F. Abe et al., SEARCH FOR 1ST-GENERATION LEPTOQUARKS IN (P)OVER-BAR-P COLLISIONS AT ROOT-S=1.8TEV, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 48(9), 1993, pp. 3939-3944
We present results of a search for a first-generation leptoquark S1 in
ppBAR collisions at square-root s = 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron.
Using 4.05 pb-1 of data collected during the 1988-1989 CDF run, we ha
ve searched for evidence of S1S1BAR production assuming that each lept
oquark decays to an electron+quark pair with a branching ratio beta. T
hree events with two high energy electrons and two high energy jets we
re found, but are consistent with Z0 decay. No events were found in th
e signal region. Assuming a short lived scalar leptoquark with Yukawa
coupling strength lambda greater than or similar to 2 x 10(-7), we exc
lude sigmabeta2 > 55(4.0) pb at 95% C.L. for M(s) = 45(125) GeV/c2. Us
ing a Monte Carlo prediction for sigma(ppBAR --> S1S1 + X), we exclude
M(s) < 113(80) GeV/c2 for beta = 100(50)%.