Search for Supersymmetry in Hadronic Final States

Hannsjörg Weber studied physics at ETH Zurich, where he also completed his PhD studies in 2015. He continues his research on the CMS experiment for the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), Batavia IL, USA.

Introduction.- Physics at the High Energy Frontier.- Physics Beyond the Standard Model: Supersymmetry.- Possible Signatures of Supersymmetry at the Large Hadron Collider.- Experimental Set-Up.- Event Reconstruction for Proton-Proton collisions.- Search for Supersymmetry: Using MT2 as Discovery Variable.- Search for Supersymmetry in Hadronic Events Using MT2 at ps = 8 TeV.- Assessment of a Search for Stop Pair Production in Dileptonic Events.- Upgrade Efforts for the Compact Muon Solenoid Detector.- Physics Performance Study for the Pixel Detector Phase-I Upgrade.- Evolution Studies of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter Endcap Signals.- Summary.