Search for Pair Production of First Generation Scalar Leptoquarks at the CMS Experiment

Leptoquarks are theoretical particles carrying both lepton number and quark flavor. They are predicted to exist by Grand Unified Theories, technicolor and composite models, among others. Early results from the search for pair production of first generation scalar leptoquarks at the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC $pp$ collider are presented. Both the discovery potential and exclusion limit for CMS with $pp$ collisions at a center of mass energy of $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV are explored.