<p> As the LHC enters its second run at 13 TeV, new parameter space will become available that will allow for a more extensive search for supersymmetric partners. This thesis explores limits on a baryon number violating R-parity-violating (RPV) extension of the s-channel production of top squarks, examining the experimental signature for the R-parity conserving decay of the top squark into the lightest neutralino and a hadronically decaying top quark. Using Monte Carlo simulations I calculate upper bounds for the RPV coupling parameters λ'' for a range of top squark and neutralino masses that would allow for its existence. </p><p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10680821 |
| Date | 12 April 2018 |
| Creators | Regen, Eli |
| Publisher | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | ProQuest.com |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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