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Search for top squarks in final states with two top quarks and several light-flavor jets in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
(2021)Physical Review DMany new physics models, including versions of supersymmetry characterized by R-parity violation (RPV), compressed mass spectra, long decay chains, or additional hidden sectors, predict the production of events with top quarks, low missing transverse momentum, and many additional quarks or gluons. The results of a search for new physics in events with two top quarks and additional jets are reported. The search is performed using events ...Journal Article -
Precision luminosity measurement in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016 at CMS
(2021)The European Physical Journal CThe measurement of the luminosity recorded by the CMS detector installed at LHC interaction point 5, using proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016, is reported. The absolute luminosity scale is measured for individual bunch crossings using beam-separation scans (the van der Meer method), with a relative precision of 1.3 and 1.0% in 2015 and 2016, respectively. The dominant sources of uncertainty are related to residual ...Journal Article -
Measurements of the charm jet cross section and nuclear modification factor in pPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV
(2017)Physics Letters BThe CMS Collaboration presents the first measurement of the differential cross section of jets from charm quarks produced in proton–lead (pPb) collisions at a nucleon–nucleon center-of-mass energy of √sNN=5.02TeV, as well as results from charm quark jets in proton–proton (pp) collisions at s=2.76 and 5.02TeV. By comparing the yields of the pPb and pp collision systems at the same energy, a nuclear modification factor for charm jets from ...Journal Article -
The very forward CASTOR calorimeter of the CMS experiment
(2021)Journal of InstrumentationThe physics motivation, detector design, triggers, calibration, alignment, simulation, and overall performance of the very forward CASTOR calorimeter of the CMS experiment are reviewed. The CASTOR Cherenkov sampling calorimeter is located very close to the LHC beam line, at a radial distance of about 1 cm from the beam pipe, and at 14.4 m from the CMS interaction point, covering the pseudorapidity range of -6.6 < eta < - 5.2. It was ...Journal Article -
Search for the rare decay of the W boson into a pion and a photon in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
(2021)Physics Letters BA search is performed for the rare decay W±→π±γ in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV. Data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137fb−1 were collected during 2016 to 2018 with the CMS detector. This analysis exploits a novel search strategy based on W boson production in top quark pair events. An inclusive search for the W±→π±γ decay is not optimal at the LHC because of the high trigger thresholds. Instead, a trigger selection ...Journal Article -
First measurement of the cross section for top quark pair production with additional charm jets using dileptonic final states in pp collisions at s=13TeV
(2021)Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy PhysicsThe first measurement of the inclusive cross section for top quark pairs (tt‾) produced in association with two additional charm jets is presented. The analysis uses the dileptonic final states of tt‾ events produced in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 41.5fb−1, recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. A new charm jet identification algorithm provides input ...Journal Article -
Search for W′ bosons decaying to a top and a bottom quark at √s=13 TeV in the hadronic final state
(2021)Physics Letters BA search is performed for W′ bosons decaying to a top and a bottom quark in the all-hadronic final state, in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The analyzed data were collected by the CMS experiment between 2016 and 2018 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. Deep neural network algorithms are used to identify the jet initiated by the bottom quark and the jet containing the decay products of ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy of Υ(1S)and Υ(2S)mesons in PbPb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV
(2021)Physics Letters BThe second-order Fourier coefficients (v2) characterizing the azimuthal distributions of [Formula presented] and [Formula presented] mesons produced in PbPb collisions at sNN=5.02TeV are studied. The [Formula presented] mesons are reconstructed in their dimuon decay channel, as measured by the CMS detector. The collected data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.7nb−1. The scalar product method is used to extract the v2 ...Journal Article -
Search for top squark production in fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV
(2021)Physical Review DA search for production of the supersymmetric partners of the top quark, top squarks, is presented. The search is based on proton-proton collision events containing multiple jets, no leptons, and large transverse momentum imbalance. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. The targeted signal production scenarios are direct ...Journal Article -
Search for lepton-flavor violating decays of the Higgs boson in the μτ and eτ final states in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
(2021)Physical Review DA search is presented for lepton-flavor violating decays of the Higgs boson to μτ and eτ. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1 collected at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. No significant excess has been found, and the results are interpreted in terms of upper limits on lepton-flavor violating branching fractions of the Higgs boson. The observed (expected) upper limits ...Journal Article