000642304 001__ 642304 000642304 005__ 20260112212235.0 000642304 0247_ $$2datacite_doi$$a10.3204/PUBDB-2025-05474 000642304 037__ $$aPUBDB-2025-05474 000642304 041__ $$aEnglish 000642304 1001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1095720$$aEngelke, Frederic$$b0$$eCorresponding author$$gmale 000642304 245__ $$aSearches for supersymmetric dark matter in semileptonic final states at the CMS experiment employing angular correlation and deep learning techniques followed by a reinterpretation in the pMSSM19 framework$$f2021-01-01 - 2025-05-13 000642304 260__ $$c2025 000642304 300__ $$a167 000642304 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Dissertation 000642304 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aDISSERTATION 000642304 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aPHDTHESIS 000642304 3367_ $$02$$2EndNote$$aThesis 000642304 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)11$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aDissertation / PhD Thesis$$bphd$$mphd$$s1768212929_2487193 000642304 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$adoctoralThesis 000642304 502__ $$aDissertation, RWTH Aachen, 2025$$bDissertation$$cRWTH Aachen$$d2025$$o2025-05-13 000642304 520__ $$aThe nature of dark matter (DM) remains one of the most compelling mysteries in modernphysics. Despite DM exceeding the visible (baryonic) matter by a factor of four, itsorigin and properties are yet to be understood. This thesis explores the dark matterproblem through the framework of supersymmetry (SUSY), a theoretical extension ofthe Standard Model of particle physics. Using data collected during the Large HadronCollider (LHC) Run 2 (2016-2018) by the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment,with an integrated luminosity of L = 138 fb−1, multiple analysis strategies are employedto search for signatures of SUSY particles that present viable DM candidates.The first analysis utilizes a cut-and-count approach targeting the m˜g-m˜χ01 mass planevia angular correlation between selected physics objects, combined with a data-drivenmethod to address limitations in background modeling via transfer factors and correc-tions. This analysis achieved exclusion limits for gluino masses up to 2050 GeV andneutralino masses up to 1070 GeV. Subsequently, these results were reinterpreted withinthe phenomenological MSSM framework (pMSSM19), constraining additional SUSY pa-rameters and highlighting potential regions of interest based on observed data excesses.To further enhance the sensitivity, a machine learning-based approach was developed,utilizing a deep neural network (DNN) to classify collision events and define signal regionsbased on DNN scores. This novel methodology expands the exclusion limits up to 1450GeV for m˜χ01 and up to 2230 GeV for m˜g and demonstrates the advantages of sophisticatedcomputational techniques in modern collider analyses.Also, the HO, the outer hadron calorimeter of the CMS detector, was evaluated as apotential trigger system for long-lived particle (LLP) detection, addressing challenges inidentifying signatures predicted by SUSY theories. 000642304 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611$$a611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611)$$cPOF4-611$$fPOF IV$$x0 000642304 536__ $$0G:(GEPRIS)400140256$$aGRK 2497 - GRK 2497: Physik der schwersten Teilchen am Large Hadron Collider (400140256)$$c400140256$$x1 000642304 693__ $$0EXP:(DE-H253)LHC-Exp-CMS-20150101$$1EXP:(DE-588)4398783-7$$5EXP:(DE-H253)LHC-Exp-CMS-20150101$$aLHC$$eLHC: CMS$$x0 000642304 7001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1002900$$aBorras, Kerstin$$b1$$eThesis advisor$$udesy 000642304 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aKrämer, Michael$$b2$$eThesis advisor 000642304 8564_ $$uhttps://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/1013266 000642304 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/642304/files/1013266.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000642304 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/642304/files/1013266.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yOpenAccess 000642304 909CO $$ooai:bib-pubdb1.desy.de:642304$$popenaire$$popen_access$$pVDB$$pdriver$$pdnbdelivery 000642304 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1095720$$aExternal Institute$$b0$$kExtern 000642304 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)2008985-5$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1002900$$aDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron$$b1$$kDESY 000642304 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-610$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-600$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bForschungsbereich Materie$$lMatter and the Universe$$vFundamental Particles and Forces$$x0 000642304 9141_ $$y2025 000642304 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000642304 920__ $$lyes 000642304 9201_ $$0I:(DE-H253)CMS-20120731$$kCMS$$lLHC/CMS Experiment$$x0 000642304 980__ $$aphd 000642304 980__ $$aVDB 000642304 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000642304 980__ $$aI:(DE-H253)CMS-20120731 000642304 9801_ $$aFullTexts