Minutes of SUSY meeting Wednesday 4 May 2000



First look at y2k data

General comments: L~13pb-1 at <Elep>~204 GeV. Bkg extrapolated from 202 MC.

Rpv topologies UDD, LQD and LLE (D.Fouchezs and D. Hutchcroft):

Luminosity analyzed at Ecm=203 -> 208 GeV:
  7.2 pb-1 for LLE and LQD (17 Topologies)
12.4 pb-1 for UDD               ( 8 Topologies)
No excess found. Slight discrepancy in the UDD "Multi-jets + lepton" topology where 3 candidates are observed for a background of 0.7 expected. At 202 GeV in 99 we had 9 candidates with a bkg of 3.85. They'll keep an eye on this channel.
Some shape variables have been checked at the preselection level (like Y56) .... good agreement DT-MC.
 

GMSB topologies with photons (G.Taylor):

Lose preselection applied (class 2) provisionally. Results:
                                    DT         MC
single g + Emiss            34           41
2g + Emiss                    3             3
GMSB 2g                     0            0.7
MSSM 2g                    1            1.4
QED 2                    106          114

Good agreement data SM bkg also at the level of shapes (missing mass, energy and angular distribution).
 
 

GMSB stable sleptons + check on electron ID (F.Cerutti):

About 13pb-1 of y2k data analyzed.
First look at P scale, Acollinearity and dE/dx on non-radiative dimuons: agreement DT MC quite good. The distribution of |P1-P2|/s(P) is slightly larger in the Data. Expected bkg is 0.06, 0 candidates found.
Check of RT and RL variables used in electron ID: Selected Bhabhas and applied the same cut used in stau analysis (100>RT>-2.4 and 3>RL>-2.4). Electron ID checked in bins of P and cos(theta). In the central region of the detector (|cos(theta)|<0.85) the agreement is always better than 2 %.  In forward region discrepancies up to 6% found. To be cross checked with other physics groups.
 

MSSM squarks (M.Antonelli):

About 13pb-1 of y2k data analyzed. Different variables (Mhad/Elep, Mtot/Elep, Thrust, Acopt, Eletpon-lead/Elep, b-tag) checked on preselected events (Mainly qq(g) and WW); good agreement found for all the variables but the b-tag.
Results:
                                 MC      DT
stop -> c chi               0.6       1
stop -> b l snu            0.2       0
sbot -> b chi               0.2      0
 

MSSM neutralinos and charginos (L.Serin and P.Azzurri):

About 13pb-1 of y2k data analyzed.
Neutralinos. AJ topologies looked at: delta-M<25 GeV 0 candidates (bkg 0.06), 25<delta-M<40 GeV 0 candidates (0.03 bkg), Large delta-M 3 candidates (bkg 1.6).
Charginos.For the W* BR analyses 0 candidates for an expected bkg of 0.66; for the generic BR analyses 1 candidate (selected by acoplanar-lepton lepton-tau topology) with an expected bkg of 1.92 events.
 
 

MSSM sleptons (B.Clerbaux):

About 14pb-1 of y2k data analyzed.
Results:
                                             MC                               DT
Selectron                               2.51                               4
Smuon                                   2.52                               5
Staus                                     1.98                               6

Staus, cross check on 4-Fermion generators performed:  Wenu Pithya vs Grace-4F  less bkg predicted by G4F.



Submitted by: Fabio Cerutti