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Title: Prospects of discovery for supersymmetry at the Tevatron

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OSTI ID:806943

We summarize a discovery potential for supersymmetric particles at the p{bar p} collider of Tevatron with center-of-mass energy {radical}s = 2 TeV and integrated luminosity {integral} L dt = 15-30 fb{sup -1}. Any direct search is kinematically limited to below 450 GeV/c{sup 2}. We, however, have a unique opportunity to test various supersymmetric scenarios by a measurement of the branching ratio for the rare decay mode B{sub s} {yields} {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -}. Using the background estimate in the CDF analysis of B{sub s} {yields} {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -} in Run I, we investigate the prospects for studying this mode in Run II. CDF would be sensitive to this decay for a branching ratio > 1.2 x 10{sup -8} with 15 fb{sup -1} (or, if a similar analysis holds for D0, > 6.5 x 10{sup -9} for the combined data). For tan {beta} > 30, the B{sub s} {yields} {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -} search can probe the SUSY parameter space that cannot be probed by direct production of SUSY particles at Run II. An observation of B{sub s} {yields} {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -} with a large branching ratio > 7(14) x 10{sup -8} (feasible with only 2 fb{sup -1}) would be sufficient to exclude the mSUGRA model for tan {beta} {le} 50(55) including other experimental constraints. For some models, the branching ratio can be large enough to be detected even for small tan {beta} and large m{sub 1/2}.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
806943
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-Conf-03/009-E; TRN: US0301520
Resource Relation:
Conference: 10th International Conference On Supersymmetry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY02), Hamburg (DE), 06/17/2002--06/23/2002; Other Information: PBD: 15 Jan 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English