W. Adam et al., SEARCH FOR PAIR PRODUCTION OF HEAVY OBJECTS IN 4-JET EVENTS AT ROOT-S=130-136 GEV, Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 73(1), 1996, pp. 1-9
Results are presented of a search for pair production of heavy objects
decaying into four hadronic jets, as expected for example from associ
ated or pair production of MSSM Higgs bosons, hA or H+H-, using a data
sample of 5.9 pb(-1) of e(+)e(-) collisions at root s = 130-136 GeV c
ollected with the DELPHI detector at LEP in November 1995. The data an
d expectations from standard processes agree after four-jet selections
. An analysis based on b-tagging finds no hA candidate with high mass.
A study optimized to search for H+H- events with mass in the 40-50 Ge
V/c(2) range also finds no candidate, Finally a comparison is made wit
h a recent ALEPH analysis which found an excess of four-jet events wit
h high multiplicity and high mass. Such a signal is not observed in th
e DELPHI data, although a slight excess in the mass region around 105
GeV/c(2) is seen.