Le modèle standard supersymétrique minimal (MSSM) est probablement une des théories de nouvelle physique les plus étudiées. Dans la plupart des études phénoménologiques, on fait l'hypothèse de la violation minimale de la saveur dans laquelle toutes les interactions violant la saveur sont directement liées à la matrice CKM du modèle Standard. Cependant, si la supersymétrie est plongée dans des cadres plus larges tels que les théories dites de Grande Unification, de nouvelles sources de violation de la saveur peuvent apparaitre. Les termes correspondant dans le lagrangien sont directement liés au choix du mécanisme de brisure de la supersymétrie. Or, à l'heure actuelle, aucun consensus n’existe quant au choix exact du mécanisme de brisure de la SUSY. Plusieurs mécanismes ont été évoqués récemment (entre autre, par le co-directeur de la thèse), qui pourraient conduire à des signatures prometteuses au LHC pour différents scénarios et domaines de paramètre. Le projet est donc idéalement situé à la frontière entre le 'model building' et des aspects plus phénoménologiques. Pour cette raison, le thésard sera naturellement amené à interagir de manière active avec le groupe de phénoménologie de physique des particules du LAPTh ainsi qu'avec les groupes de physique des particules du LAPP (ATLAS, LHCb..), laboratoire expérimental partageant le même bâtiment que le LAPTh. De plus, des collaborations sur le plan national, en particulier avec le LPSC de Grenoble, ainsi que sur le plan international, avec les universités de Würzburg et Münster (Allemagne) et le nouvel institut de physique de NATAL (Brésil) sont également envisagées. / The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) is probably the best studied of all new physics theories. In most phenomenological studies, one assumes the hypothesis of minimal flavour violation, where all flavour-violating interactions are related to the CKM-matrix (as it is the case in the standard model). However, if supersymmetry is embedded in larger frameworks such as grand unified theories (GUT), new sources of flavour violation can appear. The corresponding terms in the Lagrangian are directly related to the mechanism of supersymmetry breaking, for which at present no theoretical consensus exists. Several processes have recently been evoked (among others by the co-director of the proposed thesis), which might lead to promising signatures at the LHC if non-minimal flavour violation is realized. These studies, however, included flavour-violating terms directly at the electroweak scale without taking into account their possible origin at some high scale. The main goal of the project is to extend the previous work in order to take into account the link between the electroweak and the GUT scale. This will allow to put constraints on parameters describing supersymmetry breaking using constraints imposed at the electroweak scale. A second goal is the analysis of relevant processes with the help of current Monte-Carlo simulation tools in order to study the background and thus clarify the observability at LHC for different scenarios and regions of parameters space. So, the project is ideally situated at the frontier between model building and more phenomenological aspects. For this reason the project naturally includes interactions with the local particle physics phenomenology group at LAPTh as well as with the the neighbouring experimental groups (e.g. ATLAS, LHCb) at LAPP. Moreover, collaborations on the national, in particular with the LPSC Grenoble, and international level, e.g. with the University of Würzburg (Germany), the University of Münster (Germany) and the newly created International Institute of Physics in Natal (Brasil) are envisaged.

The Standard Model has granted exquisite power to predict the behaviour of high-energy particle collisions. It is not, however, without conceptual and empirical weaknesses. Several theories have been proposed which aim to resolve these difficulties. This thesis describes searches for two such theories: models of extra spatial dimensions, and supersymmetry. The Large Hadron Collider has extended the frontiers of energy and intensity in particle physics. In 2015, the LHC resumed proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. This increase over previous operation grants an enhancement in sensitivity to many processes beyond those of the Standard Model. Extra-dimensional theories address the hierarchical nature of the Standard Model. The lowered fundamental scale of gravity in these models allows a rich phenomenology at energies which may be accessible to the LHC. Some models predict the formation of microscopic black holes, which are the target of an analysis of collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector in 2015. No significant deviations from Standard Model predictions were observed. The constraints inferred on the parameters of the model are a significant advance on previous results. Lepton flavour is conserved in the Standard Model. This is not the result of a known fundamental symmetry, however. The latter part of this thesis proposes a search examining asymmetries of charge and flavour in the eμ final state. Models of supersymmetry with an R-parity-violating λ'₂₃₁ coupling are taken as motivation. The strategy is developed using collision data recorded by ATLAS in 2015 and 2016, and the most significant biasing effects are addressed.

