LHC search strategy for squarks in higgsino-LSP scenarios with leptons and $b$-jets in the final state

The higgsino Lightest Supersymmetric Particle (LSP) scenario opens up the possibility of decays of strongly produced particles to an intermediate neutralino, due to the Yukawa-suppressed direct decays to the higgsino. Those decays produce multijet signals with a Higgs or a $Z$ boson being produced in the decay of the intermediate neutralino to the LSP. In this paper we study the discovery prospects of squarks that produce $b$-jets and leptons in the final state. Our collider analysis provides signal significances at the 3$\sigma$ level for luminosities of 1 ab$^{-1}$, and at the 5$\sigma$ level if we project these results for 3 ab$^{-1}$.
Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables