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Search for associated production of dark matter with a Higgs boson decaying to bb ¯ or γγ at √s=13 TeV
(2017)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search for dark matter is performed looking for events with large missing transverse momentum and a Higgs boson decaying either to a pair of bottom quarks or to a pair of photons. The data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected in 2015 with the CMS detector at the LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1. Results are interpreted in the context of a Z′-two-Higgs-doublet model, where ...Journal Article -
Search for light bosons in decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV
(2017)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search is presented for decays beyond the standard model of the 125 GeV Higgs bosons to a pair of light bosons, based on models with extended scalar sectors. Light boson masses between 5 and 62.5 GeV are probed in final states containing four τ leptons, two muons and two b quarks, or two muons and two τ leptons. The results are from data in proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1, accumulated by ...Journal Article -
Search for top squark pair production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV using single lepton events
(2017)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search for top squark pair production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV is performed using events with a single isolated electron or muon, jets, and a large transverse momentum imbalance. The results are based on data collected in 2016 with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. No significant excess of events is observed above the expectation from standard model processes. Exclusion limits are ...Journal Article -
Measurements of the pp → Wγγ and pp → Zγγ cross sections and limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings at √s=8 TeV
(2017)Journal of High Energy PhysicsMeasurements are presented of Wγγ and Zγγ production in proton-proton collisions. Fiducial cross sections are reported based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.4 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. Signal is identified through the W → ℓν and Z → ℓℓ decay modes, where ℓ is a muon or an electron. The production of Wγγ and Zγγ, measured with significances of 2.6 and 5.9 ...Journal Article -
Search for new physics in the monophoton final state in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
(2017)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search is conducted for new physics in a final state containing a photon and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at s√=13 TeV. The data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC correspond to an integrated luminosity of 12.9 fb−1. No deviations are observed relative to the predictions of the standard model. The results are interpreted as exclusion limits on the dark matter production cross sections and parameters ...Journal Article -
Particle-flow reconstruction and global event description with the CMS detector
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Search for heavy neutrinos or third-generation leptoquarks in final states with two hadronically decaying tau leptons and two jets in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
(2017)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search for new particles has been conducted using events with two high transverse momentum (pT) τ leptons that decay hadronically, at least two high-pT jets, and missing transverse energy from the τ lepton decays. The analysis is performed using data from proton-proton collisions, collected by the CMS experiment in 2015 at s √ =13 s=13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.1 fb−1. The results are interpreted in two ...Journal Article -
Search for electroweak production of charginos in final states with two τ leptons in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
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Search for supersymmetry in events with one lepton and multiple jets in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
(2017)Physical Review DA search for supersymmetry is performed in events with a single electron or muon in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data were recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1. Several exclusive search regions are defined based on the number of jets and b-tagged jets, the scalar sum of the jet transverse momenta, and the scalar sum of the missing transverse ...Journal Article -
Search for electroweak production of charginos and neutralinos in WH events in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
(2017)Journal of High Energy PhysicsResults are reported from a search for physics beyond the standard model in proton-proton collision events with a charged lepton (electron or muon), two jets identified as originating from a bottom quark decay, and significant imbalance in the transverse momentum. The search was performed using a data sample corresponding to 35.9 fb−1, collected by the CMS experiment in 2016 at s√=13 TeV. Events with this signature can arise, for example, ...Journal Article