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Measurements of the associated production of a Z boson and b jets in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
(2017)The European Physical Journal CMeasurements of the associated production of a Z boson with at least one jet originating from a b quark in proton–proton collisions at √s=8TeV are presented. Differential cross sections are measured with data collected by the CMS experiment corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.8fb−1. Z bosons are reconstructed through their decays to electrons and muons. Cross sections are measured as a function of observables characterizing ...Journal Article -
Search for supersymmetry in events with photons and missing transverse energy in pp collisions at 13 TeV
(2017)Physics Letters BThe results of a search for new physics in final states with photons and missing transverse energy are reported. The study is based on a sample of proton–proton collisions collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the CMS detector in 2015, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1. Final states with two photons and significant missing transverse energy are used to search for supersymmetric particles in models of ...Journal Article -
Search for new phenomena in events with high jet multiplicity and low missing transverse momentum in proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV
(2017)Physics Letters BA dedicated search is presented for new phenomena in inclusive 8- and 10-jet final states with low missing transverse momentum, with and without identification of jets originating from b quarks. The analysis is based on data from proton–proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7fb−1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC at s=8TeV. The dominant multijet background expectations are obtained from low jet ...Journal Article -
Search for single production of a heavy vector-like T quark decaying to a Higgs boson and a top quark with a lepton and jets in the final state
(2017)Physics Letters BA search for single production of vector-like top quark partners (T) decaying into a Higgs boson and a top quark is performed using data from pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1. The top quark decay includes an electron or a muon while the Higgs boson decays into a pair of b quarks. No significant excess over standard model ...Journal Article -
Observation of the decay B+→ψ(2S)ϕ(1020)K+ in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV
(2017)Physics Letters BThe decay B+ -> psi(2S) phi(1020) K+ is observed for the first time using data collected from pp collisions at root S = 8 TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.6 fb(-1). The branching fraction of this decay is measured, using the mode B+ -> psi(2S) K+ as normalization, to be (4.0 +/- 0.4 (stat)+/- 0.6 (syst)+/- 0.2 (B)) x 10(-6), where the third uncertainty is from the measured branching ...Journal Article -
Search for narrow resonances in dilepton mass spectra in proton-proton collisions at s√ = 13 TeV and combination with 8 TeV data
(2017)Physics Letters BA search for narrow resonances in dielectron and dimuon invariant mass spectra has been performed using data obtained from proton–proton collisions at √s = 13TeV collected with the CMS detector. The integrated luminosity for the dielectron sample is 2.7 fb−1 and for the dimuon sample 2.9 fb−1. The sensitivity of the search is increased by combining these data with a previously analyzed set of data obtained at √s = 8TeV and corresponding ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the total and differential inclusive B+ hadron cross sections in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV
(2017)Physics Letters BThe differential cross sections for inclusive production of B+ hadrons are measured as a function of the B+ transverse momentum pTB and rapidity yB in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, using data collected by the CMS experiment that correspond to an integrated luminosity of 48.1 pb−1. The measurement uses the exclusive decay channel B+→J/ψK+, with J/ψ mesons that decay to a pair of muons. The results show a reasonable ...Journal Article -
Search for top squark pair production in compressed-mass-spectrum scenarios in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the αT variable
(2017)Physics Letters BAn inclusive search is performed for supersymmetry in final states containing jets and an apparent imbalance in transverse momentum, p→Tmiss, due to the production of unobserved weakly interacting particles in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data, recorded with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 18.5 fb−1. The dimensionless kinematic variable αTαT is used to discriminate ...Journal Article -
Search for heavy resonances decaying into a vector boson and a Higgs boson in final states with charged leptons, neutrinos, and b quarks
(2017)Physics Letters BA search for heavy resonances decaying to a Higgs boson and a vector boson is presented. The analysis is performed using data samples collected in 2015 by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 2.2–2.5 fb−1. The search is performed in channels in which the vector boson decays into leptonic final states (Z→νν, W→ℓν, and Z→ℓℓ, with ℓ=e,μ), ...Journal Article -
Multiplicity and rapidity dependence of strange hadron production in pp, pPb, and PbPb collisions at the LHC
(2017)Physics Letters BMeasurements of strange hadron (KS 0, Λ+Λ‾, and Ξ−+Ξ‾+) transverse momentum spectra in pp, pPb, and PbPb collisions are presented over a wide range of rapidity and event charged-particle multiplicity. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in pp collisions at s=7TeV, pPb collisions at sNN=5.02TeV, and PbPb collisions at sNN=2.76TeV. The average transverse kinetic energy is found to increase with multiplicity, at a ...Journal Article