SEARCH FOR FIRST GENERATION SCALAR LEPTOQUARKS WITH THE CMS DETECTOR AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER

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2011Author
Twedt, Elizabeth Walsh
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Baden, Andrew
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Leptoquarks are particles predicated to exist by many models beyond the
standard model. A search is presented for the production of first generation scalar
leptoquarks with a branching ratio into charged leptons of β = 1 with the Compact
Muon Solenoid detector at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, at a center of mass
energy of 7 TeV.