Showing papers by "Matthew Jones published in 2017"
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U. Bhawandeep1, Vardan Khachatryan, Albert M. Sirunyan, Armen Tumasyan +2289 more•Institutions (147)
TL;DR: In this paper, the trigger system consists of two levels designed to select events of potential physics interest from a GHz (MHz) interaction rate of proton-proton (heavy ion) collisions.
Abstract: This paper describes the CMS trigger system and its performance during Run 1 of the LHC. The trigger system consists of two levels designed to select events of potential physics interest from a GHz (MHz) interaction rate of proton-proton (heavy ion) collisions. The first level of the trigger is implemented in hardware, and selects events containing detector signals consistent with an electron, photon, muon, tau lepton, jet, or missing transverse energy. A programmable menu of up to 128 object-based algorithms is used to select events for subsequent processing. The trigger thresholds are adjusted to the LHC instantaneous luminosity during data taking in order to restrict the output rate to 100 kHz, the upper limit imposed by the CMS readout electronics. The second level, implemented in software, further refines the purity of the output stream, selecting an average rate of 400 Hz for offline event storage. The objectives, strategy and performance of the trigger system during the LHC Run 1 are described.
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TL;DR: The white paper summarizes the workshop "U.S. Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter" held at University of Maryland on March 23-25, 2017.
Abstract: This white paper summarizes the workshop "U.S. Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter" held at University of Maryland on March 23-25, 2017.
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Vardan Khachatryan, Albert M. Sirunyan, Armen Tumasyan, Wolfgang Adam1 +2273 more•Institutions (154)
TL;DR: In this article, the second-order and third-order azimuthal anisotropy harmonics of unidentified charged particles, as well as v2v2 of View the MathML sourceKS0 and ViewTheMathML sourceΛ/Λ ǫ particles, are extracted from long-range two-particle correlations as functions of particle multiplicity and transverse momentum.
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Albert M. Sirunyan1, Armen Tumasyan1, Wolfgang Adam +2325 more•Institutions (191)
TL;DR: In this paper, an upper bound on the branching fraction of the Higgs boson decay to invisible particles, as a function of the assumed production cross-sections, was established, and the results were also interpreted in the context of Higgs-portal dark matter models.
Abstract: Searches for invisible decays of the Higgs boson are presented. The data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC correspond to integrated luminosities of 5.1, 19.7, and 2.3 fb−1 at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, respectively. The search channels target Higgs boson production via gluon fusion, vector boson fusion, and in association with a vector boson. Upper limits are placed on the branching fraction of the Higgs boson decay to invisible particles, as a function of the assumed production cross sections. The combination of all channels, assuming standard model production, yields an observed (expected) upper limit on the invisible branching fraction of 0.24 (0.23) at the 95% confidence level. The results are also interpreted in the context of Higgs-portal dark matter models.
208 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, a search for supersymmetry is presented based on multijet events with large missing transverse momentum produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s=13
Abstract: A search for supersymmetry is presented based on multijet events with large missing transverse momentum produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1, were collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2016. The analysis utilizes four-dimensional exclusive search regions defined in terms of the number of jets, the number of tagged bottom quark jets, the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta, and the magnitude of the vector sum of jet transverse momenta. No evidence for a significant excess of events is observed relative to the expectation from the standard model. Limits on the cross sections for the pair production of gluinos and squarks are derived in the context of simplified models. Assuming the lightest supersymmetric particle to be a weakly interacting neutralino, 95% confidence level lower limits on the gluino mass as large as 1800 to 1960 GeV are derived, and on the squark mass as large as 960 to 1390 GeV, depending on the production and decay scenario.
175 citations
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Robin Erbacher2, C. A. Carrillo Montoya3, Wagner Carvalho4 +2274 more•Institutions (150)
TL;DR: The observed differences between the same and opposite sign correlations, as functions of multiplicity and η gap between the two charged particles, are of similar magnitude in p-Pb and PbPb collisions at the same multiplicities.
