mathrm{ t } }}$, ${N_{\mathrm{ b } }}$, and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ values. Within each ($ {N_{\mathrm{ t } }}$, ${N_{\mathrm{ b } }}$, ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$) region, the bins indicate the different ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ selections, as defined in Fig. 5. Only statistical uncertainties are shown.

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Figure 7-a:
The lost-lepton background in the 45 search regions optimized for gluino-mediated production as determined directly from ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $, single top quark, and W+jets simulation (points) and as predicted by applying the lost-lepton background determination procedure to the simulated muon control sample (histograms). The lower panel shows the same results after dividing by the predicted value.

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Figure 7-b:
The simulated results corresponding to Fig.007-a for the background from hadronically decaying $\tau $ leptons. For both plots, vertical lines indicate search regions with different ${N_{\mathrm{ t } }}$, ${N_{\mathrm{ b } }}$, and ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$ values. Within each ($ {N_{\mathrm{ t } }}$, ${N_{\mathrm{ b } }}$, ${M_{\mathrm {T2}}}$) region, the bins indicate the different ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ selections, as defined in Fig. 5. Only statistical uncertainties are shown.

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Figure 8:
Determination of the $ {\mathrm{ Z } \to \nu \bar{\nu} } $ background: The ${N_{\mathrm{ b } }}$ (left) and ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ (right) distributions in data and simulation in the loose $\mathrm{ Z } \to \mu \mu $ control region, after applying the $S_\mathrm {DY}(N_\mathrm {j})$ scale factor to the simulation. The lower panels show the ratio between data and simulation. Only statistical uncertainties are shown. The values in parentheses in the legend indicate the integrated yield for each given process.

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Figure 8-a:
Determination of the $ {\mathrm{ Z } \to \nu \bar{\nu} } $ background: The ${N_{\mathrm{ b } }}$ distributions in data and simulation in the loose $\mathrm{ Z } \to \mu \mu $ control region, after applying the $S_\mathrm {DY}(N_\mathrm {j})$ scale factor to the simulation. The lower panel shows the ratio between data and simulation. Only statistical uncertainties are shown. The values in parentheses in the legend indicate the integrated yield for each given process.

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Figure 8-b:
Determination of the $ {\mathrm{ Z } \to \nu \bar{\nu} } $ background: The ${E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ distributions in data and simulation in the loose $\mathrm{ Z } \to \mu \mu $ control region, after applying the $S_\mathrm {DY}(N_\mathrm {j})$ scale factor to the simulation. The lower panel shows the ratio between data and simulation. Only statistical uncertainties are shown. The values in parentheses in the legend indicate the integrated yield for each given process.

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Figure 9:
The QCD multijet background in the 45 search regions optimized for gluino-mediated production as determined directly from simulation (points) and as predicted by applying the QCD multijet background determination procedure to simulated event samples in the inverted-$\Delta \phi $ control region (histograms). The lower panel shows the same results after dividing by the predicted value. Only statistical uncertainties are shown. The labeling of the search regions is the same as in Fig. 7.

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Figure 10:
Observed event yields in data (black points) and predicted SM background (filled solid area) for the 37 search bins optimized for direct top squark production. The red and dark green lines indicate various signal models: the T2tt model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 500 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 325 GeV (red short-dashed line), the T2tt model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 750 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 50 GeV (red long-dashed line), and the T2tb model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } = $ 700 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 100 GeV (dark green dashed-dotted line). The lower panel shows the ratio of data over total background prediction in each search bin. For both panels, the error bars show the statistical uncertainty associated with the observed data counts, and the grey (blue) hatched bands indicate the statistical (systematic) uncertainties in the total predicted background.

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Figure 11:
Observed event yields in data (black points) and predicted SM background (filled solid area) for the 45 search bins optimized for gluino models. The red and dark green lines indicate various signal models: the T1tttt model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1200 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 800 GeV (dark green short-dashed line), the T1tttt model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1500 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 100 GeV (dark green long-dashed line), and the T5ttcc model with $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{g} } } = $ 1200 GeV and $m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } = $ 800 GeV (red dashed-dotted line). The lower panel shows the ratio of data over total background prediction in each search bin. For both panels, the error bars show the statistical uncertainty associated with the observed data counts, and the grey (blue) hatched bands indicate the statistical (systematic) uncertainties in the total predicted background.

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Figure 12:
Exclusion limits at 95% CL for simplified models of top squark pair production in the T2tt (left) and T2tb (right) scenario, assuming a 50% branching fraction for each of the $\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } \to \mathrm{ t } \tilde{\chi}^0_1 /\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } \to \mathrm{b} \tilde{\chi}^{pm}_1 $ modes and a 5 GeV mass difference between the $\tilde{\chi}^{pm}_1 $ and $\tilde{\chi}^0_1 $ (right). The solid black curves represent the observed exclusion contour with respect to NLO+NLL cross section calculations [89] and the corresponding $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties. The dashed red curves indicate the expected exclusion contour and the $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties including experimental uncertainties. No interpretation is provided for signal models for which $ {| m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } - m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } - m_{\mathrm{ t } } | } \le $ 25 GeV and $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } \leq $ 275 GeV because of significant differences between the fast simulation and the Geant4-based simulation for these low-$ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ scenarios.

