Search for supersymmetry with photons in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV

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Two searches for physics beyond the standard model in events containing photons are presented.

• The data sample used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 inverse femtobarns of proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV, collected with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC.
• The analyses pursue different inclusive search strategies.
• One analysis requires at least one photon, at least two jets, and a large amount of transverse momentum imbalance, while the other selects events with at least two photons and at least one jet, and uses the razor variables to search for signal events.