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Detection of SUSY Signals in Stau Neutralino Co-annihilation Region at the LHC
We study the prospects of detecting the signal in the stau neutralino
co-annihilation region at the LHC using tau leptons. The co-annihilation signal
is characterized by the stau and neutralino mass difference (dM) to be 5-15 GeV
to be consistent with the WMAP measurement of the cold dark matter relic
density as well as all other experimental bounds within the minimal
supergravity model. Focusing on tau's from neutralino_2 --> tau stau --> tau
tau neutralino_1 decays in gluino and squark production, we consider inclusive
MET+jet+3tau production, with two tau's above a high E_T threshold and a third
tau above a lower threshold. Two observables, the number of opposite-signed tau
pairs minus the number of like-signed tau pairs and the peak position of the
di-tau invariant mass distribution, allow for the simultaneous determination of
dM and M_gluino. For dM = 9 GeV and M_gluino = 850 GeV with 30 fb^-1 of data,
we can measure dM to 15% and M_gluino to 6%.Comment: 4 pages LaTex, 3 figures. To appear in Proceedings of SUSY06, the
14th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of
Fundamental Interactions, UC Irvine, California, 12-17 June 2006. A typo in a
reference is correcte
Prospects of Searches for Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry with h^0 -> {\chi}_1^0 {\chi}_1^0 production in the Time-Delayed Photon + MET Final State at the Tevatron
We propose a search for direct production and decay of the lightest
supersymmetric Higgs boson to two neutralinos in gauge mediated models at the
Fermilab Tevatron. We focus on the final state where each neutralino decays to
photon and light gravitino with a lifetime of order O(ns). In the detector this
will show up as a photon with a time-delayed signature and missing E_T. We
estimate that using the photon timing system at CDF, and the full 10/fb data
sample, that the sensitivity can be within a factor of three in some regions of
parameter space for direct production of the Higgs.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, 1 tabl
Prospects for Searching for Excited Leptons during RunII of the Fermilab Tevatron
This letter presents a study of prospects of searching for excited leptons
during RunII of the Fermilab Tevatron. We concentrate on single and pair
production of excited electrons in the photonic decay channel in one CDF/DO
detector equivalent for 2 fb^{-1}. By the end of RunIIa, the limits should be
easily extended beyond those set by LEP and HERA for excited leptons with mass
above about 190 GeV.Comment: 4 pages, 8 figure
The CDF Calorimetry Upgrade for Run IIb
The physics program at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider will continue to
explore the high energy frontier of particle physics until the commissioning of
the LHC at CERN. The luminosity increase provided by the Main Injector will
require upgrades beyond those implemented for the first stage (Run IIa) of the
Tevatron's Run II physics program. The upgrade of the CDF calorimetry includes:
1) the replacement of the slow gas detectors on the front face of the Central
Calorimeter with a faster scintillator version which has a better segmentation,
and 2) the addition of timing information to both the Central and EndPlug
Electromagnetic Calorimeters to filter out cosmic ray and beam related
backgrounds.Comment: Presented at `Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics; 9th Pisa
Meeting on Advanced Detectors', Biodola, Italy, 25-31 May 2003. 2 page
Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment at Soudan
We report the result of a blinded search for Weakly Interacting Massive
Particles (WIMPs) using the majority of the SuperCDMS Soudan dataset. With an
exposure of 1690 kg days, a single candidate event is observed, consistent with
expected backgrounds. This analysis (combined with previous Ge results) sets an
upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP--nucleon cross section of () cm at 46 GeV/. These results set the
strongest limits for WIMP--germanium-nucleus interactions for masses 12
GeV/
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