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

Abstract

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.