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Search for Third Generation Leptoquarks in {ital {bar p}p} Collisions at {radical}(s)=1.8TeV

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
OSTI ID:544252
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  1. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, University of Bologna, I-40126 Bologna (Italy)
  3. Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254 (United States)
  4. University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States)
  5. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
  6. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 (United States)
  7. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
  8. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati (Italy)
  9. University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4 (Switzerland)
  10. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)

We present the results of a search for third generation leptoquark (LQ) pairs in 110{plus_minus}8pb{sup -1} of {bar p}p collisions at {radical}(s)=1.8TeV 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}({bar p} p{r_arrow}LQ{ovr LQ}){center_dot}{beta}{sup 2} as a function of the leptoquark mass M{sub LQ}. We exclude at 95{percent} confidence level scalar leptoquarks with M{sub LQ}{lt}99GeV/c{sup 2}, gauge vector leptoquarks with M{sub LQ}{lt}225GeV/c{sup 2}, and nongauge vector leptoquarks with M{sub LQ}{lt}170GeV/c{sup 2} for {beta}=1. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

OSTI ID:
544252
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 78; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English