Abstract: Charge-dependent azimuthal particle correlations with respect to the second-order event plane in pPb and PbPb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV have been studied with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The measurement is performed with a three-particle correlation technique, using two particles with the same or opposite charge within the pseudorapidity range abs(eta)<2.4, and a third particle measured in the hadron forward calorimeters (4.4< abs(eta)<5). The observed differences between the same and opposite sign correlations, as functions of multiplicity and eta gap between the two charged particles, are of similar magnitude in pPb and PbPb collisions at the same multiplicities. These results pose a challenge for the interpretation of charge-dependent azimuthal correlations in heavy ion collisions in terms of the chiral magnetic effect.
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Albert M. Sirunyan1, Armen Tumasyan1, Wolfgang Adam +2274 more•Institutions (154)
TL;DR: In this article, the production yields of quarkonium states are measured through their decays into muon pairs in the CMS detector, in PbPb and pp collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 2.76 TeV.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reconstruct the jet spectra from PbPb and PbNb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 2.76TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.
Abstract: Inclusive jet spectra from pp and PbPb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 2.76TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, are presented. Jets are reconstructed with three different distance parameters (R=0.2, 0.3, and 0.4) for transverse momentum (pT) greater than 70GeV/c and pseudorapidity |η|<2. Next-to-leading-order quantum chromodynamic calculations with nonperturbative corrections are found to overpredict jet production cross sections in pp for small distance parameters. The jet nuclear modification factors for PbPb compared to pp collisions, show a steady decrease from peripheral to central events, along with a weak dependence on the jet pT. They are found to be independent of the distance parameter in the measured kinematic range.
93 citations
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Albert M. Sirunyan1, Armen Tumasyan1, Wolfgang Adam +2357 more•Institutions (187)
TL;DR: In this article, the transverse momentum spectra of weak vector bosons were measured in the CMS experiment at the LHC using a sample of proton-proton collisions at 8 TeV, collected during a special low-luminosity running that corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 18.4 inversepicobarns.
Abstract: The transverse momentum spectra of weak vector bosons are measured in the CMS experiment at the LHC. The measurement uses a sample of proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV, collected during a special low-luminosity running that corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 18.4 inverse-picobarns. The production of W bosons is studied in both electron and muon decay modes, while the production of Z bosons is studied using only the dimuon decay channel. The ratios of W- to W+ and Z to W differential cross sections are also measured. The measured differential cross sections and ratios are compared with theoretical predictions up to next-to-next leading order in QCD.
85 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, a search for direct production of top squark pairs in events with jets and large transverse momentum imbalance is presented, based on proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector in 2016 at the CERN LHC.
Abstract: A search for direct production of top squark pairs in events with jets and large transverse momentum imbalance is presented. The data are based on proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector in 2016 at the CERN LHC, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. The search considers a variety of R-parity conserving supersymmetric models, including ones for which the top squark and neutralino masses are nearly degenerate. Specialized jet reconstruction tools are developed to exploit the unique characteristics of the signal topologies. With no significant excess of events observed above the standard model expectations, upper limits are set on the direct top squark pair production cross section in the context of simplified supersymmetric models for various decay hypotheses. Models with larger differences in mass between the top squark and neutralino are probed for masses up to 1040 and 500 GeV, respectively, whereas models with a more compressed mass hierarchy are probed up to 660 and 610 GeV, respectively. The smallest mass difference probed is for masses near to 550 and 540 GeV, respectively.
84 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, an inclusive search is presented for new heavy particle pairs produced in √s=7 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC using 4.7±0.1
Abstract: An inclusive search is presented for new heavy particle pairs produced in √s=7 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC using 4.7±0.1 fb-1 of integrated luminosity. The selected events are analyzed in the 2D razor space of MR, an event-by-event indicator of the heavy particle mass scale, and R, a dimensionless variable related to the missing transverse energy. The third-generation sector is probed using the event heavy-flavor content. The search is sensitive to generic supersymmetry models with minimal assumptions about the superpartner decay chains. No excess is observed in the number of events beyond that predicted by the standard model. Exclusion limits are derived in the CMSSM framework as well as for simplified models. Within the CMSSM parameter space considered, gluino masses up to 800 GeV and squark masses up to 1.35 TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level depending on the model parameters. The direct production of pairs of top or bottom squarks is excluded for masses as high as 400 GeV.
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Robin Erbacher2, C. A. Carrillo Montoya3, Wagner Carvalho4 +2338 more•Institutions (183)
TL;DR: In this article, a Bayesian neural network technique is used to discriminate between the signal and background, which is observed to be consistent with the standard model prediction, and the 95% confidence level (CL) exclusion limits on anomalous right-handed vector, and left-and right-hand tensor Wtb couplings are measured to be |f_V^R| < 0.16,|f_T^L|< 0.057, and − 0.048, respectively.
Abstract: Single top quark events produced in the t channel are used to set limits on anomalous Wtb couplings and to search for top quark flavour-changing neutral current (FCNC) interactions. The data taken with the CMS detector at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at s√ =7 and 8 TeV correspond to integrated luminosities of 5.0 and 19.7 fb^(−1), respectively. The analysis is performed using events with one muon and two or three jets. A Bayesian neural network technique is used to discriminate between the signal and backgrounds, which are observed to be consistent with the standard model prediction. The 95% confidence level (CL) exclusion limits on anomalous right-handed vector, and left- and right-handed tensor Wtb couplings are measured to be |f_V^R| < 0.16, |f_T^L| < 0.057, and − 0.049 < f_T^R < 0.048, respectively. For the FCNC couplings κ_(tug) and κ_(tcg), the 95% CL upper limits on coupling strengths are |κ_(tug)|/Λ < 4.1 × 10^(− 3) TeV^(−1) and |κ_(tcg)|/Λ < 1.8 × 10^(−2) TeV^(−1), where Λ is the scale for new physics, and correspond to upper limits on the branching fractions of 2.0 × 10^(−5) and 4.1 × 10^(−4) for the decays t → ug and t → cg, respectively.
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TL;DR: In this article, a search is performed for anomalous interactions of the recently discovered Higgs boson using matrix element techniques with the information from its decay to four leptons and from associated production with two quark jets.
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Albert M. Sirunyan1, Armen Tumasyan1, Wolfgang Adam +2331 more•Institutions (196)
TL;DR: In this paper, a 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.
Abstract: A 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 the CMS experiment at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. No evidence for such exotic decays is found in the data. Upper limits are set on the product of the cross section and branching fraction for several signal processes. The results are also compared to predictions of two-Higgs-doublet models, including those with an additional scalar singlet.
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Albert M. Sirunyan1, Armen Tumasyan1, Wolfgang Adam +2284 more•Institutions (154)
TL;DR: In this article, a search for W' bosons in events with an electron or muon and large missing transverse momentum was performed using proton-proton collision data at 13 TeV collected with the CMS detector in 2015.
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Vardan Khachatryan, Albert M. Sirunyan, Armen Tumasyan, Wolfgang Adam1 +2284 more•Institutions (154)
TL;DR: The WZ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at squarert(s) = 13 TeV is measured with the CMS experiment at the LHC using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 inverse femtobarns.
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TL;DR: Advances in genomics technologies that enable more high-throughput genetic testing, combined with research studies that identify additional EOC risk alleles will likely provide further opportunities to establish polygenic risk prediction approaches, based on combinations of rare high/moderate penetrance susceptibility genes and common, low penetraterance susceptibility alleles.
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Albert M. Sirunyan1, Armen Tumasyan1, Wolfgang Adam +2339 more•Institutions (196)
TL;DR: In this article, a search for new particles has been conducted using events with two high transverse momentum (pt) tau leptons that decay hadronically, at least two high-pt jets, and missing transverse energy from the tau bb decays.
