Abstract
Charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, have been searched for in e e collisions with an integrated luminosity of 10.0 pb-1 at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 161 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP. Two candidate events are selected; consistent with the total background estimate of 0.7 ± 0.2 events. The 95% C.L. lower limit on the lightest chargino mass in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model is 78.5 GeV if the universal scalar mass m0 is greater than 1 TeV, and 62.0 GeV for the smallest mo compatible with slepton and sneutrino mass limits obtained at centre-of-mass energies near the Z peak. These limits were obtained under the conditions that the lightest chargino is heavier than the lightest neutralino by more than 10 GeV and tanβ = 1.5. The new exclusion limits significantly improve on the results obtained at √s= 130 and 136 GeV.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 616-630 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 389 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 19 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleasedt o acknowledget he Departmento f Energy, USA, National Science Foundation, USA, ResearchC orporation, USA, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, Natural Sciences and Engineering ResearchC ouncil, Canada, Israel Science Foundation, administeredb y the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Minerva Gesellschaft, Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho International Science ResearchP rogram, German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation (GIF), Bundesministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, Germany, National Research Council of Canada, Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research,O TKA T-016660, and OTKA F-015089.
Funders | Funder number |
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German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation | |
Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research | OTKA F-015089, O TKA T-016660 |
Minerva Gesellschaft | |
Monbusho International Science ResearchP rogram | |
Natural Sciences and Engineering ResearchC ouncil, Canada | |
National Science Foundation | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
National Research Council Canada | |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities | |
Israel Science Foundation | |
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie |