Search for new physics in final states with jets and missing transverse momentum in $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV pp collisions with the $\alpha_{\text{T}}$ variable

An inclusive search for supersymmetric processes that produce final states with jets and missing transverse momentum is performed in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. A dimensionless kinematic variable, $\alpha_{\text{T}}$, is used to discriminate between events with genuine and misreconstructed missing transverse momentum. A data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $2.2~\text{fb}^{-1}$, recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC, is analysed. The observed signal candidate event counts are found to be in agreement with the expected contributions from standard model processes and the result is interpreted in the mass parameter space of supersymmetric simplified models.