%0 Journal Article
%T ATLAS Run 1 searches for direct pair production of third-generation squarks at the Large Hadron Collider
%A ATLAS Collaboration
%J Physics
%D 2015
%I arXiv
%R 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3726-9
%X This paper reviews and extends searches for the direct pair production of the scalar supersymmetric partners of the top and bottom quarks in proton-proton collisions collected by the ATLAS collaboration during the LHC Run 1. Most of the analyses use 20 fb$^{-1}$ of collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV, although in some case an additional 4.7 fb$^{-1}$ of collision data at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV are used. New analyses are introduced to improve the sensitivity to specific regions of the model parameter space. Since no evidence of third-generation squarks is found, exclusion limits are derived by combining several analyses and are presented in both a simplified model framework, assuming simple decay chains, as well as within the context of more elaborate phenomenological supersymmetric models.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.08616v2