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Search for High-Mass Resonances Decaying to Dimuons at CDF
CDF Collaboration
CLARK, Allan Geoffrey (Collab.), et al.
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We present a search for high-mass neutral resonances using dimuon data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1 collected in pp collisions at s√=1.96 TeV by the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. No significant excess above the standard model expectation is observed in the dimuon invariant-mass spectrum. We set 95% confidence level upper limits on σBR(pp→X→μμ), where X is a boson with spin-0, 1, or 2. Using these cross section limits, we determine lower mass limits on sneutrinos in R-parity-violating supersymmetric models, Z′ bosons, and Kaluza-Klein gravitons in the Randall-Sundrum model.
CDF Collaboration, CLARK, Allan Geoffrey (Collab.), et al . Search for High-Mass Resonances Decaying to Dimuons at CDF. Physical Review Letters , 2009, vol. 102, no. 09, p. 091805
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.091805
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1Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of China
2Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
3University of Athens, 157 71 Athens, Greece
4Institut de Fisica d’Altes Energies, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, E-08193, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
5Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798, USA
6aIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
6bUniversity of Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
7Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254, USA
8University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
9University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
10University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
11University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
12Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, CSIC-University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain
13Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
14Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
15Comenius University, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia; Institute of Experimental Physics, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia
16Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RU-141980 Dubna, Russia
17Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
18Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
19University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
20Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
21University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
22Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
23Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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24Division of High Energy Physics, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki Institute of Physics, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland
25University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
26The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
27Institut fu¨r Experimentelle Kernphysik, Universita¨t Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
28Center for High Energy Physics: Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea;
Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea;
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea;
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, 305-806, Korea;
Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Korea
29Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
30University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
31University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
32Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
33Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
34Institute of Particle Physics: McGill University, Montre´al, Que´bec, Canada H3A 2T8;
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6;
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A7;
and TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2A3
35University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
36Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
37Institution for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, ITEP, Moscow 117259, Russia
38University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
39Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
40The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
41Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
42Osaka City University, Osaka 588, Japan
43University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
44aIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova-Trento, I-35131 Padova, Italy
44bUniversity of Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
45LPNHE, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie/IN2P3-CNRS, UMR7585, Paris, F-75252 France
46University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
47aIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
47bUniversity of Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
47cUniversity of Siena, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
47dScuola Normale Superiore, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
48University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
49Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
50University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
51The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
52aIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy
52bSapienza Universita` di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
53Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, USA
54Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
55aIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Trieste/Udine, Italy
55bUniversity of Trieste/Udine, Italy
56University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
57Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
58Waseda University, Tokyo 169, Japan
59Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
60University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
61Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA (Received 4 November 2008; published 6 March 2009)
We present a search for high-mass neutral resonances using dimuon data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of2:3 fb1collected inppcollisions at ffiffiffi
ps
¼1:96 TeVby the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. No significant excess above the standard model expectation is observed in the dimuon invariant- mass spectrum. We set 95% confidence level upper limits onBRðpp!X!Þ, where Xis a boson with spin-0, 1, or 2. Using these cross section limits, we determine lower mass limits on sneutrinos in R-parity-violating supersymmetric models, Z0 bosons, and Kaluza-Klein gravitons in the Randall- Sundrum model.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.091805 PACS numbers: 13.85.Rm, 12.60.Cn, 13.85.Qk, 14.70.Pw
Neutral resonances decaying to muons have historically been a source of major discoveries. They also occur in a variety of theoretical models which attempt to unify the standard model (SM) forces or explain the large gap be- tween the SM and gravitational energy scales. The gauge group SUð3ÞCSUð2ÞLUð1ÞY of the SM can be em- bedded in larger gauge groups such asSUð5Þ,SOð10Þ, and E6, to achieve unification in a grand unified theory [1–4].
In many schemes of grand unified theory symmetry break- ing,Uð1Þ gauge groups survive to relatively low energies [2], leading to the prediction of neutral gauge vector (Z0) bosons. SuchZ0 bosons typically couple with electroweak strength to SM fermions, and can be observed at hadron colliders as narrow, spin-1, dimuon resonances fromqq ! Z0!. Many other models, such as the SUð2ÞL SUð2ÞRUð1ÞBL gauge group of the left-right model [5], and the ‘‘little Higgs’’ models [6,7], also predict heavy neutral gauge bosons.
Additional spatial dimensions are a possible explanation for the gap between the electroweak symmetry-breaking scale and the gravitational energy scaleMPlanck[8,9]. The Randall-Sundrum (RS) model [9] predicts excited Kaluza- Klein modes of the graviton, which appear as spin-2 reso- nancesG in the processqq !G !. These modes have a narrow intrinsic width whenk=MPlanck<0:1, where k2 is the spacetime curvature in the extra dimension. In superstring theories with Oð1Þ couplings, k=MPlanck 0:01[10].
Spin-0 resonances such as the sneutrino~in the process qq !~,~! are predicted by supersymmetric theo- ries withR-parity violation [11]. Scalar Higgs bosons can be produced as resonances and decay to dimuons.
