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@PHDTHESIS{Engelke:642304,
author = {Engelke, Frederic},
othercontributors = {Borras, Kerstin and Krämer, Michael},
title = {{S}earches 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 p{MSSM}19 framework},
school = {RWTH Aachen},
type = {Dissertation},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-05474},
pages = {167},
year = {2025},
note = {Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, 2025},
abstract = {The 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.},
cin = {CMS},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)CMS-20120731},
pnm = {611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611) / GRK
2497 - GRK 2497: Physik der schwersten Teilchen am Large
Hadron Collider (400140256)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611 / G:(GEPRIS)400140256},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)LHC-Exp-CMS-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
doi = {10.3204/PUBDB-2025-05474},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/642304},
}