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Measurement of diffractive dissociation cross sections in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
(2015)Physical Review DMeasurements of diffractive dissociation cross sections in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV are presented in kinematic regions defined by the masses MX and MY of the two final-state hadronic systems separated by the largest rapidity gap in the event. Differential cross sections are measured as a function of ξX=M2X/s in the region −5.5<log10ξX<−2.5, for log10MY<0.5, dominated by single dissociation (SD), and 0.5<log10MY<1.1, dominated by double ...Journal Article -
Search for quark contact interactions and extra spatial dimensions using dijet angular distributions in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV
(2015)Physics Letters BA search is presented for quark contact interactions and extra spatial dimensions in proton-proton collisions at root s = 8 TeV using dijet angular distributions. The search is based on a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1) collected by the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. Dijet angular distributions are found to be in agreement with the perturbative QCD predictions that include electroweak corrections. Limits ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the cross section ratio σtt¯bb¯/σtt¯jj in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV
(2015)Physics Letters BThe first measurement of the cross section ratio σtt¯bb¯/σtt¯jj is presented using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.6 fb−1 collected in pp collisions at s=8 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. Events with two leptons (e or μ) and four reconstructed jets, including two identified as b quark jets, in the final state are selected. The ratio is determined for a minimum jet transverse momentum pT of both 20 and ...Journal Article -
Search for the production of dark matter in association with top-quark pairs in the single-lepton final state in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV
(2015)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search is presented for particle dark matter produced in association with a pair of top quarks in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s√=8 TeV. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. This search requires the presence of one lepton, multiple jets, and large missing transverse energy. No excess of events is found above the SM expectation, and upper limits ...Journal Article -
Search for a standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair and decaying to bottom quarks using a matrix element method
(2015)The European Physical Journal CA search for a standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair and decaying to bottom quarks is presented. Events with hadronic jets and one or two oppositely charged leptons are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.5fb-1 collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8TeV. In order to separate the signal from the larger tt¯ + jets ...Journal Article -
Constraints on parton distribution functions and extraction of the strong coupling constant from the inclusive jet cross section in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
(2015)The European Physical Journal CThe inclusive jet cross section for proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7TeV was measured by the CMS Collaboration at the LHC with data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0fb−1. The measurement covers a phase space up to 2TeV in jet transverse momentum and 2.5 in absolute jet rapidity. The statistical precision of these data leads to stringent constraints on the parton distribution functions of the proton. ...Journal Article -
Search for vector-like T quarks decaying to top quarks and Higgs bosons in the all-hadronic channel using jet substructure
(2015)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search is performed for a vector-like heavy T quark that is produced in pairs and that decays to a top quark and a Higgs boson. The data analysed correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV. For T quarks with large mass values the top quarks and Higgs bosons can have significant Lorentz boosts, so that their individual decay products often overlap and merge. ...Journal Article -
Searches for third-generation squark production in fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV
(2015)Journal of High Energy PhysicsSearches for third-generation squarks in fully hadronic final states are presented using data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of 19.4 or 19.7 fb−1, collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. Three mutually exclusive searches are presented, each optimized for a different decay topology. They include a multijet search requiring one fully reconstructed top quark, a dijet search requiring ...Journal Article -
Performance of electron reconstruction and selection with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV
(2015)Journal of InstrumentationThe performance and strategies used in electron reconstruction and selection at CMS are presented based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1, collected in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV at the CERN LHC. The paper focuses on prompt isolated electrons with transverse momenta ranging from about 5 to a few 100 GeV. A detailed description is given of the algorithms used to cluster energy in the electromagnetic ...Journal Article -
Searches for supersymmetry based on events with b jets and four W bosons in pp collisions at 8 TeV
(2015)Physics Letters BFive mutually exclusive searches for supersymmetry are presented based on events in which bjets and four W bosons are produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=8TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.5fb-1, were collected with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 2012. The five studies differ in the leptonic signature from the W boson decays, and correspond to all-hadronic, single-lepton, opposite-sign dilepton, ...Journal Article