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Explaining Anomalous CDF mu gamma Missing-E_T Events With Supersymmetry

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-03-23 v4 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

CDF recently reported an excess of events in the mu-gamma-missing E_T channel that disagrees with the Standard Model prediction. No such excess was observed in the e-gamma-mett channel. We explain the excess via resonant smuon production with a single dominant R-parity violating coupling lambda'_{211}, in the context of models where the gravitino is the lightest supersymmetric particle. The slepton decays to the lightest neutralino and a muon followed by neutralino decaying to a gravitino and photon. We determine a viable region of parameter space that fits the kinematical distributions of the Run I excess and illustrate the effect by examining the best fit point in detail. We provide predictions for an excess in the missing E_T and photon channel at Run I and Run II. Run II will decisively rule out or confirm our scenario.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0111014,
  title  = {Explaining Anomalous CDF mu gamma Missing-E_T Events With Supersymmetry},
  author = {B. C. Allanach and S. Lola and K. Sridhar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0111014},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

5 pages, Latex file including 3 figures (axodraw.sty style file attached). Version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. Substantial changes such as addition of kinematical fit regions and best-fit point

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