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Search for supersymmetric {tilde W}{sub 1} and {tilde Z}{sub 2} states using the D0 detector

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OSTI ID:10107516
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  1. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
The search for signals from Supersymmetry at hadron colliders has largely been centered on the search for squark and gluino production, usually through events with large missing transverse energy (E{sub t}). A promising alternative at the Tevatron is the search for production of the lightest chargino ({tilde W}{sub 1}) and next-to-lightest neutralino ({tilde Z}{sub 2}), with the assumptions that R-parity is conserved and the lightest neutralino ({tilde Z}{sub 1}) is the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP). Although the mass limit established by LEP experiments, {sup 2}M{sub {tilde W}1} >45 GeV/c{sup 2}, excludes the on-shell process {anti p}p {yields} W{sup {+-}} {yields} {tilde W}{sub 1} + {tilde Z}{sub 2}, the off-shell process W{sup {+-}} {yields} {tilde W}{sub 1}{tilde Z}{sub 2} can have a sizeable rate due to large WW{tilde W}{sub 1}{tilde Z}{sub 2} coupling. Here, the status of a search for the pair production of the lightest chargino and second lightest neutralino states of the minimal supersymmetric model is presented. The authors searched for four tri-lepton final states: eee, ee{mu}, e{mu}{mu}, and {mu}{mu}{mu}, all with missing transverse energy.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
10107516
Report Number(s):
FNAL/C--94/293-E; CONF-940816--68; ON: DE95004581; IN: D0-Note 2252
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English