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Figure 12-a:
Exclusion limits at 95% CL for simplified models of top squark pair production in the T2tt scenario, assuming a 50% branching fraction for each of the $\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } \to \mathrm{ t } \tilde{\chi}^0_1 /\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } \to \mathrm{b} \tilde{\chi}^{pm}_1 $ modes and a 5 GeV mass difference between the $\tilde{\chi}^{pm}_1 $ and $\tilde{\chi}^0_1 $ (right). The solid black curves represent the observed exclusion contour with respect to NLO+NLL cross section calculations [89] and the corresponding $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties. The dashed red curves indicate the expected exclusion contour and the $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties including experimental uncertainties. No interpretation is provided for signal models for which $ {| m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } - m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } - m_{\mathrm{ t } } | } \le $ 25 GeV and $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } \leq $ 275 GeV because of significant differences between the fast simulation and the Geant4-based simulation for these low-$ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ scenarios.

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Figure 12-b:
Exclusion limits at 95% CL for simplified models of top squark pair production in the T2tb scenario, assuming a 50% branching fraction for each of the $\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } \to \mathrm{ t } \tilde{\chi}^0_1 /\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } \to \mathrm{b} \tilde{\chi}^{pm}_1 $ modes and a 5 GeV mass difference between the $\tilde{\chi}^{pm}_1 $ and $\tilde{\chi}^0_1 $ (right). The solid black curves represent the observed exclusion contour with respect to NLO+NLL cross section calculations [89] and the corresponding $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties. The dashed red curves indicate the expected exclusion contour and the $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties including experimental uncertainties. No interpretation is provided for signal models for which $ {| m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } - m_{\tilde{\chi}^0_1 } - m_{\mathrm{ t } } | } \le $ 25 GeV and $m_{\tilde{ \mathrm{ t } } } \leq $ 275 GeV because of significant differences between the fast simulation and the Geant4-based simulation for these low-$ {E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\text {miss}}}$ scenarios.

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Figure 13:
Exclusion limits at 95% CL for simplified models of top squarks produced via decays of gluino pairs in the T1tttt (left) and T5ttcc (right) scenarios. The solid black curves represent the observed exclusion contour with respect to NLO+NLL cross section calculations [89] and the corresponding $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties. The dashed red curves indicate the expected exclusion contour and the $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties including experimental uncertainties.

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Figure 13-a:
Exclusion limits at 95% CL for simplified models of top squarks produced via decays of gluino pairs in the T1tttt scenario. The solid black curves represent the observed exclusion contour with respect to NLO+NLL cross section calculations [89] and the corresponding $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties. The dashed red curves indicate the expected exclusion contour and the $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties including experimental uncertainties.

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Figure 13-b:
Exclusion limits at 95% CL for simplified models of top squarks produced via decays of gluino pairs in the T5ttcc scenario. The solid black curves represent the observed exclusion contour with respect to NLO+NLL cross section calculations [89] and the corresponding $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties. The dashed red curves indicate the expected exclusion contour and the $\pm $1 standard deviation uncertainties including experimental uncertainties.
Tables

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Table 1:
Observed yields from the data compared to the total background predictions for the search bins that are common between the direct top squark and gluino-mediated production optimizations. The quoted uncertainties on the predicted background yields are statistical and systematic, respectively.

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Table 2:
Observed yields from the data compared to the total background predictions for the search bins that are specific to the direct top squark production optimization. The quoted uncertainties on the predicted background yields are statistical and systematic, respectively.

