Measurement of dσ/dy for high mass Drell-Yan e+e- pairs from pp¯ collisions at s=1.8 TeV
Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 63:1 (2001) 011101
Observation of orbitally excited B mesons in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.8 TeV
Physical Review D 64:7 (2001)
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We measure the relative rate of production of orbitally excited (L=1) states of B mesons (B**) by observing their decays into Bπ±. We reconstruct B mesons through semileptonic decay channels using data collected pp̄ collisions at √s= 1.8 TeV. The fraction of light B mesons that are produced as L= 1B** states is measured to be 0.28±0.06(stat)±0.03(syst). We also measure the collective mass of the B** states, and quantify the result by quoting the (model-dependent) mass of the lowest B** state to be m(B1) = 5.71 ±0.02GeV/c2. ©2001 The American Physical Society.Quasi-model-independent search for new physics at large transverse momentum
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 64:1 (2001)
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We apply a quasi-model-independent strategy (“SLEUTH”) to search for new high [Formula Presented] physics in ≈100 [Formula Presented] of [Formula Presented] collisions at [Formula Presented] collected by the DØ experiment during 1992–1996 at the Fermilab Tevatron. Over 32 [Formula Presented] [Formula Presented] [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] exclusive final states are systematically analyzed for hints of physics beyond the standard model. Simultaneous sensitivity to a variety of models predicting new phenomena at the electroweak scale is demonstrated by testing the method on a particular signature in each set of final states. No evidence of new high [Formula Presented] physics is observed in the course of this search, and we find that 89% of an ensemble of hypothetical similar experimental runs would have produced a final state with a candidate signal more interesting than the most interesting observed in these data. © 2001 The American Physical Society.Search for dilepton signatures from minimal low-energy supergravity in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
Physical Review D 63:9 (2001)
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We report on a search for supersymmetry using the DØ detector. The 1994-1996 data sample of √s = 1.8 TeV pp̄ collisions was analyzed for events containing two leptons (e or μ), two or more jets, and missing transverse energy. Assuming the minimal supergravity model, with A0 = 0 and μ < 0, various thresholds were employed to optimize the search. No events were found beyond expectation from the background. We set a lower limit at the 95% C.L. of 255 GeV/c2 for equal mass squarks and gluinos for tan β = 2, and present exclusion contours in the (m0, m1/2) plane for tan β = 2-6.Search for first-generation scalar and vector leptoquarks
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 64:9 (2001)