The most sensitive direct searches for high-mass boson resonances, which have previously been performed at the Tevatron, have set 95% confidence level (C.L.) lower limits on the massesMZ0,MG, andM~ ofZ0 bosons, RS grav- itons, and sneutrinos, respectively. The previous dimuon publication from CDF II, based on 200 pb1 of inte- grated luminosity [12], set mass limits that vary from 170 to 885 GeV [13] depending on the boson spin and cou- plings to the SM fermions. Other dilepton and diphoton decay channels have also been explored at the Tevatron [14,15]. Using an order of magnitude more data, we present in this Letter the most sensitive direct search to date forZ0,G, and~bosons at high mass.
This analysis uses2:3 fb1of data fromppcollisions at ffiffiffis
p ¼1:96 TeVin the CDF II detector [16,17]. CDF II is a magnetic spectrometer surrounded by calorimeters and muon detectors. We use the central drift chamber (COT) [18], the central calorimeter [19], and the muon detectors [20] for identification and measurement of muons with jj<1 [13]. The online selection requires a COT track withpT>18 GeV[13], and matching muon detector hits.
We select a pair of oppositely charged muons, each with a COT track with pT>30 GeV passing quality require- ments, and a minimum-ionization signal in the calorimeter.
Cosmic rays are rejected using COT hit timing [21]. The dimuon signal sample consists of 68 150 events in the control region 70< m <100 GeV, where the pp ! Z! process dominates, and 3804 events in the search regionm >100 GeV.
The alignment of the COT is performed using a pure sample of high-momentum cosmic-ray muons, in order to obtain the best possible dimuon mass resolution. Each muon’s complete trajectory is fitted to a single helix [21].
The fits are used to determine the relative locations of the sense wires, including gravitational and electrostatic dis- placements, with a statistical accuracy of a few microns [17]. We constrain remaining misalignments, which cause a bias in the track curvature, by comparinghE=pi[13] for electrons and positrons. The tracker momentum scale and resolution are measured by template fitting the Z! mass peak, and calibrating to the world average values [22]
of theZboson mass and width.
For a resonance with electroweak coupling and mass above 200 GeV, the observed width of them distribution is dominated by the track curvature resolution, resulting in an approximately constant resolution of m1 0:17 TeV1. Our search strategy is to construct templates of the observable m1 distribution for a range of boson Breit-Wigner pole masses, add the background distribu- tions to the templates, and compare the templates to the m1 distribution from the data in the search regionm >
100 GeV. The simulated templates (including back- grounds) are normalized to the data in the 70< m <
100 GeVregion, thus canceling several sources of system- atic uncertainty.
We determine the most likely number of signal events (NS), and the corresponding confidence intervals [23], from the binned Poisson likelihood [17] for the observed data to be produced by a sum of signal and background templates. The use of the constant-resolution variablem1
simplifies the optimization of the template binning and the scan over the boson pole masses.
Signal and SM Drell-Yan background distributions are evaluated using a specialized Monte Carlo simulation [17]
of boson production and decay, and of the detector re- sponse to the leptons and hadrons. The kinematics of boson production and decay are obtained from the PYTHIA [24]
event generator using the CTEQ6M [25] set of parton distribution functions. QED radiation is simulated [17]
based on theWGRADprogram [26]. The Monte Carlo pro- gram performs a detailed hit-level simulation of the lepton tracks. COT hits are generated according to their resolution (150m) and measured efficiencies, and a helix fit is 091805-4
performed (as it is in data) to simulate the reconstructed track. We apply a mass-dependent next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) multiplicative correction (Kfactor) [27] to the SM Drell-Yan background.
The SM production processes for WþW [28] and tt [29] have small contributions, and are evaluated using their NLO cross sections, PYTHIA, and a detector simulation based onGEANT[30]. Misidentification backgrounds result from cosmic rays, QCD jets, and =K decays in flight (DIF). We evaluate the cosmic-ray background using a large sample of cosmic rays identified with the COT-tim- ing-based algorithm [21], and using the direction-of-flight information provided by this algorithm. Them1 shape of misidentified jets is evaluated from a large sample of inclusive jet events. Decays in flight within the COT active volume generate a kink along the helical trajectory, result- ing in a mismeasurement of the track curvature. For large reconstructed momenta, the measured DIF curvature dis- tribution is approximately uniform and leads to a flatm1 spectrum. Most DIF tracks are rejected using their abnor- mal COT-hit pattern and large fit 2. The jet and DIF backgrounds are normalized using the mass distribution of same-charge dimuon events.
Figure 1 shows the m1 distributions of the observed data and the expected backgrounds, which are in good agreement (as shown in Fig. 2). A resonance whose ob- served width is dominated by detector resolution would appear as a peak spanning approximately three bins. The likelihood-based fitter finds no significant excess. We use background-only ensembles of simulated events, each with the statistics of the data sample, to evaluate the probability of statistical fluctuations anywhere in the search region generating a discrepancy at least as significant as the largest discrepancy found in the data. We find this proba-
bility (‘‘p value’’) to be 6.6% and we conclude that the observed data are statistically consistent with the SM ex- pectation. The dielectron mee spectrum from 2:5 fb1 of CDF II data [31] shows that the largest discrepancy with the expected background occurs at mee240 GeV. Figure 2 shows that the dimuon data are consistent with the expectation near this mass to better than1in statis- tical precision. The sensitivity of the dielectron analysis for a spin-1 resonance at this mass is 20%better than the dimuon analysis reported here.
