Sleuth at CDF, a quasi-model-independent search for new electroweak scale physics

TL;DR

Sleuth is a broad, quasi-model-independent search method applied to CDF II data, aiming to detect new electroweak scale physics by identifying excesses in high transverse momentum events beyond Standard Model expectations.

Contribution

The paper introduces Sleuth, a novel, comprehensive search strategy for new physics at the electroweak scale, applied to a large dataset from CDF II.

Findings

No significant excess found in the analyzed data.

Demonstrates the effectiveness of Sleuth in large-scale, model-independent searches.

Provides constraints on possible new physics scenarios.

Abstract

These proceedings describe Sleuth, a quasi-model-independent search strategy targeting new electroweak scale physics, and its application to 927 pb^-1 of CDF II data. Exclusive final states are analyzed for an excess of data beyond the Standard Model prediction at large summed scalar transverse momentum. This analysis of high-pT data represents one of the most encompassing searches so far conducted for new physics at the energy frontier.