English

Closing the light sbottom mass window from a compilation of e+e- -> hadron data

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

The e+e- -> hadron cross section data from PEP, PETRA, TRISTAN, SLC and LEP, at centre-of-mass energies between 20 to 209 GeV, are analysed to search for the production of a pair of light sbottoms decaying hadronically via R-parity-violating couplings. This analysis allows the 95%C.L. exclusion of such a particle if its mass is below 7.5 GeV/c2. The light sbottom mass window is closed.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0403157,
  title  = {Closing the light sbottom mass window from a compilation of e+e- -> hadron data},
  author = {Patrick Janot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0403157},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

19 pages, 8 figures, 10 tables To be published in Physics Letters. This new version has been reshuffled with respect to the original version to include the suggestions from the Referees of Physics Letters. In particular, the e+e- -> hadron data compilation and combination method are now described in detail, to avoid references to unpublished material. A more realistic treatment of systematic uncertainties also improved the limit slightly

R2 v1 2026-07-22T13:53:48.632Z