We present the results of a search for new particles that lead to a Z boson plus jets in p (p) over bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II). A data sample with a luminosity of 1.06 fb(-1) collected using Z boson decays to ee and mu mu 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 t (t) over bar 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 268 GeV/c(2) are excluded at 95% confidence level.
Search for new particles leading to Z plus jets final states in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV / Aaltonen, T; Abulencia, A; Adelman, J; Affolder, T; Akimoto, T; Albrow, Mg; 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, Ve; Barnett, Ba; Baroiant, S; Bartsch, V; Bauer, G; Beauchemin, Ph; Bedeschi, F; Behari, S; Bellettini, G; Bellinger, J; Belloni, A; Benjamin, D; Beretvas, A; Beringer, J; Berry, T; Bhatti, A; Binkley, M; Bisello, D; Bizjak, I; Blair, Re; Blocker, C; Blumenfeld, B; Bocci, A; Bodek, A; Boisvert, V; Bolla, G; Bolshov, A; Bortoletto, D; Boudreau, J; Boveia, A; Brau, B; Brigliadori, L; Bromberg, C; Brubaker, E; Budagov, J; Budd, Hs; Budd, S; Burkett, K; Busetto, G; Bussey, P; Buzatu, A; Byrum, Kl; Cabrera, S; Campanelli, M; Campbell, M; Canelli, F; Canepa, A; Carrillo, S; 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Search for new particles leading to Z plus jets final states in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV
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2007
Abstract
We present the results of a search for new particles that lead to a Z boson plus jets in p (p) over bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II). A data sample with a luminosity of 1.06 fb(-1) collected using Z boson decays to ee and mu mu 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 t (t) over bar 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 268 GeV/c(2) are excluded at 95% confidence level.
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