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Results of a search for supersymmetry via direct production of third-generation squarks are reported, using 20.3 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at s√=8 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2012. Two different analysis strategies based on monojet-like and c-tagged event selections are carried out to optimize the sensitivity for direct top squark pair production in the decay channel to a charm quark and the lightest neutralino (t̃ 1→c+χ̃ 01) across the top squark--neutralino mass parameter space. No excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. The results are interpreted in the context of direct pair production of top squarks and presented in terms of exclusion limits in the (mt̃ 1, mχ̃ 01) parameter space. A top squark of mass up to about 240 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level for arbitrary neutralino masses, within the kinematic boundaries. Top squark masses up to 270 GeV are excluded for a neutralino mass of 200 GeV. In a scenario where the top squark and the lightest neutralino are nearly degenerate in mass, top squark masses up to 260 GeV are excluded. The results from the monojet-like analysis are also interpreted in terms of compressed scenarios for top squark pair production in the decay channel t̃ 1→b+ff′+χ̃ 01 and sbottom pair production with b̃ 1→b+χ̃ 01, leading to a similar exclusion for nearly mass-degenerate third-generation squarks and the lightest neutralino. The results in this paper significantly extend previous results at colliders. Fil: Dova, Maria Teresa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; Argentina Fil: Dova, Maria Teresa.

Within the context of this panel discussion the panellists gave the following presentations: Sonja Filipovska: FAIR-by-design Methodology for Learning Resources: Skils4EOSC and NI4OS-Europe Lottie Provost: TRIPLE OS Training Series: Achievements, Lessons Learnt, Next Challenges Monica Monachini: A FAIR Training Platform for Italian Humanities and Heritage. Building on the CLARIN and SSHOC Experience Irena Vipavc Brvar: Training in EOSC Future Project The TRIPLE project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 863420 Disclaimer. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

A search is presented for new physics in events with two low-momentum, oppositely charged leptons (electrons or muons) and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data collected using the CMS detector at the LHC correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9. The observed event yields are consistent with the expectations from the standard model. The results are interpreted in terms of pair production of charginos and neutralinos (X1 and X2) with nearly degenerate masses, as expected in natural supersymmetry models with light higgsinos, as well as in terms of the pair production of top squarks (t), when the lightest neutralino and the top squark have similar masses. At 95% confidence level, wino-like X1/X2 masses are excluded up to 230 GeV for a mass difference of 20 GeV relative to the lightest neutralino. In the higgsino-like model, masses are excluded up to 168 GeV for the same mass difference. For pair production, top squark masses up to 450 GeV are excluded for a mass difference of 40 GeV relative to the lightest neutralino. Physics Letters B, 782 ISSN:0370-2693 ISSN:0031-9163 ISSN:1873-2445