Search for pair production of light scalar top quarks in pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
The results of a search for direct pair production of scalar top quarks (t̃), the supersymmetric partners of the top quark were presented. Events containing two or more jets and missing transverse energy, the signature of light scalar top quark decays to charm quarks and neutralinos were investigate...
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author | Abazov, V Abbott, B Abdesselam, A Abolins, M Abramov, V Acharya, B Adams, D Adams, M Ahmed, SN Alexeev, G Alton, A Alves, G Arnoud, Y Avila, C Babintsev, V Babukhadia, L Bacon, T Baden, A Baffioni, S Baldin, B Balm, P Banerjee, S Barberis, E Baringer, P Barreto, J |
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description | The results of a search for direct pair production of scalar top quarks (t̃), the supersymmetric partners of the top quark were presented. Events containing two or more jets and missing transverse energy, the signature of light scalar top quark decays to charm quarks and neutralinos were investigated. 27 events were observed after the selection, while expecting 31.1±6.4 events from known standard model processes. The results were compared to next-to-leading-order production cross sections, and a significant region of t̃ and neutralino phase space was excluded. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:f63107fe-34aa-433a-b697-2c0a8eacf8972022-03-27T12:33:17ZSearch for pair production of light scalar top quarks in pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeVJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f63107fe-34aa-433a-b697-2c0a8eacf897EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Abazov, VAbbott, BAbdesselam, AAbolins, MAbramov, VAcharya, BAdams, DAdams, MAhmed, SNAlexeev, GAlton, AAlves, GArnoud, YAvila, CBabintsev, VBabukhadia, LBacon, TBaden, ABaffioni, SBaldin, BBalm, PBanerjee, SBarberis, EBaringer, PBarreto, JThe results of a search for direct pair production of scalar top quarks (t̃), the supersymmetric partners of the top quark were presented. Events containing two or more jets and missing transverse energy, the signature of light scalar top quark decays to charm quarks and neutralinos were investigated. 27 events were observed after the selection, while expecting 31.1±6.4 events from known standard model processes. The results were compared to next-to-leading-order production cross sections, and a significant region of t̃ and neutralino phase space was excluded. |
spellingShingle | Abazov, V Abbott, B Abdesselam, A Abolins, M Abramov, V Acharya, B Adams, D Adams, M Ahmed, SN Alexeev, G Alton, A Alves, G Arnoud, Y Avila, C Babintsev, V Babukhadia, L Bacon, T Baden, A Baffioni, S Baldin, B Balm, P Banerjee, S Barberis, E Baringer, P Barreto, J Search for pair production of light scalar top quarks in pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV |
title | Search for pair production of light scalar top quarks in pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV |
title_full | Search for pair production of light scalar top quarks in pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV |
title_fullStr | Search for pair production of light scalar top quarks in pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV |
title_full_unstemmed | Search for pair production of light scalar top quarks in pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV |
title_short | Search for pair production of light scalar top quarks in pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV |
title_sort | search for pair production of light scalar top quarks in pp collisions at √s 1 8 tev |
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