A Closer Look at the 2011 cMSSM Results from CMS

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We present a phenomenological appraisal of the results of several searches for Supersymmetry (SUSY) performed at the LHC by the CMS collaboration and interpreted in the context of the cMSSM.

• Part of the analysis focuses on which SUSY production processes are being probed.
• We observe that much of the current exclusion region is dominated by squark-squark and squark-gluino production, and explain the shape of the exclusion curves.
• Based on this analysis and an estimation of future reach, additional simplified models are suggested.