Cosmo-Particle Searches for Supersymmetry at the Collider Detector at Fermilab

Abstract

Some theories of particle physics are so compelling that it is worth doing a comprehensive and systematic set of experimental searches to see if they are realized in nature. Supersymmetry is one such theory. This review focuses on the motivation for a broad set of cosmology-inspired search strategies at the Tevatron and on their implementation and results at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) with the first few fb${}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity of data.

15 Pages, 23 figures

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