Minutes of SUSY meeting Wedns 12th Jan 2000

Discussion on optimal running of LEP inY2K: the SUSYTF point of view

Contributions from: F.Cerutti, G.Ganis, P.Azzurri, F.Gianotti, D.Hutchcroft,C.Booth,G.Taylor.
The SUSYTF point of view on year 2000 LEP running is the following:

Charginos and neutralinos (and LSP): Kinematic limit reached after 30 pb-1. So the recommendation is to deliver at least 30 pb-1 at the maximum LEP energy.

Scalars (squarks and sleptons): Luminosity is important. Every  increase in Ecm of 2 GeV is worth if the reduction in luminosity is less than 60-80% (depending on the channel). The total improvement in sensitivity would be anyway small; for example for the stop to charm chi topologies an improve of 1 GeV in the stop mass discovery potential would require at least 25-60 pb-1 of Luminosity at 206 GeV. An improvement of 2 GeV would require at least 120-200 pb-1 at 206 GeV.

In conclusion the gaugino sector requires at least 30pb-1 at the maximum energy. The scalar improvements are expected to be small and they require large luminosities: change in Ecm is worth if : {(dL/L) / (dEcm /Ecm)} > [-10,-20]  (the range depends on the actual sparticle/topology). The optimization of year 2000 running should be more driven by gauginos rather than by scalars (due to the small expected improvements).



Submitted by: Fabio Cerutti