Search for first-generation scalar leptoquarks in pp¯ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV

Abstract

We report on a search for pair production of first-generation scalar leptoquarks (LQ) in pp¯ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV using an integrated luminosity of 252 pb^-1 collected at the Fermilab Tevatron collider by the D∅ detector. We observe no evidence for LQ production in the topologies arising from LQLQ∃→eqeq and LQLQ̅ →eqvq, and derive 95% C.L. lower limits on the LQ mass as a function of β, where β is the branching fraction for LQ→eq. The limits are 241 and 218 GeV/c² for β=1 and 0.5, respectively. These results are combined with those obtained by D∅ at √s=1.8 TeV, which increases these LQ mass limits to 256 and 234 GeV/c².