Combination and Reinterpretation of LHC SUSY Searches

Abstract

To maximise the information obtained from independent new-physics searches at the LHC, it is imperative to consider the combination of multiple analyses. We examine a simplified supersymmetry scenario with one squark flavour and a bino-like neutralino, combining strong squark pair production, associated squark-neutralino production, and weak neutralino pair production. Combining these production mechanisms yields stronger mass limits than any individual analysis, while weak production is found to contribute only marginally to current exclusion bounds.