Leptoquark pair production at the Fermilab Tevatron: Signal and backgrounds

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.56.479· OSTI ID:531990

Dion, B; Marleau, L; Simon, G ^[1]

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1. Departement de Physique, Universite Laval, Quebec, G1K 7P4 (CANADA)

We perform a simulation of scalar leptoquark pair production at the Fermilab Tevatron ({radical}(s)=1.8 TeV and L=100 pb{sup {minus}1}) with ISAJET. We also investigate the dominant sources of standard model background: Z{sup {asterisk}}jj, ZZ, WZ production and heavy quark t{bar t}. We find that the Z{sup {asterisk}}jj background is dominant. We also evaluate the signal-to-background ratio and find a discovery reach of 130 GeV (170 GeV) for a branching ratio of B(LQ{r_arrow}eq)=0.5 (B=1). {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 531990
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 56; ISSN 0556-2821; ISSN PRVDAQ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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W PLUS BOSONS
Z NEUTRAL BOSONS