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Search for electroweak production of charginos and neutralinos using leptonic final states in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2012)Journal of High Energy PhysicsThe 2011 dataset of the CMS experiment, consisting of an integrated luminosity of 4.98 fb−1 of pp collisions at s√=7 TeV, enables expanded searches for direct electroweak pair production of charginos and neutralinos in supersymmetric models as well as their analogs in other models of new physics. Searches sensitive to such processes, with decays to final states that contain two or more leptons, are presented. Final states with three ...Journal Article -
Search for new physics with long-lived particles decaying to photons and missing energy in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2012)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search is performed for long-lived neutral particles decaying into a photon and invisible particles. An example of such a signature is the decay of the lightest neutralino with nonzero lifetime into a gravitino and a photon in gauge-mediated supersymmetry, with the neutralino as the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and the gravitino as the lightest. The search uses events containing photons, missing transverse energy, and jets. ...Journal Article -
Search for charge-asymmetric production of W′ bosons in top pair + jet events from pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
(2012)Physics Letters BA search is presented for charge-asymmetric production of a W' boson that has been proposed to accommodate the forward-backward asymmetry observed in the production of top-antitop quark pairs at the Tevatron. The new heavy W' boson would be produced in association with a top quark and would decay into top and down quarks. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb(-1) in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, ...Journal Article -
Study of the inclusive production of charged pions, kaons, and protons in pp collisions at √s=0.9, 2.76, and 7 TeV
(2012)The European Physical Journal CSpectra of identified charged hadrons are measured in pp collisions at the LHC for s√=0.9,2.76, and 7 TeV. Charged pions, kaons, and protons in the transverse-momentum range p T≈0.1–1.7 GeV/c and for rapidities |y|<1 are identified via their energy loss in the CMS silicon tracker. The average p T increases rapidly with the mass of the hadron and the event charged-particle multiplicity, independently of the center-of-mass energy. The fully ...Journal Article -
Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos in μ±μ±+jets and e±e±+jets events in pp collisions at √s =7 TeV
(2012)Physics Letters BA search for excited leptons is carried out with the CMS detector at the LHC, using 36 pb-1 of pp collision data recorded at s=7 TeV. The search is performed for associated production of a lepton and an oppositely charged excited lepton pp→ℓℓ*, followed by the decay ℓ*→ℓγ, resulting in the ℓℓγ final state, where ℓ=e,μ. No excess of events above the standard model expectation is observed. Interpreting the findings in the context of ℓ* ...Journal Article -
Inclusive and differential measurements of the ttˉ charge asymmetry in proton–proton collisions at 7 TeV
(2012)Physics Letters BThe tt- charge asymmetry is measured in events containing a charged lepton (electron or muon) and at least four jets, one of which is identified as originating from b-quark hadronization. The analyzed dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb -1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. An inclusive and three differential measurements of the tt- charge asymmetry as a function of rapidity, transverse momentum, and invariant ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the top-quark mass in tt events with dilepton final states in pp collisions at s√ =7 TeV
(2012)The European Physical Journal CThe top-quark mass is measured in proton-proton collisions at s√=7 TeV using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1 collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The measurement is performed in the dilepton decay channel tt¯→(ℓ+νℓb)(ℓ−ν¯¯¯ℓb¯¯¯), where ℓ=e,μ. Candidate top-quark decays are selected by requiring two leptons, at least two jets, and imbalance in transverse momentum. The mass is reconstructed with ...Journal Article -
Search for a W′ or Techni-ρ Decaying into WZ in pp Collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2012)Physical Review LettersA search is performed in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV for exotic particles decaying via WZ to final states with electrons and muons. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of approximately 5 fb−1. No significant excess is observed in the data above the expected standard model background. Upper bounds at 95% confidence level are set on the production cross section of the W′ boson described by the sequential standard model ...Journal Article -
Measurement of jet fragmentation into charged particles in pp and PbPb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV
(2012)Journal of High Energy PhysicsJet fragmentation in pp and PbPb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 2.76 TeV per nucleon pair was studied using data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. Fragmentation functions are constructed using charged-particle tracks with transverse momenta p T > 4 GeV/c for dijet events with a leading jet of p T > 100 GeV/c. The fragmentation functions in PbPb events are compared to those in pp data as a function of collision centrality, ...Journal Article -
Search for New Physics in the Multijet and Missing Transverse Momentum Final State in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2012)Physical Review LettersA search for physics beyond the standard model is performed in events with at least three jets and large missing transverse momentum produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √s=7 TeV. No significant excess of events above the expected backgrounds is observed in 4.98 fb−1 of data collected with the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The results are presented in the context of the constrained minimal ...Journal Article