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on studies of fake |
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leptons in jet events. The second background, estimated from MC, consists of rare SM processes and is dominated |
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by $t\bar{t}$W and $t\bar{t}$Z. The systematic uncertainty on both the fake lepton and rare backgrounds is 50\%. |
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A third, small background contributions is from ``charge flips'' and consists of events with opposite-sign leptons |
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A third, small background contribution is from ``charge flips'' and consists of events with opposite-sign leptons |
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where one of the leptons is an electron whose charge is misreconstructed. This background is based on MC predictions, |
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which are validated using a sample of Z$\to e^+e^-$ events. |
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$H_T$ $>$ 200 GeV. In this region we observe 1 event in data and predict 2.22 $\pm$ 0.96 events. |
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The results are used to exclude a region of the model parameter space in Fig.~\ref{fig:ss_interpretation}(a), |
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which demonstrates that our search probes bottom squarks with masses up to 450 GeV. |
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The constraint on the bottom squark mass from naturalness is similar to that on the top squark, requiring |
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a mass less than 500-700~GeV. Several additional interpretations for models with gluino-mediated top and |
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The constraint on the bottom squark from naturalness considerations is similar to that on the top squark, |
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suggesting a bottom squark with mass less than 500-700~GeV. |
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Several additional interpretations for models with gluino-mediated top and |
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bottom squark production are presented in Ref.~\cite{ref:ss}. |
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