Search for resonant production of second-generation sleptons with same-sign dimuon events in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Abstract

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.