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arxiv: hep-ph/9907505 · v1 · submitted 1999-07-27 · ✦ hep-ph

New backgrounds in Trilepton, Dilepton and Dilepton plus Tau Jet SUSY Signals at the Tevatron

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keywords dileptonbackgroundscutsbackgroundgammamassparameterplus
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We determine the Tevatron's reach in supersymmetric parameter space in trilepton, like-sign dilepton, and dilepton plus tau-jet channels, taking all relevant backgrounds into account. We show results for the minimal supergravity model. With a standard set of cuts we find that the previously unaccounted for $W\gamma^\ast$ background is larger than all other backgrounds combined. We include cuts on the dilepton invariant mass and the $W$-boson transverse mass to reduce the $W\gamma^\ast$ background to a reasonable level. We optimize cuts at each point in supersymmetry parameter space in order to maximize signal-to-noise.

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