Search for the electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in $\sqrt{s}$=8 TeV $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector

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The ATLAS experiment has performed extensive searches for the electroweak production of charginos, neutralinos and staus.

• This article summarizes and extends the search for electroweak supersymmetry with new analyses targeting scenarios not covered by previously published searches.
• New searches use vector-boson fusion production, initial-state radiation jets, and low-momentum lepton final states, as well as multivariate analysis techniques to improve the sensitivity to scenarios with small mass splittings and low-production cross-sections.
• Results are based on 20 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s}$=8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.