Deux problèmes majeurs requièrent une extension du Modèle Standard (MS) : le problème de hiérarchie dans le secteur de Higgs, et la matière noire de notre Univers. La découverte d'un boson de Higgs avec une masse d'environ 125 GeV est clairement l'événement majeur en provenance du Large Hadron Collider (LHC) du CERN. Cela représente le triomphe définitif du MS, mais cela met également en lumière le problème de hiérarchie et ouvre de nouvelles voies pour sonder la nouvelle physique. Les différentes mesures effectuées pendant le run I du LHC contraignent les couplages du Higgs aux particules du MS ainsi que les désintégrations invisibles et non-détectées. Dans cette thèse, l'impact des résultats sur le boson de Higgs au LHC est étudié dans le cadre de différents modèles de nouvelle physique, en prenant soigneusement en compte les incertitudes et leurs corrélations. Des modifications génériques à la force des couplages du Higgs (pouvant provenir de secteurs de Higgs étendus ou d'opérateurs de dimension supérieure) sont étudiées. De plus, des modèles de nouvelle physique spécifiques sont testés, notamment, mais pas seulement, le Modèle Standard Supersymétrique Minimal phénoménologique.Alors qu'un boson de Higgs a été trouvé, il n'y a toutefois nulle trace de physique au-delà du MS au run I du LHC en dépit du grand nombre de recherches effectuées par les collaborations ATLAS et CMS. Les conséquences des résultats négatifs obtenus lors de ces recherches constituent un autre volet important de cette thèse. Tout d'abord, des modèles supersymétriques avec un candidat à la matière noire sont étudiés à la lumière des résultats négatifs dans les recherches de supersymétrie au LHC, en utilisant une approche basée sur les "modèles simplifiés". Ensuite, des outils pour contraindre un modèle de nouvelle physique quelconque à partir des résultats du LHC et d'événements simulés sont présentés. De plus, au cours de cette thèse, les critères de sélection de plusieurs analyses au-delà du MS ont été réimplémentés dans le cadre de MadAnalysis 5 et ont été intégrés à une base de données publique. / Two major problems call for an extension of the Standard Model (SM): the hierarchy problem in the Higgs sector and the dark matter in the Universe. The discovery of a Higgs boson with mass of about 125 GeV was clearly the most significant piece of news from CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In addition to representing the ultimate triumph of the SM, it shed new light on the hierarchy problem and opened up new ways of probing new physics. The various measurements performed at Run I of the LHC constrain the Higgs couplings to SM particles as well as invisible and undetected decays. In this thesis, the impact of the LHC Higgs results on various new physics scenarios is assessed, carefully taking into account uncertainties and correlations between them. Generic modifications of the Higgs coupling strengths, possibly arising from extended Higgs sectors or higher-dimensional operators, are considered. Furthermore, specific new physics models are tested. This includes, in particular, the phenomenological Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model.While a Higgs boson has been found, no sign of beyond the SM physics was observed at Run I of the LHC in spite of the large number of searches performed by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations. The implications of the negative results obtained in these searches constitute another important part of this thesis. First, supersymmetric models with a dark matter candidate are investigated in light of the negative searches for supersymmetry at the LHC using a so-called "simplified model" approach. Second, tools using simulated events to constrain any new physics scenario from the LHC results are presented. Moreover, during this thesis the selection criteria of several beyond the SM analyses have been reimplemented in the MadAnalysis 5 framework and made available in a public database.

