Search for new physics using QUAERO: a general interface to D0 event data

Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Dec 3;87(23):231801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.231801. Epub 2001 Nov 14.

Abstract

We describe QUAERO, a method that (i) enables the automatic optimization of searches for physics beyond the standard model, and (ii) provides a mechanism for making high energy collider data generally available. We apply QUAERO to searches for standard model WW, ZZ, and t t macro production, to searches for these objects produced through a new heavy resonance, and to the first direct search for W'-->WZ. Through this interface, we make three data sets collected by the D0 experiment at square root of [s] = 1.8 TeV publicly available.