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Measurement of the prompt J/ψ and ψ(2S) polarizations in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2013)Physics Letters BThe polarizations of prompt J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons are measured in proton-proton collisions at s=7 TeV, using a dimuon data sample collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb-1. The prompt J/ψ and ψ(2S) polarization parameters λθ{symbol}, λφ, and λθ{symbol}φ, as well as the frame-invariant quantity λ~, are measured from the dimuon decay angular distributions in three different polarization ...Journal Article -
Search for top-squark pair production in the single-lepton final state in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
(2013)The European Physical Journal CThis paper presents a search for the pair production of top squarks in events with a single isolated electron or muon, jets, large missing transverse momentum, and large transverse mass. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb−1 of pp collisions collected in 2012 by the CMS experiment at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of s√=8 TeV. No significant excess in data is observed above the expectation from standard ...Journal Article -
Jet and underlying event properties as a function of charged-particle multiplicity in proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV
(2013)The European Physical Journal CCharacteristics of multi-particle production in proton-proton collisions at s√=7 TeV are studied as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity, N ch. The produced particles are separated into two classes: those belonging to jets and those belonging to the underlying event. Charged particles are measured with pseudorapidity |η|<2.4 and transverse momentum p T>0.25 GeV/c. Jets are reconstructed from charged-particles only and required ...Journal Article -
Rapidity distributions in exclusive Z+jet and γ+jet events in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2013)Physical Review DRapidity distributions are presented for events containing either a Z boson or a photon with a single jet in proton-proton collisions produced at the CERN LHC. The data, collected with the CMS detector at √s=7 TeV, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1. The individual rapidity distributions of the boson and the jet are consistent within 5% with expectations from perturbative QCD. However, QCD predictions for the sum and the ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the differential and double-differential Drell-Yan cross sections in proton-proton collisions at s √ = 7 TeV
(2013)Journal of High Energy PhysicsMeasurements of the differential and double-differential Drell-Yan cross sections are presented using an integrated luminosity of 4.5 (4.8) fb−1 in the dimuon (dielectron) channel of proton-proton collision data recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC at s√ = 7 TeV. The measured inclusive cross section in the Z-peak region (60–120 GeV) is σ(ℓℓ) = 986.4 ± 0.6 (stat.) ± 5.9 (exp. syst.) ± 21.7 (th. syst.) ± 21.7 (lum.) pb for the combination ...Journal Article -
Angular analysis and branching fraction measurement of the decay B0→K*0μ+μ-
(2013)Physics Letters BThe angular distributions and the differential branching fraction of the decay B0→K*(892)0μ+μ- are studied using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.2fb-1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in pp collisions at s=7TeV. From more than 400 signal decays, the forward-backward asymmetry of the muons, the K*(892)0 longitudinal polarization fraction, and the differential branching fraction are determined as a ...Journal Article -
Search for a Higgs boson decaying into a Z and a photon in pp collisions at √s=7 and 8TeV
(2013)Physics Letters BA search for a Higgs boson decaying into a Z boson and a photon is described. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision datasets recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC. Events were collected at center-of-mass energies of 7 TeV and 8 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 5.0fb-1 and 19.6fb-1, respectively. The selected events are required to have opposite-sign electron or muon pairs. No excess above standard model ...Journal Article -
Search for a new bottomonium state decaying to ϒ(1S)π+π− in pp collisions at s√ = 8 TeV
(2013)Physics Letters BThe results of a search for the bottomonium counterpart, denoted as Xb, of the exotic charmonium state X(3872) is presented. The analysis is based on a sample of pp collisions at s=8 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.7 fb-1. The search looks for the exclusive decay channel Xb→Υ{hooked}(1S)π+π- followed by Υ{hooked}(1S)→μ+μ-. No evidence for an Xb signal is observed. Upper limits ...Journal Article -
Searches for new physics using the tt ¯ invariant mass distribution in pp collisions at s √ =8 TeV
(2013)Physical Review LettersSearches for anomalous top quark-antiquark production are presented, based on pp collisions at √s=8 TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1, were collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The observed t¯t invariant mass spectrum is found to be compatible with the standard model prediction. Limits on the production cross section times branching fraction probe, for the first time, a region of parameter space ...Journal Article -
Search for gluino mediated bottom- and top-squark production in multijet final states in pp collisions at 8 TeV
(2013)Physics Letters BA search for supersymmetry is presented based on events with large missing transverse energy, no isolated electron or muon, and at least three jets with one or more identified as a bottom-quark jet. A simultaneous examination is performed of the numbers of events in exclusive bins of the scalar sum of jet transverse momentum values, missing transverse energy, and bottom-quark jet multiplicity. The sample, corresponding to an integrated ...Journal Article