Cette thèse présente la recherche d'un boson de Higgs chargé (H+) qui serait produit dans les collisions proton-proton à des énergies de 7 TeV$ et 8 TeV, en utilisant les données recueillies par l'expérience ATLAS au LHC (Large Hadron Collider). Plusieurs canaux de recherche sont utilisés, présentant la caractéristique commune de contenir au moins un lepton chargé (électron ou muon) énergétique, ce qui réduit efficacement le bruit de fond contenant des jets, tout en permettant un déclenchement efficace du détecteur.Ici le boson de Higgs chargé se désintègre en un lepton tau et un neutrino, ce qui conduit à des états finaux avec deux leptons chargés, ou bien un lepton chargé et un tau hadronique. Une source importante de taus mal identifiés provient de quarks et de gluons, par l'intermédiaire des jets hadroniques qu'ils initient. Plusieurs méthodes ont été développées pour estimer ce bruit de fond, l'une d'elles étant basée directement sur les données. Des processus avec des bosons de Higgs chargés dont la masse est soit en dessous soit au-dessus de celle du quark top sont considérés. Avec l'ensemble de données recueillies à une énergie de 8 TeV, correspondant à une luminosité intégrée de 20,3/fb, des limites avec un taux de confiance de 95% sont placées sur le rapport de branchement Br(t -> bH+)*Br(H+ -> tau nu) entre 1,1 et 0,3% pour des masses du boson de Higgs chargé entre 80 GeV et 160 GeV, et sur la section efficace de production du boson de Higgs chargé en association avec un quark top entre 0,53 et 0,04 pb, pour un boson de Higgs chargé ayant cette fois une masse comprise entre 180 GeV et 1 TeV. / This thesis presents searches for a charged Higgs boson (H+) in proton-proton collisions with center-of-mass energies of 7 TeV and 8 TeV, using data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Multiple search channels are used with a common characteristic of at least one charged lepton (electron or muon) that effectively reduces the multi-jet background and is used for efficient triggering.Charged Higgs bosons decaying to a tau lepton and a neutrino are searched for using final states with two charged leptons or one charged lepton and a hadronically decaying tau. A significant background originates from quark- and gluon-initiated jets that may be misidentified as hadronic tau decays. Methods to estimate this background are developed, including a largely data-driven matrix method. Signal processes with a charged Higgs boson mass below or above that of the top quark are considered. With the dataset collected at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3/fb, upper limits at 95% confidence level are placed on the branching fraction Br(t -> bH+)*Br(H+ -> tau nu) in the range 1.1-0.3% for charged Higgs boson masses between 80 GeV and 160 GeV, and on the top-quark associated charged Higgs boson production cross section in the range 0.53-0.04 pb for charged Higgs boson masses between 180 GeV and 1 TeV.

SOUZA, Francisco Emmanoel Andrade de. Superpartícula de Brink-Schwarz. 2015. 41 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Física) - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, Departamento de Física, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2015. / Submitted by Edvander Pires (edvanderpires@gmail.com) on 2015-04-09T19:14:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_feasouza.pdf: 334413 bytes, checksum: 0cdd802691e14a640eef8c0a3aa12b7c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Edvander Pires(edvanderpires@gmail.com) on 2015-04-10T20:46:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_feasouza.pdf: 334413 bytes, checksum: 0cdd802691e14a640eef8c0a3aa12b7c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-10T20:46:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_feasouza.pdf: 334413 bytes, checksum: 0cdd802691e14a640eef8c0a3aa12b7c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / In this work, the pseudo-classical formulation of relativistic and non-relativistic Brinck-Schwarz superparticle is presented. Such a formulation has a portion represented by Grassmann variables that describe the degrees of freedom of spin. During the formulation of the theory, we use the theory of constraints to allow quantization of the system and also we constructed a Lagrangian representing Grassmannian systems. Such a system is invariant under supersymmetry and reparameterizations. The Dirac equation appears as a constrainst of theory. / Neste trabalho, a formulação pseudo-clássica da superpartícula de Brinck-Schwarz relativística e não-relativística é apresentada. Tal formulação possui uma parte representada por variáveis de Grassmann que descrevem os graus de liberdade de spin. Durante a formulação da teoria, utilizou-se a teoria dos vínculos para possibilitar a quantização do sistema e foi construída também uma Lagrangeana que represente sistemas Grassmannianos. Tal sistema é invariante sob supersimetria e reparametrização. A equação de Dirac surge como um vínculo da teoria.

