Search for third generation leptoquarks in (p)over-bar-p collisions at root s=1.8 TeV

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作者
Abe, F
Akimoto, H
Akopian, A
Albrow, MG
Amendolia, SR
Amidei, D
Antos, J
AnwayWiese, C
Aota, S
Apollinari, G
Asakawa, T
Ashmanskas, W
Atac, M
Azfar, F
AzziBacchetta, P
Bacchetta, N
Badgett, W
Bagdasarov, S
Bailey, MW
Bao, J
DeBarbaro, P
BarbaroGaltieri, A
Barnes, VE
Barnett, BA
Barone, M
Barzi, E
Bauer, G
Baumann, T
Bedeschi, F
Behrends, S
Belforte, S
Bellettini, G
Bellinger, J
Benjamin, D
Benlloch, J
Bensinger, J
Benton, D
Beretvas, A
Berge, JP
Berryhill, J
Bertolucci, S
Bevensee, B
Bhatti, A
Biery, K
Binkley, M
Bisello, D
Blair, RE
Blocker, C
Bodek, A
Bokhari, W
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[2] UNIV BOLOGNA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[3] BRANDEIS UNIV,WALTHAM,MA 02254
[4] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[5] UNIV CHICAGO,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[6] DUKE UNIV,DURHAM,NC 27708
[7] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[8] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,LAB NAZL FRASCATI,I-00044 FRASCATI,ITALY
[9] UNIV GENEVA,CH-1211 GENEVA 4,SWITZERLAND
[10] HARVARD UNIV,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[11] HIROSHIMA UNIV,HIGASHIHIROSHIMA 724,JAPAN
[12] UNIV ILLINOIS,URBANA,IL 61801
[13] MCGILL UNIV,INST PARTICLE PHYS,MONTREAL,PQ H3A 2T8,CANADA
[14] UNIV TORONTO,TORONTO,ON M5S 1A7,CANADA
[15] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[16] ERNEST ORLANDO LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[17] MIT,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[18] UNIV MICHIGAN,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[19] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,E LANSING,MI 48824
[20] UNIV NEW MEXICO,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87131
[21] OHIO STATE UNIV,COLUMBUS,OH 43210
[22] OSAKA CITY UNIV,OSAKA 588,JAPAN
[23] UNIV PADUA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,SEZ PADOVA,I-35131 PADUA,ITALY
[24] UNIV PENN,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[25] UNIV PISA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[26] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[27] UNIV PITTSBURGH,PITTSBURGH,PA 15260
[28] PURDUE UNIV,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
[29] UNIV ROCHESTER,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
[30] ROCKEFELLER UNIV,NEW YORK,NY 10021
[31] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08854
[32] ACAD SINICA,TAIPEI 11529,TAIWAN
[33] TEXAS A&M UNIV,COLLEGE STN,TX 77843
[34] TEXAS TECH UNIV,LUBBOCK,TX 79409
[35] UNIV TSUKUBA,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[36] TUFTS UNIV,MEDFORD,MA 02155
[37] UNIV WISCONSIN,MADISON,WI 53706
[38] YALE UNIV,NEW HAVEN,CT 06511
关键词
P(P)OVER-BAR COLLISIONS; SCALAR LEPTOQUARKS; HADRON COLLIDERS; Z0; DECAYS; DETECTOR; SYMMETRY; NUMBER; LIMITS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2906
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present the results of a search for third generation leptoquark (LQ) pairs in 110 +/- 8 pb(-1) of (p) over bar p collisions at root s = 1.8 TeV recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We assume third generation leptoquarks decay to a tau lepton and a b quark with branching ratio beta. We observe one candidate event, consistent with standard model background expectations. We place upper limits on sigma((p) over bar p --> LQ(<(LQ)over bar>).beta(2) as a function of the leptoquark mass M(LQ). We exclude at 95% confidence level scalar leptoquarks with M(LQ) < 99 GeV/c(2), gauge vector leptoquarks with M(LQ) < 225 GeV/c(2), and nongauge vector leptoquarks with M(LQ) < 170 GeV/c(2) for beta = 1.
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页码:2906 / 2911
页数:6
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