Search for resonant production of second-generation sleptons with same-sign dimuon events in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV
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A search is presented for resonant production of second-generation sleptons ( ({\stackrel{~}{\mu }}{L}), ({\stackrel{~}{\nu }}{\mu }) ) via the R-parity-violating coupling ({\lambda }{211}^{\prime }) to quarks, in events with two same-sign muons and at least two jets in the final state. The smuon (muon sneutrino) is expected to decay into a muon and a neutralino (chargino), which will then decay into a second muon and at least two jets. The analysis is based on the 2016 data set of proton-proton collisions at (\sqrt{s}=13\phantom{\rule{0.166667em}{0ex}}\text{TeV}) recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 (\phantom{\rule{0.166667em}{0ex}}{\text{fb}}^{-1}). No significant deviation is observed with respect to standard model expectations. Upper limits on cross sections, ranging from 0.24 to 730 (\phantom{\rule{0.166667em}{0ex}}\text{fb}), are derived in the context of two simplified models representing the dominant signal contributions leading to a same-sign muon pair. The cross section limits are translated into coupling limits for a modified constrained minimal supersymmetric model with ({\lambda }{211}^{\prime }) as the only nonzero R-parity violating coupling. The results significantly extend restrictions of the parameter space compared with previous searches for similar models.