A Search For Generation 1 Leptoquarks In Proton Antiproton Collisions At Square Roots

We search for third generation vector leptoquarks (V LQ3) produced in colliding p{bar p} beams operating at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV at the CDF experiment in Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron. We use 322 pb{sup -1} of data to search for the V LQ3 signal in the di-tau plus di-jet channel. For the first time, the full matrix element is used in the Monte Carlo simulation of this signal. With no events observed in the signal region, we set a 95% C.L. upper limit on the V LQ3 pair production cross section of {sigma} 344fb, assuming Yang-Mills couplings and Br(V LQ3 {yields} b{tau}) = 1, and a lower limit on the V LQ3 mass of m{sub V LQ3} 317 GeV=c{sup 2}. If theoretical uncertainties on the cross section are applied in the least favorable manner the results are {sigma} 360fb and m{sub V LQ3} 294 GeV=c{sup 2}. The Minimal coupling V LQ3 result is an upper limit on the cross section of {sigma} 493fb ({sigma} 610fb) and the lower limit on the mass is m{sub V LQ3} 251 GeV=c{sup 2} (m{sub V LQ3} 223 GeV=c{sup 2}) for the nominal (1{sigma} varied) theoretical expectation.

We describe a search for first generation leptoquarks decaying into the eejj final state in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at a center of mass energy of 1.96 TeV using the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. this search is based on data collected during 2002-2003 with an integrated luminosity of (130.4 =- 8.5) pb -1. Leptoquarks are assumed to be produced in pairs and to decay into an electron and a quark with a branching ration ?. We observe no evidence for leptoquarks, and set an upper cross section limit of 0.086 pb at the 95% confidence level corresponding to a lower mass limit of 231 GeV/c2 for scalar leptoquarks when ? = 1.

In the study presented in this document, about 114 pb[sup -1] of p[bar p] collisions from Run II, collected with the D0 detector between September 2002 and June 2003, are compared to Standard-Model predictions and predictions from models including scalar second-generation leptoquarks. since no deviation from the Standard Model is observed, upper limits on the leptoquark cross-section are calculated and translated into lower bounds to the mass of scalar leptoquarks. Consequently, the results are combined with earlier results from D0 Run I in the same channel.