A run-II CMS pMSSM interpretation

Constraints on new physics from collider searches are usually presented in terms of so-called simplified models. However, because simplified models only consider a very small number of degrees of freedom of a more complete fundamental extension of the standard model, they are likely to provide an incomplete picture. To evaluate the impact of new physics searches more broadly, interpretations are made in terms of full models like the phenomenological Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (pMSSM). An integral part of such an analysis is a scan of the parameter space. In this talk, results from previous pMSSM scans are reviewed and a new parameter scan is presented as the basis of a run II pMSSM interpretation by the CMS experiment.