H1prelim-03-063

General Search for New Phenomena in ep scattering at HERA

Reference Martin Wessels, presented at EPS2003, July 2003
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Contact Sascha Caron, Emmanuel Sauvan
Abstract A model-independent search for deviations from the Standard Model prediction has been performed in e^+ p and e^- p collisions at HERA using H1 data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 115 \mbox{pb}^{-1}. All experimentally measurable event topologies involving electrons, photons, muons, neutrinos and jets with high transverse momenta have been investigated. Events are classified into exclusive event classes according to their final state. A new algorithm has been developed to look for regions with large deviations from the Standard Model in the invariant mass and sum of transverse momenta distributions and to quantify the significance of the fluctuations observed. A good agreement with the Standard Model prediction is found in most of the event classes. The largest deviation was found in \mujnp topologies where deviations have been previously observed. About 2\% of hypothetical Monte Carlo experiments would produce deviations more significant than the one observed in the corresponding sum of transverse momenta distribution.
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