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Search for a Higgs boson decaying into a b-quark pair and produced in association with b quarks in proton–proton collisions at 7 TeV
(2013)Physics Letters BA search for a neutral Higgs boson decaying to a pair of b quarks, and produced in association with at least one additional b quark, is presented. Multijet final states with three jets identified as originating from b quarks, at least one of which may include a non-isolated muon, are studied. The data used in this analysis correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.7–4.8 fb−1, collected by the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions ...Journal Article -
Search for supersymmetry in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV in events with a single lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum
(2013)The European Physical Journal CResults are reported from a search for new physics processes in events containing a single isolated high-transverse-momentum lepton (electron or muon), energetic jets, and large missing transverse momentum. The analysis is based on a 4.98 fb−1 sample of proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, obtained with the CMS detector at the LHC. Three separate background estimation methods, each relying primarily on control ...Journal Article -
Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair in pp collisions at the LHC
(2013)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair is presented using data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1 (5.1 fb−1) collected in pp collisions at the center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV (8 TeV). Events are considered where the top-quark pair decays to either one lepton+jets (tt¯→ℓνqq¯¯¯′bb¯¯¯) or dileptons (tt¯→ℓ+νℓ−ν¯¯¯bb¯¯¯), ℓ being an electron or a muon. The search is ...Journal Article -
Studies of jet mass in dijet and W/Z + jet events
(2013)Journal of High Energy PhysicsInvariant mass spectra for jets reconstructed using the anti-k T and CambridgeAachen algorithms are studied for different jet “grooming” techniques in data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5 fb−1, recorded with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. Leading-order QCD predictions for inclusive dijet and W/Z+jet production combined with parton-shower Monte Carlo models are ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the tt¯ production cross section in the τ+jets channel in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2013)The European Physical Journal CThe top-quark pair production cross section in 7 TeV center-of-mass energy proton–proton collisions is measured using data collected by the CMS detector at the LHC. The measurement uses events with one jet identified as a hadronically decaying τ lepton and at least four additional energetic jets, at least one of which is identified as coming from a b quark. The analyzed data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3.9 fb−1 ...Journal Article -
Identification of b-quark jets with the CMS experiment
(2013)Journal of InstrumentationAt the Large Hadron Collider, the identification of jets originating from b quarks is important for searches for new physics and for measurements of standard model processes. A variety of algorithms has been developed by CMS to select b-quark jets based on variables such as the impact parameters of charged-particle tracks, the properties of reconstructed decay vertices, and the presence or absence of a lepton, or combinations thereof. The ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the X(3872) production cross section via decays to J/ψπ + π − in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2013)Journal of High Energy PhysicsThe production of the X(3872) is studied in pp collisions at s√=7 TeV, using decays to J/ψπ + π −, where the J/ψ decays to two muons. The data were recorded by the CMS experiment and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.8 fb−1. The measurements are performed in a kinematic range in which the X(3872) candidates have a transverse momentum 10 < p T < 50 GeV and rapidity |y| < 1.2. The ratio of the X(3872) and ψ(2S) cross sections ...Journal Article -
Measurement of associated production of vector bosons and top quark-antiquark pairs in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2013)Physical Review LettersThe first measurement of vector-boson production associated with a top quark-antiquark pair in proton-proton collisions at √s=7 TeV is presented. The results are based on a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1, recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC in 2011. The measurement is performed in two independent channels through a trilepton analysis of t¯tZ events and a same-sign dilepton analysis of t¯tV (V=W or Z) ...Journal Article -
Search for new physics in events with same-sign dileptons and b jets in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV
(2013)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search for new physics is performed using events with isolated same-sign leptons and at least two bottom-quark jets in the final state. Results are based on a sample of proton-proton collisions collected at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the CMS detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.5 fb−1. No excess above the standard model background is observed. Upper limits are set on the number of events from ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the sum of WW and WZ production with W+dijet events in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2013)The European Physical Journal CA measurement of the inclusive WW+WZ diboson production cross section in proton–proton collisions is reported, based on events containing a leptonically decaying W boson and exactly two jets. The data sample, collected at s√=7 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1. The measured value of the sum of the inclusive WW and WZ cross sections is σ(pp→WW+WZ)=68.9±8.7 (stat.)±9.7 (syst.)±1.5 ...Journal Article