Title: Techniques for finding supersymmetry at the SSC
Abstract: We examine the signatures at the SSC for supersymmetry for much of the (minimal) supersymmetric model parameter space. In particular, we survey the decay modes and signatures of gluinos and squarks. Gluinos (squarks) decay to two (one) jets and a chargino or neutralino (chi-tilde). This chi-tilde may be the (stable) lightest supersymmetric particle, LSP (and lead to missing energy). Or chi-tilde may have a two-body decay to another chi-tilde plus a W, Z or Higgs boson. Finally, it may have a three-body decay to the LSP plus q anti q, e nu, ..mu..nu, ee or ..mu mu... Only for very light gluinos and squarks is the decay mode containing the LSP dominant. In fact, for gluinos and squarks over 500 GeV, the decays to W and Z bosons dominate for much of parameter space. We estimate the backgrounds for the case in which both gluinos decay to Z bosons. The decays of gluinos and squarks which go directly to the LSP lead to very large missing energy. We report the initial results of a study of the backgrounds for this process. 22 refs., 11 figs., 3 tabs.
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
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