Search for squarks and gluinos in single-photon events with jets and large missing transverse energy in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV

We search for new physics using events with one high transverse energy photon, two or more jets, and an apparent imbalance in transverse energy, in pp̄ collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron at √s = 1.8 TeV. Such events are predicted for production of supersymmetric particles in some models. No excess...

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Main Authors: Abbott, B, Abolins, M, Abramov, V, Acharya, B, Adam, I, Adams, D, Adams, M, Ahn, S, Aihara, H, Alves, G, Amos, N, Anderson, E, Astur, R, Baarmand, M, Babintsev, V, Babukhadia, L, Baden, A, Balamurali, V, Baldin, B, Banerjee, S, Bantly, J, Barberis, E, Baringer, P, Bartlett, J, Belyaev, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999
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Summary:We search for new physics using events with one high transverse energy photon, two or more jets, and an apparent imbalance in transverse energy, in pp̄ collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron at √s = 1.8 TeV. Such events are predicted for production of supersymmetric particles in some models. No excess is observed beyond expected background. For the parameter space of the minimal supersymmetric standard model with branching fraction B(χ̃20 → γχ̃10) = 1 and mχ̃20 - mχ̃10 > 20 GeV, we obtain a 95% confidence level lower mass limit of 310 GeV for equal mass squarks and gluinos. The results are also interpreted in models with low energy gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking.