Search for supersymmetry in dileptonic final states with jets and missing transverse energy with the JZB method at CMS

Supersymmetry (SUSY) is a popular extension of the Standard Model of particle physics, as it would solve a variety of problems in modern physics. In the model considered in the presented analysis, a possible final state contains jets as well as the stable lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP), which is produced together with a leptonically decaying Z boson. Thus, the signal is characterized by two same-flavour opposite-sign leptons, missing transverse energy (MET) and the presence of two or more jets. An important background for this search is the Drell-Yan process with additional jets, as it has a similar event topology. In contrast to SUSY events, Drell-Yan events only contain instrumental MET. Therefore, the variable ''jet-Z balance'' (JZB), which takes the transverse momentum of the Z boson and the hadronic recoil into account, is distributed differently for Drell-Yan and SUSY events. This allows the definition of a signal depleted control region which is used to predict the Drell-Yan background. The JZB method was successfully used in several analyses at √(s)=7-8 TeV. This talk shows the current progress towards its application on the dataset collected at √(s)=13 TeV.