Supersymmetry at a proposed √s=4 TeV upgrade of the Fermilab Tevatron

We study the signals for supersymmetry at the Fermilab Tevatron and its proposed energy upgrade (called the DiTevatron here) (√s =4 TeV) in various well-motivated supersymmetric models. We consider the trilepton signature in the decay of pair-produced charginos and neutralinos, the missing energy signature in gluino and squark production, and the bb¯ signal in the decay of the lightest supersymmetric Higgs boson produced in association with a W or Z boson. In each case we perform signal and background studies, using Monte Carlo and/or real data to estimate the sensitivity to these signals at the Tevatron and DiTevatron with the Main Injector, for short- and long-term integrated luminosities of scrL=10 and 25 ${\mathrm{fb}}^{\mathrm{-}1}$, and 5σ statistical significance. We conclude that one could probe chargino masses as high as ${\mathit{m}}_{\mathrm{\chi }1}^{\pm }$∼180 (200) GeV, gluino masses as high as ${\mathit{m}}_{\mathit{g}\mathrm{̃}}$∼450 (750) GeV, and lightest Higgs boson masses as high as ${\mathit{m}}_{\mathit{h}}$∼110 (120) GeV at the Tevatron (DiTevatron). A high-luminosity option at the Tevatron (${10}^{33}$ ${\mathrm{cm}}^{\mathrm{-}2}$ ${\mathrm{s}}^{\mathrm{-}1}$) may compensate somewhat for the higher reach of the DiTevatron, but only in the trilepton and Higgs signals. However, these gains may be severely compromised once the multiple-interaction environment of the high-luminosity Tevatron is accounted for.