Orientador: Prof. Dr. Alysson Fábio Ferrari / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, 2017. / As deformações do espaço-tempo têm sido bastante estudadas desde diferentes abordagens tais como a não comutatividade canônica e deformações via álgebras de Hopf, com a motivação de que estas deformações podem aparecer a escalas de altas energias, como por exemplo a escala de Planck. De igual forma, pode-se buscar estender deformações para a estrutura do superespaço e a supersimetria, e assim estudar o comportamento clássico e quântico, como a invariância supersimétrica e renormalizabilidade, em modelos definidos sobre estas estruturas. Dois tipos de deformações possíveis da supersimetria foram estudadas neste trabalho. O primeiro deles envolve a introdução de um produto não comutativo em (3+1) dimensões, que embora seja um produto não associativo e que quebra a álgebra da supersimetria, permite construir um modelo de Wess-Zumino com correções de derivadas de ordem superior do tipo Lee-wick, e que resultam ser invariante sob as transformações da SUSY usual. O segundo tipo de deformação estudado utiliza o conceito de álgebras de Hopf, através de um twist de Drinfel¿d. No caso do modelo de Wess-Zumino em (2 + 1) dimensões, veremos que apesar de que as estruturas sejam construídas de forma consistente e seja possível preservar a álgebra da SUSY usando geradores deformados, o modelo resulta não ser invariante sob esta última e não renormalizável. Também foi usado o formalismo de twist para um modelo de Chern-simons com SUSY N = 2 em (2 + 1) dimensões, que permite construir um modelo invariante de calibre, no entanto a invariância da SUSY não seja evidente. Neste modelo, embora em principio a álgebra da SUSY pode ser preservada pelo uso de geradores deformados, estes tornam-se bastante complicados, dificultando a prova da invariância supersimétrica. Pode-se concluir que existem diferentes formas de deformar as estruturas algébricas da supersimetria e que devido aos vínculos de cada modelo em específico torna-se difícil a construção de modelos que preservem algumas das propriedades importantes de modelos supersimétricos que se estudam, tais como a invariância e renormalização. / The space-time deformations have been well studied using different approaches, like as canonical commutativity and deformations via Hopf algebras, with the motivation of such deformations can appear in high scale energies, for example, planck scales. The same way, they can extend deformations to superspace and supersymmetry structures, and thus, study the quantum and classical behavior, like as the supersymmetry invariance and renormalizability, in models defined on these structures. Two classes of possible transformation of supersymmetry were studied in this work. The first one involves the introduction of one non commutative product in (3 + 1) dimensions, although it is not associative and breaks the supersymmetry algebra. It allows the construction of a Wess- Zumino model with higher order derivatives corrections like as Lee-Wick models, and it is invariant under usual SUSY transformations. The second deformation class studied utilizes the Hopf algebra concept, through Drinfel¿d twist. In the Wess-Zumino case in (2 + 1) dimensions, we can observe, although, the construction of the algebraic structure is consistent and it is possible preserve the SUSY algebra using deformed generators, the model is not invariant under this last and non renormalizable, also the twist formalism was used to Chern-Simons model N = 2 in (2 + 1) dimensions, it allows to construct an invariant gauge model, however the SUSY invariance is not evident. In this model, although the SUSY algebra can be preserved using the deformed generators, they become complicated, making it difficult to prove the supersymmetric invariance. It is possible to conclude that there are different ways to deform the algebraic structures of supersymmetry and because of the constraints of each specific model, it is difficult the construction of models which preserve some important properties of supersymmetry models studies, like as invariance and renormalizability.

