CDF II Exotics Group Public Page



Please contact conveners in case of questions: David Toback Homer Wolfe Jon Wilson

Preliminary Run 2 Results are found on this page
(Published Run 2 Results can be found here)

Results from other searches can be found at the following links: Higgs Searches and Searches using top quarks.
Most recent results are highlighted in blue

Signature-based

Search Result Dataset Documentation Last Update
Search for Rare Z Decays into Two Reconstructed Photons Observation consistent with SM expectation 10.0 fb-1 Public note 03/08/13
Delayed photon+MET Observation consistent with SM expectation 6.3 fb-1 Public note 10/05/12
Dark Matter in Monojet+MET Observation consistent with SM expectation 6.7 fb-1 Public note arXiv:1203.0742 PRL 108 211804 11/24/11
Same-Sign dileptons with taus Observation consistent with SM expectation 6.0 fb-1 Public note arXiv:1302.4491 08/09/11
ZZ+Missing ET Observation consistent with SM expectation 4.0 fb-1 Public note arXiv:1112.1577 PRD 85 011104 06/03/11
Same-Sign Dileptons (+ interpretation in SUSY-inspired simplified model, same-sign top production and doubly-charged bosons) Observation consistent with SM expectation 6.1 fb-1 Main note Same-sign tops Simplified models Doubly-charged bosons 05/13/11
Photon + Jet ( + Missing ET) Observation consistent with SM expectation 4.8 fb-1 Public note 02/03/11
Lepton+Photon+MET+Bjet (and top-antitop+photon production cross section Observation consistent with SM expectation (σ(ttbar+photon) = 0.18 +/- 0.07 pb 6.0 fb-1 Public note 2/10/11
Photon + Jet ( + Missing ET) Observation consistent with SM expectation 2.0 fb-1 N/A 7/29/08
Z Boson Production at High pTZ dσ/dpT < 10 fb/GeV for pT = 100 GeV 305 pb-1 Public note 8/17/06
Photon + Heavy Quark (b, c) Cross sections as a function of γ ET 66.7 pb-1 N/A 11/7/03

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High Mass Resonances (Z', W', Graviton, Sneutrino, Axigluon)

Search Result Dataset Documentation Last Update
2 Higgs doublet search Observation consistent with SM expectation 8.7 fb-1 CDF note 10930 arXiv:1212.3837 PRL 110 121801 10/4/12
Four-jet resonances Various mass exclusions (model dependent) 6.6 fb-1 CDF note 10946 arXiv:1303.2699 11/15/12
High mass ZZ resonances Four ZZ(llll) events at M=327 GeV 6.0 fb-1 arXiv:1111.3432 PRD 85 012008 11/16/11
RS Graviton to mumu (+ee+diphotons) Mgraviton > 1111 GeV (k/MPl = 0.1) 5.7 fb-1 Public note 06/03/11
μμ Channel mZ' > 1071 GeV (SM couplings) 4.6 fb-1 Public Note 5/27/10
ZZ Channel (Graviton) Mgraviton > 491 GeV ( k/MPl = 0.1) 3.0 fb-1 Public note 1/16/09
tt Channel (Massive Gluon) Limits on gluon coupling as a function of width 1.9 fb-1 Public note 12/13/06

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SUSY

Search Result Dataset Documentation Last Update
Squark and/or Gluino Production
Stop → c + neutralino in Jets + Missing ET Exclude mstop up to 180 GeV as a function of neutralino mass 2.6 fb-1 Public Note
arXiv:1203.4171
JHEP 10 (2012) 158
7/9/09
Stop → b + l + sneutrino in Dilepton + Jet + Missing ET Exclude mstop up to 180 GeV for light sneutrino 1.0 fb-1 Public Note 3/19/2009
Chargino + Neutralino Production
Trilepton and Dilepton + Track mchargino > 168 GeV (mSUGRA, m0=60, tanβ=3, A0=0, μ>0) 5.8 fb-1 Public note 8/26/11
Unified Trilepton and Dilepton + Track mchargino > 164 GeV (mSUGRA, m0=60, tanβ=3, A0=0, μ>0) Trilepton: 1 (1.5 ± 0.2) events observed (expected) Dilepton+Track: 6 (9.4 ± 1.4) events observed (expected) 3.2 fb-1 Public note 5/21/09
Gaugino Pair Production in Z + W + Missing ET Cross section limits as a function of mneutralino 2.7 fb-1 Public note 4/23/09
Low pT ee + Track 3 (1.0 ± 0.3) events observed (expected) 1.0 fb-1 Public note 8/24/06
R-parity Violation
Sneutrino in eμ, eτ, μτ channels σ x BR limits of 0.018 pb (eμ), 0.037 pb (eτ), 0.052 pb (μτ) for an 800 GeV τ-sneutrino and λ'311 = 0.1, λ132133= λ233=0.05 1 fb-1 arXiv:1004.3042 7/9/09

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New or Excited Fermions

Search Result Dataset Documentation Last Update
t' in Lepton + Jets + Missing ET mt' > 335 GeV 4.6 fb-1 Public note 3/10/10
Right-Handed Quarks in Dileptons + X mQ > 295 GeV for mH = 120 GeV 1.2 fb-1 N/A 8/9/07
Long-Lived b' Quarks in the Z + X Channel mb' > 170 GeV for τb' = 3 - 20 mm 163 pb-1 Public note 8/28/04

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Conveners: Dave Toback, Jon Wilson, Homer Wolfe
Last modified: March 20, 2013