We have performed a search for the scalar bottom quark (b\~_1)
from gluino (g\~) decays in the R-parity conserving SUSY scenario with m_g\~
> m_b-~_1, by investigating a final state of large missing transverse
energy, with three or more jets, and some of them from the hadronization of
b-quarks. A data sample of 156 pb^-1 collected by the Collider Detector at
Fermilab at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt s = 1.96 TeV was used. For the
final selection, jets containing secondary displaced vertices were required.
This analysis has been performed `blind', in that the inspection of the
signal region was only made after the standard model prediction was
finalized. Comparing data with SUSY predictions, we can exclude masses of
the gluino and sbottom of up to 280 and 240 GeV/c^2 respectively.
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Updated: Tuesday, 2005 March 15 10:38:49 CST automatically from input from Carol Picciolo