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New particle searches
This review presents recent results on new particle searches achieved at
Tevatron, Hera and LEP. After a brief outline of the searches on exotic
particles, results on supersymmetric particles and Higgs bosons are detailed.
Near future prospects are also given.Comment: 25 pages, 11 postscript figures, typo corrections. To appear in
Proceedings of XIX Lepton-Photon Symposium, Stanford, August 199
Model-Independent Global Search for New High-pT Physics at CDF
Data collected in Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron are searched for
indications of new electroweak scale physics. Rather than focusing on
particular new physics scenarios, CDF data are analyzed for discrepancies with
respect to the standard model prediction. A model-independent approach (Vista)
considers the gross features of the data, and is sensitive to new large cross
section physics. A quasi-model-independent approach (Sleuth) searches for a
significant excess of events with large summed transverse momentum, and is
particularly sensitive to new electroweak scale physics that appears
predominantly in one final state. This global search for new physics in over
three hundred exclusive final states in 927 pb^-1 of ppbar collisions at
sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV reveals no such significant indication of physics beyond the
standard model.Comment: 7 pages. Submitted to Physical Review Letter
Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in pp[over ¯] collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV
We present a measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay, as a function of the W transverse momentum. The measurement uses an 80±4 pb-1 sample of pp̅ collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV collected by the CDF detector and includes data from both the W→e+ν and W→μ+ν decay channels. We fit the W boson transverse mass distribution to a set of templates from a Monte Carlo event generator and detector simulation in several ranges of the W transverse momentum. The measurement agrees with the standard model expectation, whereby the ratio of longitudinally to transversely polarized W bosons, in the Collins-Soper W rest frame, increases with the W transverse momentum at a rate of approximately 15% per 10 GeV/c
Searches for new physics in top events at the Tevatron
During the past years the CDF and D0 detectors have collected large amounts
of data obtaining a relatively pure sample of pair-produced top quarks and a
well understood sample containing singly-produced top quarks. These samples
have been used for the precise measurement of the top quark properties, and
have set stringent limits on new physics in the top sample. This reports
presents the latest results from the CDF and D0 collaborations on the search
for new physics within the top sample using an integrated data sample of up to
3.6 fb-1.Comment: Proceedings for the Moriond 2009 QCD sessio
Prospects for top-prime quark discovery at the Tevatron
We show that a top-prime quark as heavy as 600 GeV can be discovered at the
Tevatron, provided it is resonantly pair-produced via a vector color octet. If
the top-prime originates from a vectorlike quark, then the production of a
single top-prime in association with a top may also be observable, even through
its decay into a Higgs boson and a top. A color octet with mass of about 1 TeV,
which decays into a top-prime pair, may account for the CDF excess of
semileptonic (Wj)(Wj) events.Comment: 22 pages, 6 ps figures. v2: Note added about the new D0 search for
(Wb)(Wb) resonances; section 4.1 expanded; single-top constraint updated in
section 2; references adde
QCD analysis of first b cross section data at 1.96 TeV
The first data on bottom quark production in p-pbar collisions at 1.96 TeV
have recently been obtained by the CDF collaboration. These data probe the
region of pt~0, providing a new invaluable input on the issue of the
compatibility between next-to-leading-order (NLO) QCD and data. We reconsider
the evaluation of the b cross section, in view of recent theoretical
developments, and of the latest inputs on structure function fits. We show that
the new CDF measurements are in good agreement with NLO QCD. If CDF preliminary
data are confirmed, a long-standing discrepancy between NLO QCD predictions and
hadron-collider data can be settled.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures. This revision gives an expanded presentation of
the results and corrects a mistake in fig 5. V3 updates some reference
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