Discriminating Supersymmetry and Black Holes at the Large Hadron Collider

ORAL

Abstract

We assess the distinguishability between supersymmetry and black hole events at the Large Hadron Collider. Black hole events are simulated with the \texttt{CATFISH} black hole generator. Supersymmetry simulations use a combination of \texttt{PYTHIA} and \texttt{ISAJET}. Our study, based on event shape variables, visible and missing momenta, and analysis of dilepton events, shows that supersymmetry and black hole events at the LHC can be easily discriminated.

*This work was supported (in part) by U.S.\ DoE contract DE-FG05-91ER40622.

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Authors

  • Arunava Roy

    • The University of Mississippi

  • Marco Cavaglia

    • The University of Mississippi