Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-18-2007
Abstract
We present the results of a search for new particles that lead to a Z boson plus jets in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II). A data sample with a luminosity of 1.06fb-1 collected using Z boson decays to ee and μμ is used. We describe a completely data-based method to predict the dominant background from standard model Z+jet events. This method can be similarly applied to other analyses requiring background predictions in multijet environments, as shown when validating the method by predicting the background from W+jets in tt̄ production. No significant excess above the background prediction is observed, and a limit is set using a fourth generation quark model to quantify the acceptance. Assuming BR(b′→bZ)=100% and using a leading-order calculation of the b′ cross section, b′ quark masses below 268GeV/c2 are excluded at 95% confidence level. © 2007 The American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Recommended Citation
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Anikeev, K., Annovi, A., Antos, J., Aoki, M., Apollinari, G., Arisawa, T., Artikov, A., Ashmanskas, W., Attal, A., Aurisano, A., Azfar, F., Azzi-Bacchetta, P., Azzurri, P., Bacchetta, N., Badgett, W., Barbaro-Galtieri, A., Barnes, V., Barnett, B., & Baroiant, S. (2007). Search for new particles leading to Z+jets final states in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 76 (7) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.072006