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Light Gluino, Light Bottom Squark Scenario, and LEP Predictions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The scenario of light gluinos and light sbottoms was advocated to explain the discrepancy between the measured and theoretical production of bb quarks at the Tevatron. This scenario will have model-independent predictions for Zqqˉg~g~Z\to q\bar q \tilde{g} \tilde{g} at the Z0Z^0-pole, and e+eqqˉg~g~e^+ e^- \to q\bar q \tilde{g} \tilde{g} at LEPII. We show that the data for ZqqˉgqqˉbbˉZ\to q \bar q g^* \to q\bar q b \bar b at LEPI cannot constrain the scenario, because the ratio Γ(Zqqˉg~g~)/Γ(Zqqˉgqqˉbbˉ)=0.150.04\Gamma(Z \to q\bar q \tilde{g} \tilde{g})/ \Gamma(Z \to q \bar q g^* \to q\bar q b \bar b) = 0.15 - 0.04 for mg~=1216m_{\tilde{g}}= 12-16 GeV is smaller than the uncertainty of the data. However, at LEPII the ratio σ(e+eqqˉg~g~)/σ(e+eqqˉgqqˉbbˉ)0.40.2\sigma(e^+ e^- \to q\bar q \tilde{g} \tilde{g})/ \sigma(e^+ e^- \to q \bar q g^* \to q\bar q b \bar b) \simeq 0.4 - 0.2 for mg~=1216m_{\tilde{g}}= 12-16 GeV, which may give an observable excess in qqˉbbˉq\bar q b\bar b events; especially, the 4b4b events.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0205345,
  title  = {Light Gluino, Light Bottom Squark Scenario, and LEP Predictions},
  author = {Kingman Cheung and Wai-Yee Keung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0205345},
  year   = {2008}
}

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