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Main Author: CMS Collaboration
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25604
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contents A search for supersymmetric electroweakinos is performed using events with a low-momentum (soft) isolated track and large missing transverse momentum, targeting nearly mass-degenerate higgsino-like charginos and neutralinos. For mass splittings of 0.3$-$1 GeV, the chargino decays to the lightest neutralino and a low-momentum pion, which can produce a soft, potentially displaced track. A parameterized neural network separates signal from background using kinematic and impact parameter information. The analysis uses 138 fb$^{-1}$ of proton$-$proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded with the CMS detector. No significant excess above the standard model expectation is observed. At 95% confidence level, the considered higgsino model is excluded for mass splittings in the range 0.28$-$1.15 GeV and for chargino masses up to 185 GeV, setting stringent constraints on natural supersymmetry scenarios.
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spellingShingle Search for electroweakinos in compressed-spectrum scenarios with low-momentum isolated tracks in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV
CMS Collaboration
High Energy Physics - Experiment
A search for supersymmetric electroweakinos is performed using events with a low-momentum (soft) isolated track and large missing transverse momentum, targeting nearly mass-degenerate higgsino-like charginos and neutralinos. For mass splittings of 0.3$-$1 GeV, the chargino decays to the lightest neutralino and a low-momentum pion, which can produce a soft, potentially displaced track. A parameterized neural network separates signal from background using kinematic and impact parameter information. The analysis uses 138 fb$^{-1}$ of proton$-$proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded with the CMS detector. No significant excess above the standard model expectation is observed. At 95% confidence level, the considered higgsino model is excluded for mass splittings in the range 0.28$-$1.15 GeV and for chargino masses up to 185 GeV, setting stringent constraints on natural supersymmetry scenarios.
title Search for electroweakinos in compressed-spectrum scenarios with low-momentum isolated tracks in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25604