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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 071802 (2008) [7 pages]

Search for Pair Production of Scalar Top Quarks Decaying to a τ Lepton and a b Quark in pp̅ Collisions at s=1.96  TeV

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T. Aaltonen et al. CDF Collaboration
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Received 27 February 2008; published 13 August 2008; publisher error corrected 14 August 2008

We search for pair production of supersymmetric top quarks (t˜1), followed by R-parity violating decay t˜1τb with a branching ratio β, using 322  pb-1 of pp̅ collisions at s=1.96  TeV collected by the upgraded Collider Detector at Fermilab. Two candidate events pass our final selection criteria, consistent with the standard model expectation. We set upper limits on the cross section σ(t˜1t˜̅ 1β2 as a function of the top-squark mass m(t˜1). Assuming β=1, we set a 95% confidence level limit m(t˜1)>153  GeV/c2. The limits are also applicable to the case of a third-generation scalar leptoquark (LQ3) decaying LQ3τb.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.071802
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.071802
PACS:
12.60.Jv, 11.30.Er, 13.85.Rm, 14.80.Ly

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Publisher's Note: T. Aaltonen et al. CDF Collaboration, Publisher’s Note: Search for Pair Production of Scalar Top Quarks Decaying to a τ Lepton and a b Quark in pp̅ Collisions at s=1.96  TeV [Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 071802 (2008)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 089901 (2008).