Le LHC, ATLAS, le détecteur à pixels et l’IBL sont décrits dans la première partie de ce mémoire. La mise en oeuvre du détecteur à pixels muni de sa nouvelle couche grâce à l’acquisition de rayons cosmiques juste avant le démarrage du Run 2 du LHC est ensuite présentée. L’analyse comprend l’étude des propriétés des amas de pixels allumés par le passage des rayons cosmiques, ainsi que la comparaison entre les deux technologies de compteurs présentes dans la nouvelle couche, les compteurs planaires et les compteurs 3D utilisés pour la première fois auprès d’un collisionneur. Ces études ont permis de valider les logiciels de reconstruction et d’améliorer la simulation de la nouvelle couche. Les produits d’ionisation créés dans les compteurs par le passage de particules chargées sont déviés de leurs trajectoires naturelles le long du champ électrique des jonctions, par le champ magnétique uniforme dans lequel est plongé le trajectographe d’ATLAS. L’angle de la déviation est appelé angle de Lorentz. La mesure de cet angle est essentielle car il affecte la position mesurée. Cette mesure a été réalisée pour toutes les couches, ainsi que la variation de l’angle de Lorentz en fonction de la température. A la fin du Run 1, aucun excès n’a été observé par-dessus les prédictions du Modèle Standard, et des limites inférieures sur les masses de particules supersymétriques en ont été déduites. Ces limites ont été étendues avec l’analyse montrée ici. Le gluino est ainsi plus lourd que 1.87TeV, tandis que la masse du squark b devrait être plus grande que 700 GeV, sous des hypothèses simplificatrices. Ces résultats constituent des contraintes supplémentaires pour la supersymétrie. / In the first part of this thesis, the LHC, ATLAS, the Pixel Detector and the IBL are all reviewed. Afterwards, the analysis of first cosmic data collected by the ATLAS Detector after the IBL insertion is presented, as part of the Pixel and IBL commissioning before Run 2 started. The analysis included the study of the Pixel clusters properties, and making comparisons between the two different technologies used in the IBL sensors: the Planar type, and the 3D type which has been used for the first time in a collider experiment. Analyzing the Pixel clusters properties is important to study the detector response after the IBL insertion, in order to insure utilizing the ultimate capabilities of the detector, and to achieve better resolutions for the measurements. The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics describes physical phenomena in the fundamental level with great success. However, it suffers from several shortcomings; for instance, it has no candidate for the dark matter, and it has no solution for the gauge hierarchy problem, motivating the search for new physics beyond the SM theories. On of those theories is Supersymmetry(SUSY), which occupies a primer place in the LHC physics program. At the end of Run-1, no significant excess in data over the SM prediction is observed and limits on the supersymmetric particle masses are set. With this analysis, which is basically an extension of the Run 1 analysis, those exclusion limits are extended and the gluino masses are excluded up to 1.87 TeV, while the sbottom mass should be above 700 GeV when using simplified assumptions. These results provide new constraints on natural SUSY models.

We review equivariant localization and through the Feynman formalism of quantum mechanics motivate its role as a tool for calculating partition functions. We also consider a specific supersymmetric theory of one boson and two fermions and conclude that by applying localization to its partition function we may arrive at a known result that has previously been derived using different approaches. This paper follows a similar article by Levent Akant.

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Resumo: A supersimetria é um tópico importante na física teórica atual. Em particular, tem-se dedicado grande esforço no estudo das extensões supersimétricas do Modelo Padrão (SM) desde a década de 80. A incorporação da supersimetria no SM resulta em uma grande quantidade de modelos. O modelo com o conteúdo mínimo de partículas assim como de interações é chamado o Modelo Mínimo Supersimétrico (MSSM). DEvido à supersimetria, todos os modelos supersimétricos apresentam diferenças com relação ao SM. A principal delas, além do conteúdo de partículas, está no setor de Higgs. Em particular, o setor de Higgs do modelo MSSM contem cinco graus de liberdade (cinco bósons de Higgs), diferentemente do SM, que contem apenas um bóson de Higgs. Outra diferença importante no caso do MSSM deve-se à mistura dos estados associados pela supersimetria aos bósons de Gauge e aos bósons de Higgs, chamados gauginos e higgsinos respectivamente, cujos autoestados de massa são conhecidos como charginos e neutralinos. Estas partículas desempenham um papel fundamental na possível descoberta da supersimetria na escala de energia de TeV's. / Abstract: Supersymmetry is a fundamental topic in the actual theoretical physics. In particular, since the 80's, huge efforts have been done studying the supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model (SM). Including supersymmetry in the SM generates a great amount of models. Among all of these, there is one that involves the minimum number of particles and interactions. This model is known as the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). Due to the incorporation of supersymmetry, all the extensions have differences in relation with the SM. The most remarkable one, beyond the particles content, lies in the Higgs sector. Particularly, in the MSSM Higg's sector there are five degrees of freedom (five Higgs bosons), in contrast with the SM (just one). Another difference is related wit the higgsino and gaugino mixture. This result in the presence of mass eigenstates known as charginos and neutralinos. The later particles play a fundamental role in the possible test of supersymmetry at the TeV's scales. / Orientador: Fernando Luiz de Campos Carvalho / Coorientador: Rogério Rosenfeld / Mestre