Search for electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in final states with two τ-leptons in $$\sqrt{s}$$ = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

Abstract Three searches for the direct production of τ-sleptons or charginos and neutralinos in final states with at least two hadronically decaying τ-leptons are presented. For chargino and neutralino production, decays via intermediate τ-sleptons or W and h bosons are considered. The analysis uses a dataset of pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. No significant deviation from the expected Standard Model background is observed and supersymmetric particle mass limits at 95% confidence level are obtained in simplified models. For direct production of $${\overset{\sim }{\chi}}_1^{+}{\overset{\sim }{\chi}}_1^{-}$$ χ ~ 1 + χ ~ 1 − , chargino masses are excluded up to 970 GeV, while $${\overset{\sim }{\chi}}_1^{\pm }$$ χ ~ 1 ± and $${\overset{\sim }{\chi}}_2^0$$ χ ~ 2 0 masses up to 1160 GeV (330 GeV) are excluded for $${\overset{\sim }{\chi}}_1^{\pm }{\overset{\sim }{\chi}}_2^0/{\overset{\sim }{\chi}}_1^{+}{\overset{\sim }{\chi}}_1^{-}$$ χ ~ 1 ± χ ~ 2 0 / χ ~ 1 + χ ~ 1 − production with subsequent decays via τ-sleptons (W and h bosons). Masses of τ-sleptons up to 500 GeV are excluded for mass degenerate $${\overset{\sim }{\tau}}_{L,R}$$ τ ~ L , R scenarios and up to 425 GeV for $${\overset{\sim }{\tau}}_L$$ τ ~ L -only scenarios. Sensitivity to $${\overset{\sim }{\tau}}_R$$ τ ~ R -only scenarios from the ATLAS experiment is presented here for the first time, with $${\overset{\sim }{\tau}}_R$$ τ ~ R masses excluded up to 350 GeV.</jats:p