Lepton energy asymmetry and precision supersymmetry study at hadron colliders

Abstract
We study the distribution of lepton pairs from the second lightest neutralino decay χ̃20l̃l followed by l̃χ̃10l. The distribution of the ratio of lepton transverse momenta AT shows a peak structure if mllmllmax/2 is required. The peak position ATpeak is described by a simple function of the gaugino and slepton masses in the mll0 limit. When a moderate mll cut is applied, the ATpeak depends on the χ̃20 velocity distribution, but the dependence would be corrected by studying the lepton PT distribution. ATpeak and the edge of mll distributions are used to determine the mass parameters involved in the decay for parameters of interest to CERN Large Hadron Collider experiments. For some cases the gaugino and slepton masses may be determined within 10% by the lepton distribution only independent of model assumptions. Correct combinations of ATpeak and mlledge would be identified even if different χ̃20 decay chains are coexisting. The analysis could be extended to the Fermilab Tevatron energy scale or other cascade decays.
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