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Table 3:
Observed yields from the data compared to the total background predictions for the search bins that are specific to the gluino-mediated production optimization. The quoted uncertainties on the predicted background yields are statistical and systematic, respectively.
Summary
Results have been presented from a search for direct and gluino-mediated top squark production in final states that include tagged top quark decays. The search uses all-hadronic events with at least four jets and a large imbalance in transverse momentum ($E_{\mathrm{T}}^{\text{miss}}$), selected from data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb$^{-1}$ collected in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the CMS detector. A set of search regions is defined based on $E_{\mathrm{T}}^{\text{miss}}$, ${M_{\mathrm{T2}}} $, the number of top quark tagged objects, and the number of b-tagged jets. No statistically significant excess of events is observed above the expected standard model background. Exclusion limits are set at 95% confidence level for simplified models of direct top squark pair production and of gluino pair production, where the gluinos decay to final states that include top quarks. For simplified models of pair production of top squarks, which decay to a top quark and a neutralino (T2tt), top squark masses of up to 740 GeV and neutralino masses up to 240 GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level. For models that assume 50% branching fractions for top squark decays to a top quark and a neutralino, or to a bottom quark and a chargino that is nearly degenerate in mass with the neutralino (T2tb), top squark masses of up to 610 GeV and neutralino masses up to 190 GeV are also excluded. For simplified models of gluino pair production where each gluino decays to a top-antitop quark pair and a neutralino (T1tttt), gluino masses of up to 1550 GeV, and neutralino masses up to 900 GeV are excluded. Gluino masses of up to 1450 GeV, and neutralino masses up to 820 GeV are excluded for models in which the gluino decays to an on-shell top squark and a top quark, and the top squarks decays to a charm quark and a neutralino (T5ttcc). These are among the most restrictive currently available limits.
Additional Figures

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Additional Figure 1:
The event mistag rate of the top quark tagger as a function of $E_\text {T}^\text {miss}$ in the $\mathrm{ Z } \rightarrow \nu \nu $ simulated sample, with the following event selection requirements applied: $N_{\text {j}} \ge $ 4 for $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} > $ 30 GeV, $|\eta | < $ 2.4 and $N_{\text {j}} \ge $ 2 for $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} > $ 50 GeV, $|\eta | < $ 2.4; no electrons, muons, or isolated tracks; $\Delta \phi (E_\text {T}^\text {miss}, \text {jets})$ matching preselection requirements; and $N_{\text {b}} \ge $ 1.

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Additional Figure 2:
The purity of the top quark tagger as a function of the reconstructed top quark $p_{\text {T}}$. The purity is defined as the fraction of reconstructed top quarks that are matched to a generator-level hadronically decaying top quark within a cone of $\Delta R=$ 0.4, and was measured in a sample of simulated one-lepton $\mathrm{ t \bar{t} } $ events. The following event selection requirements were applied: $N_{\text {j}} \ge $ 4 for $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} > $ 30 GeV, $|\eta | < $ 2.4 and $N_{\text {j}} \ge $ 2 for $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} > $ 50 GeV, $|\eta | < $ 2.4; $N_{\text {b}} \ge $ 1; and $E_\text {T}^\text {miss}> $ 200 GeV.

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Additional Figure 3:
The t-tagged event fraction measured in data and $\mathrm{ t \bar{t} } $ simulated samples, as a function of the reconstructed top quark candidate ${p_{\mathrm {T}}} $. The data are selected from a single muon dataset with the following selection applied: events pass noise filters; $N_{\text {j}} \ge $ 4 for $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} > $ 30 GeV, $|\eta | < $ 2.4 and $N_{\text {j}} \ge $ 2 for $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} > $ 50 GeV, $|\eta | < $ 2.4; at least one muon with $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} > $ 45 GeV, $|\eta | < $ 2.1; no electrons; muon $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} + E_\text {T}^\text {miss} > $ 150 GeV; $\Delta \phi (E_\text {T}^\text {miss}, \text {jets})$ matching preselection requirements; $N_{\text {b}} \ge $ 1; and $E_\text {T}^\text {miss} > $ 20 GeV. We also require the presence of at least one candidate from the t-tagger in the event. This candidate can be either: (i) a trijet candidate, composed of three jets with $p_\text {T}> $ 30 GeV that are within $\Delta R= $ 1.5 of the candidate four-momentum, (ii) a dijet candidate, composed of two jets that are within $\Delta R= $ 1.5 of the candidate four-momentum, one of which should have a mass between 70 and 110 GeV, or (iii) a monojet candidate, which is simply a single jet with a mass between 110 and 220 GeV. The candidate used to compute the t-tagged event fraction is the candidate whose mass is closest to the top quark mass. The t-tagged event fraction then is defined as the fraction of events for which this top quark candidate satisfies all requirements of the top quark tagging algorithm. The error bar depicts the statistical uncertainty. The ratio of the t-tagged event fraction in data and simulated $\mathrm{ t \bar{t} } $ is shown in the lower plot, indicating good agreement.
Additional Tables

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Additional Table 1:
The cut flow for a few benchmark signal models of direct top squark production. For entries in the block labeled "Preselection requirements'', each efficiency is computed with respect to the previous one. For the other two blocks, all efficiencies are computed with respect to the last line of the "Preselection requirements" block.

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Additional Table 2:
The cut flow for a few benchmark signal models of gluino mediated top squark production. For entries in the block labeled "Preselection requirements'', each efficiency is computed with respect to the previous one. For the other two blocks, all efficiencies are computed with respect to the last line of the "Preselection requirements" block.
ROOT files with efficiency maps for each simplified model and each search region bin are provided in the following files:
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