SEARCHES FOR EXTRA DIMENSIONS AND Z′ BOSONS AT DØ

Abstract

We present results on the searches for Extra Dimensions and Z′ Bosons conducted at the Tevatron's DØ Detector using dielectron, diphoton, and dimuon final states. The theoretical frameworks of Large Extra Dimensions (LED), Randall-Sundrum Extra Dimensions (RS), TeV-1 Extra Dimensions, and Z′ bosons are explored in the dielectron and diphoton channels, while LED and Z′ bosons are also searched for in the dimuon final state. In the absence of signals we find lower 95% confidence level (CL) limits on the mass of a SM-like Z′ boson of 780 GeV and 680 GeV in the dielectron and dimuon channels, respectively. Furthermore, we find a lower 95% CL limit of 1.12 TeV on the TeV-1 compactification scale ( M C) in the dielectron channel. In the diEM channel and LED framework we set a lower 95% CL limit of 1.43 TeV (GRW) on the fundamental Planck scale ( M S). Using a dimuon final state we find a lower 95% CL limit of 1.1 TeV (GRW) on M S. We also find a lower 95% CL mass limit of 785 GeV on a RS graviton decaying into a dielectron or diphoton final state.