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Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to μ+μ− in pp collisions at √s = 7 and 8 TeV
(2016)Physics Letters BA search for neutral Higgs bosons predicted in the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) for μ+μ- decay channels is presented. The analysis uses data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 5.1 and 19.3 fb-1, respectively. The search is sensitive to Higgs bosons produced either through the gluon fusion process or ...Journal Article -
Search for diphoton resonances in the mass range from 150 to 850 GeV in pp collisions at √s= 8 TeV
(2015)Physics Letters BResults are presented of a search for heavy particles decaying into two photons. The analysis is based on a 19.7fb−1 sample of proton–proton collisions at s=8TeV collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The diphoton mass spectrum from 150 to 850 GeV is used to search for an excess of events over the background. The search is extended to new resonances with natural widths of up to 10% of the mass value. No evidence for new particle ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the Z boson differential cross section in transverse momentum and rapidity in proton–proton collisions at 8 TeV
(2015)Physics Letters BWe present a measurement of the Z boson differential cross section in rapidity and transverse momentum using a data sample of pp collision events at a centre-of-mass energy s=8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. The Z boson is identified via its decay to a pair of muons. The measurement provides a precision test of quantum chromodynamics over a large region of phase space. In addition, due to the small experimental ...Journal Article