Search for universal extra dimensions in pp collisions

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Mar 30;108(13):131802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.131802. Epub 2012 Mar 30.

Abstract

We present a search for Kaluza-Klein (KK) particles predicted by models with universal extra dimensions (UED) using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 7.3 fb(-1), collected by the D0 detector at a pp center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The decay chain of KK particles can lead to a final state with two muons of the same charge. This signature is used to set a lower limit on the compactification scale of R(-1)>260 GeV in a minimal UED model.