Model Independent Searches for New Physics at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider

TL;DR

This paper reviews model-independent search methods for new physics at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, presenting results from analyses of data collected by the D0 and CDF detectors, aiming to detect phenomena beyond the standard model.

Contribution

It introduces and applies model-independent search techniques to Tevatron data, providing the first comprehensive results of such searches at this energy scale.

Findings

No significant deviations from the standard model observed.

Constraints set on possible new physics scenarios.

Methodology established for future model-independent searches.

Abstract

The standard model is a successful but limited theory. There is significant theoretical motivation to believe that new physics may appear at the energy scale of a few TeV, the lower end of which is currently probed by the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The methods used to search for physics beyond the standard model in a model independent way and the results of these searches based on 1.0 fb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector and 2.0 fb^-1 at the CDF detector are presented.