Search for New Physics Coupling to the Z Boson

Search for New Physics Coupling to the Z Boson
Author: Adam Liddle Scott
Publisher: ProQuest
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2007
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ISBN: 9780549152620


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We present the results of two searches for new particles that couple Z bosons in pp collisions at s = 1.96 TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). In the first, we search for a long-lived parent of the Z boson using a data sample with a luminosity of 163 pb-1. Finding no significant excess above background, we set a limit on a fourth generation model as a function of mass and lifetime. In the second, we search for a particle that decays to a Z boson in conjunction with jets using a data sample with a luminosity of 1.06 fb-1. Finding no significant excess above background, we set a limit on a fourth generation model as a function of mass.