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Measurements of t¯t Spin Correlations and Top-Quark Polarization Using Dilepton Final States in pp Collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2014)Physical Review LettersSpin correlations and polarization in the top quark–antiquark system are measured using dilepton final states produced in pp collisions at the LHC at √s=7 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector. The measurements are performed using events with two oppositely charged leptons (electrons or muons), a significant imbalance in transverse momentum, and two or more jets, where at least ...Journal Article -
Azimuthal decorrelation of jets widely separated in rapidity in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
(2016)Journal of High Energy PhysicsThe decorrelation in the azimuthal angle between the most forward and the most backward jets (Mueller-Navelet jets) is measured in data collected in pp collisions with the CMS detector at the LHC at s√=7 TeV. The measurement is presented in the form of distributions of azimuthal-angle differences, Δϕ, between the Mueller-Navelet jets, the average cosines of (π − Δϕ), 2(π − Δϕ), and 3(π − Δϕ), and ratios of these cosines. The jets are ...Journal Article -
Search for physics beyond the standard model in dilepton mass spectra in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV
(2015)Journal of High Energy PhysicsDimuon and dielectron mass spectra, obtained from data resulting from proton-proton collisions at 8 TeV and recorded by the CMS experiment, are used to search for both narrow resonances and broad deviations from standard model predictions. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20.6 (19.7) fb−1 for the dimuon (dielectron) channel. No evidence for non-standard-model physics is observed and 95% confidence level limits are set ...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 -
Combined search for electroweak production of charginos and neutralinos in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
(2018)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA statistical combination of several searches for the electroweak production of charginos and neutralinos is presented. All searches use proton-proton collision data at s√=13 TeV, recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. In addition to the combination of previous searches, a targeted analysis requiring three or more charged leptons (electrons or muons) is presented, ...Journal Article -
Measurement of associated W + charm production in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
(2014)Journal of High Energy PhysicsMeasurements are presented of the associated production of a W boson and a charm-quark jet (W + c) in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The analysis is conducted with a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 5 fb−1, collected by the CMS detector at the LHC. W boson candidates are identified by their decay into a charged lepton (muon or electron) and a neutrino. The W + c measurements are performed ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the transverse momentum spectrum of the Higgs boson produced in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV using H → WW decays
(2017)Journal of High Energy PhysicsThe cross section for Higgs boson production in pp collisions is studied using the H → W+W− decay mode, followed by leptonic decays of the W bosons to an oppositely charged electron-muon pair in the final state. The measurements are performed using data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.4 fb−1. The Higgs boson transverse momentum (p T) is ...Journal Article -
Event activity dependence of Y(nS) production in √sNN =5.02 TeV pPb and √s=2.76 TeV pp collisions
(2014)Journal of High Energy PhysicsThe production of Y(1S), Y(2S), and Y(3S) is investigated in pPb and pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies per nucleon pair of 5.02 TeV and 2.76 TeV, respectively. The datasets correspond to integrated luminosities of about 31 nb−1 (pPb) and 5.4 pb−1 (pp), collected in 2013 by the CMS experiment at the LHC. Upsilons that decay into muons are reconstructed within the rapidity interval |y CM| < 1.93 in the nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass ...Journal Article -
Search for pair production of first- and second-generation scalar leptoquarks in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
(2012)Physical Review DResults are presented from a search for the pair production of first- and second-generation scalar leptoquarks in proton-proton collisions at √s=7 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1, collected by the CMS detector at the LHC. The search signatures involve either two charged leptons of the same flavor (electrons or muons) and at least two jets or a single charged lepton (electron or muon), missing ...Journal Article -
Study of the underlying event at forward rapidity in pp collisions at √s =0.9,2.76, and 7 TeV
(2013)Journal of High Energy PhysicsThe underlying event activity in proton-proton collisions at forward pseudo-rapidity (−6.6 < η < −5.2) is studied with the CMS detector at the LHC, using a novel observable: the ratio of the forward energy density, dE/dη, for events with a charged-particle jet produced at central pseudorapidity (|η jet| < 2) to the forward energy density for inclusive events. This forward energy density ratio is measured as a function of the central jet ...Journal Article