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Inclusive search for a vector-like T quark with charge 2/3 in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
(2014)Physics Letters BA search is performed for a massive new vector-like quark T, with charge 2/3, that is pair produced together with its antiparticle in proton–proton collisions. The data were collected by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012 at s=8TeV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.5fb−1. The T quark is assumed to decay into three different final states, bW, tZ, and tH. The search is carried out using events with at ...Journal Article -
Studies of azimuthal dihadron correlations in ultra-central PbPb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV
(2014)Journal of High Energy PhysicsAzimuthal dihadron correlations of charged particles have been measured in PbPb collisions at sNN−−−−√ = 2.76TeV by the CMS collaboration, using data from the 2011 LHC heavy-ion run. The data set includes a sample of ultra-central (0-0.2% centrality) PbPb events collected using a trigger based on total transverse energy in the hadron forward calorimeters and the total multiplicity of pixel clusters in the silicon pixel tracker. A total ...Journal Article -
Search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a W or a Z boson and decaying to bottom quarks
(2014)Physical Review DA search for the standard model Higgs boson (H) decaying to b¯b when produced in association with a weak vector boson (V) is reported for the following channels: W(μν)H, W(eν)H, W(τν)H, Z(μμ)H, Z(ee)H, and Z(νν)H. The search is performed in data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of up to 5.1 inverse femtobarns at √s=7 TeV and up to 18.9 fb−1 at √s=8 TeV, recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. An excess of events is ...Journal Article -
Search for Top Squark and Higgsino Production Using Diphoton Higgs Boson Decays
(2014)Physical Review LettersResults are presented of a search for a “natural” supersymmetry scenario with gauge mediated symmetry breaking. It is assumed that only the supersymmetric partners of the top quark (the top squark) and the Higgs boson (Higgsino) are accessible. Events are examined in which there are two photons forming a Higgs boson candidate, and at least two b-quark jets. In 19.7 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at s=8 TeV, recorded in the CMS ...Journal Article -
Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states
(2014)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a W-boson pair at the LHC is reported. The event sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb−1 and 19.4 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector in pp collisions at s√ = 7 and 8 TeV, respectively. The Higgs boson candidates are selected in events with two or three charged leptons. An excess of events above background is observed, consistent with the expectation from the ...Journal Article -
Search for new physics in events with same-sign dileptons and jets in pp collisions at √8 = 8 TeV
(2014)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search for new physics is performed based on events with jets and a pair of isolated, same-sign leptons. The results are obtained using a sample of proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb−1. In order to be sensitive to a wide variety of possible signals beyond the standard model, multiple search regions defined by ...Journal Article -
Identification techniques for highly boosted W bosons that decay into hadrons
(2014)Journal of High Energy PhysicsIn searches for new physics in the energy regime of the LHC, it is becoming increasingly important to distinguish single-jet objects that originate from the merging of the decay products of W bosons produced with high transverse momenta from jets initiated by single partons. Algorithms are defined to identify such W jets for different signals of interest, using techniques that are also applicable to other decays of bosons to hadrons that ...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 -
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