The likelihood fitter determines the 95% C.L. upper limit on the number of signal events, for each value of the resonance pole mass. We convert these limits to limits on BRð;~ ~!Þ , BRðZ0!Þ , and BRðG! Þ using the total acceptance as a function of pole mass, the NNLO cross section for Z! of 251.3 pb [16], and dividing by the observed number of Z! events. The acceptance is verified with the detailedGEANT- based simulation, and comparisons to data distributions.
The muon identification efficiency is verified using a pure data sample ofZbosons triggered by one identified muon.
The total acceptance, including kinematic and fiducial acceptance and dimuon identification, increases from 13% (20%) for a pole mass of 90 GeV to 40%
(45%) for a Z0 (graviton) pole mass of 1 TeV, and decreases for higher pole masses due to the kinematic limit of the parton collisions. The 95% C.L. upper limits on BRð;~ ~!Þ ,BRðZ0!Þ , andBRðG!Þ are shown in Fig.3. The dominant mass-dependent system- atic uncertainties arise from parton distribution functions (16%), the NNLO K factor (9%) [27], QED radiative corrections (3%) [32], and acceptance (3%), all quoted at 1 TeV. These uncertainties are incorporated as functions of m and increase monotonically beyond 100 GeV.
Uncertainties on the momentum scale and resolution, and on the non-Drell-Yan background predictions, have a neg- ligible effect.
Our signal templates have been generated with a reso- nance pole width ¼2:8%M, based on the SM Z boson width. Thus our signal scan probes an observed width of ½17%ðM=TeVÞ 2:8%M. In a model where the observed width increases by a factorx, the cross section limits would increase by about a factor of ffiffiffi
px .
-1 ) (TeV -1µ mµ
5
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FIG. 2. The difference between the distributions of m1
(TeV1) for the observed data and the summed background, divided by the expected statistical uncertainty in each bin. All vertical error bars have unit size.
FIG. 1 (color online). The distribution ofm1 (TeV1) for the observed data (points), the individual backgrounds (dotted or dashed histograms) and the summed background (solid histo- gram). TheZboson peak is prominently seen. The inverse mass distribution has the useful feature that the detector resolution is constant (0:17 TeV1) over the range shown in the plot.
We use PYTHIAto compute the cross sections for pro- duction ofZ0bosons predicted byE6models [33] or having the same couplings to SM fermions as theZboson, and of G bosons for various k=MPlanck values. We apply the NNLO K factor to these leading order cross sections.
The NLO~production cross sections are obtained from [11]. We derive the boson mass limits shown in TableI.
In conclusion, we have presented a direct search for high-mass neutral resonances with spin-0, 1, and 2, using an integrated luminosity of 2:3 fb1 collected by the CDF II detector. Our dimuon invariant-mass spectrum is
consistent with the SM expectation. We set the world’s tightest constraints on Z0 bosons in various models, on Kaluza-Klein graviton modes in the RS model, and on sneutrinos in R-parity-violating supersymmetric models.
At 95% C.L., we exclude100< MZ0<982 GeVfor aZ0 boson of the E6 model, 100< MG<921 GeV for k=MPlanck¼0:1, and 100< M~<810 GeV for 2BRð;~ ~!Þ ¼ 0:01, where is the dd~coupling and BR denotes the;~ ~! branching ratio.
We thank the Fermilab staff and the technical staffs of the participating institutions for their vital contributions.
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation; the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare; the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan; the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; the National Science Council of the Republic of China; the Swiss National Science Founda- tion; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Bundesministerium fu¨r Bildung und Forschung, Germany; the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation and the Korean Research Foundation; the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Royal Society, U.K.; the Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et Physique des Particules/CNRS; the Russian Foundation for Basic Research; the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacio´n, Spain;
the Slovak R&D Agency; and the Academy of Finland.
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masses (in GeV) for various model parameters [9,11,33]. For the R-parity-violating sneutrino model,is thedd~coupling, and BR denotes the;~ ~! branching ratio.
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Z0I 789 0.01 293 0.0001 397
Z0sec 821 0.015 409 0.0002 441
Z0N 861 0.025 493 0.0005 541
Z0c 878 0.035 651 0.001 662
Z0 892 0.05 746 0.002 731
Z0 904 0.07 824 0.005 810
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FIG. 3 (color online). The 95% C.L. upper limits on BRð~;~!Þ vs M~ (top), BRðZ0!Þ vs MZ0
(middle), and BRðG!Þ vs MG (bottom). Also shown are the theoretical cross sections for various model parameter values [9,11,33]. The expected limits and ranges of limits, as derived from simulated experiments (SE), are shown for com- parison. The step size between adjacent templates in the signal scan is0:2 TeV1in pole mass.
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