Search for supersymmetry using like-sign dilepton events at CDF /

Supersymmetric gluons (gluinos, []) and supersymmetric quarks (squarks, []) will be pair-produced in p[] collisions at []= 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron if kinematically accessible. Gluinos and squares can decay via chartings and neutralinos to final states containing two or more leptons. Since t...

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Main Author: Done, James Paul, 1969-
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1999.
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Summary:Supersymmetric gluons (gluinos, []) and supersymmetric quarks (squarks, []) will be pair-produced in p[] collisions at []= 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron if kinematically accessible. Gluinos and squares can decay via chartings and neutralinos to final states containing two or more leptons. Since the gluino is a Majorana particle, a large fraction of like-sign dilepton events will be observed. This property effectively reduces the Standard Model processes which largely yield opposite-sign dilepton events. Thus, the strategy of this analysis is to search for an excess of events containing two isolated leptons with same-sign charge, missing energy, and jets. Based on 106 pb[] of data, we observe zero events and have set a 95 % confidence level limit for the gluino mass.
Item Description:Vita.
"Major Subject: Physics".
Physical Description:xxii, 169 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-115).