Tau polarization in SUSY cascade decays at LHC

Abstract

We explore how the polarization of the tau leptons in the cascade decay $\tilde{q}\to q\tilde\chi^0_2\to q\tau\tilde\tau\to q\tau\tau\tilde\chi^0_1$ can be exploited to study mixing properties of neutralinos and staus. We present details of the analysis including experimental effects such as transverse momentum cuts for the $\tau\to\pi\nu$ decay mode, and show that the di-pion invariant mass distribution provides valuable information on their properties.