Search for Supersymmetry and Leptoquark States at FNAL

TL;DR

This paper reports on searches for leptoquarks and supersymmetric particles at FNAL, setting new lower mass limits based on collider data, with no evidence of new particles observed.

Contribution

It provides the first combined limits on first and second generation leptoquarks and squarks and gluinos from FNAL collider experiments.

Findings

Lower mass limits for leptoquarks were established.

No excess events observed beyond background expectations.

Mass limits for squarks and gluinos were set.

Abstract

Searches have been made for first generation scalar and vector leptoquarks by the D0 collaboration and for second generation scalar leptoquarks by the CDF collaboration. Lower leptoquark mass limits were set. A search for squarks and gluinos, predicted by Supersymmetric models, was made by D0 in the three or more jets plus missing Et channel. The number of events observed was consistent with background. Squark and gluino mass limits were set.