We report the results of a search for the anomalous production of a massive particle decaying to four electrons via two Z° bosons in 1.1 fb−1 of p{bar p} collisions at √s =1.96 TeV collected by the CDF II detector at Fermilab. We employ optimized electron identification criteria to maximize acceptance and efficiency. We estimate the backgrounds in the invariant mass range 500-1000 GeV/c2 to be 0.028 ± 0.009 (stat) ± 0.011 (syst) events. We observe zero events in this search region. Assuming a Randall-Sundrum graviton production model, we set 95% CL limits on? x BF(G → Z°Z°)

We report the results of a search for the anomalous production of a massive particle decaying to four electrons via two Z° bosons in 1.1 fb−1 of p{bar p} collisions at √s =1.96 TeV collected by the CDF II detector at Fermilab. We employ optimized electron identification criteria to maximize acceptance and efficiency. We estimate the backgrounds in the invariant mass range 500-1000 GeV/c2 to be 0.028 ± 0.009 (stat) ± 0.011 (syst) events. We observe zero events in this search region. Assuming a Randall-Sundrum graviton production model, we set 95% CL limits on [sigma] x BF(G → Z°Z°)

We report on a search for anomalous production of Z pairs through a massive resonance decay in data corresponding to 2.5-2.9 fb−1 of integrated luminosity in p{bar p} collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV using the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. This analysis, with more data and channels where the Z bosons decay to muons or jets, supersedes the 1.1 fb−1 four-electron channel result previously published by CDF. In order to maintain high efficiency for muons, we use a new forward tracking algorithm and muon identification requirements optimized for these high signal-to-background channels. Predicting the dominant backgrounds in each channel entirely from sideband data samples, we observe four-body invariant mass spectra above 300 GeV/c2 that are consistent with background. We set limits using the acceptance for a massive graviton resonance that are 7-20 times stronger than the previously published direct limits on resonant ZZ production.

The authors present the results of the first search for a new particle X produced in p{bar p} collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV and subsequently decaying to Z[gamma]. The search uses 0.3 fb−1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. They set limits on the production cross section times the branching fraction [sigma](p{bar p} → X) x B(X → Z[gamma]) that range from 0.4-3.5 pb at the 95% C.L. for X with invariant masses between 100 and 1000 GeV/c2 over a wide range of X decay widths.

We present the results of a search for new particles that lead to a Z boson plus jets in p{bar p} collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II). A data sample with a luminosity of 1.06 fb−1 collected using Z boson decays to ee and?? is used. We describe a completely data-based method to predict the dominant background from standard-model Z+jet events. This method can be similarly applied to other analyses requiring background predictions in multi-jet environments, as shown when validating the method by predicting the background from W+jets in t{bar t} production. No significant excess above the background prediction is observed, and a limit is set using a fourth generation quark model to quantify the acceptance. Assuming BR(b′ → bZ) = 100% and using a leading-order calculation of the b′ cross section, b′ quark masses below 268 GeV/c2 are excluded at 95% confidence level.