Abstract: A search for new particles has been conducted using events with two high transverse momentum (pt) tau leptons that decay hadronically, at least two high-pt jets, and missing transverse energy from the tau lepton decays. The analysis is performed using data from proton-proton collisions, collected by the CMS experiment in 2015 at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.1 inverse femtobarns. The results are interpreted in two physics models. The first model involves heavy right-handed neutrinos, N[l] (l = e, mu, tau), and right-handed charged bosons, W[R], arising in a left-right symmetric extension of the standard model. Masses of the W[R] boson below 2.35 (1.63) TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level, assuming the N[tau] mass is 0.8 (0.2) times the mass of the W[R] boson and that only the N[tau] flavor contributes to the W[R] decay width. In the second model, pair production of third-generation scalar leptoquarks that decay into tau tau bb is considered. Third-generation scalar leptoquarks with masses below 740 GeV are excluded, assuming a 100% branching fraction for the leptoquark decay to a tau lepton and a bottom quark. This is the first search at hadron colliders for the third-generation Majorana neutrino, as well as the first search for third-generation leptoquarks in the final state with a pair of hadronically decaying tau leptons and jets.
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Vardan Khachatryan, Albert M. Sirunyan, Armen Tumasyan, Wolfgang Adam1 +2311 more•Institutions (150)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured the transverse momentum spectra of the strange hadron (K0s, Lambda + anti-Lambda, and Xi+ + Xi-) transversals over a wide range of rapidity and event charged-particle multiplicity.
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TL;DR: More than two decades ago, empirical research into middle leadership roles in schools tended to focus largely but not exclusively upon subject leaders and heads of department (Harris, Jamieson, and... as mentioned in this paper ).
Abstract: More than two decades ago, empirical research into middle leadership roles in schools tended to focus largely but not exclusively upon subject leaders and heads of department (Harris, Jamieson, and...
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Albert M. Sirunyan1, Robin Erbacher2, C. A. Carrillo Montoya3, Wagner Carvalho4 +2279 more•Institutions (149)
TL;DR: The relative modification of the prompt ψ(2S) and J/ψ yields from pp to PbPb collisions, at the center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV per nucleon pair, is presented.
Abstract: The relative modification of the prompt ψ(2S) and J/ψ yields from pp to PbPb collisions, at the center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV per nucleon pair, is presented. The analysis is based on pp and PbPb data samples collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2015, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 28.0 pb^(−1) and 464 μb^(−1), respectively. The double ratio of measured yields of prompt charmonia reconstructed through their decays into muon pairs, (N_ψ(2S)/N_J/ψ)_PbPb/(N_ψ(2S)/N_J/ψ)_pp, is determined as a function of PbPb collision centrality and charmonium transverse momentum p_T, in two kinematic intervals: |y| < 1.6 covering 6.5 < p_T < 30 GeV/c and 1.6 < |y| < 2.4 covering 3 < p_T < 30 GeV/c. The centrality-integrated double ratios are 0.36 ± 0.08 (stat) ± 0.05 (syst) in the first interval and 0.24 ± 0.22 (stat) ± 0.09 (syst) in the second. The double ratio is lower than unity in all the measured bins, suggesting that the ψ(2S) yield is more suppressed than the J/ψ yield in the explored phase space.
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TL;DR: In this article, a search for pair production of massive vector-like T and B quarks in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV is presented.
Abstract: A search for pair production of massive vector-like T and B quarks in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV is presented. The data set was collected in 2015 by the CMS experiment at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of up to 2.6 fb(-1). The T and B quarks are assumed to decay through three possible channels into a heavy boson (either a W, Z or Higgs boson) and a third generation quark. This search is performed in final states with one charged lepton and several jets, exploiting techniques to identify W or Higgs bosons decaying hadronically with large transverse momenta. No excess over the predicted standard model background is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level on the T quark pair production cross section are set that exclude T quark masses below 860 GeV in the singlet, and below 830 GeV in the doublet branching fraction scenario. For other branching fraction combinations with B (T -> tH) + B(T -> bW) >= 0.4, lower limits on the T quark range from 790 to 940 GeV. Limits are also set on pair production of singlet vector-like B quarks, which can be excluded up to a mass of 730 GeV. The techniques showcased here for understanding highly-boosted final states are important as the sensitivity to new particles is extended to higher masses.
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TL;DR: In this article, a small-scale exploratory study of principals' instructional leadership practice in Malaysian primary schools was conducted, which revealed that some of the duties and activities associated with being a principal in Malaysia are particularly congruent with instructional leadership practices.
Abstract: Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to outline the findings from a small-scale, exploratory, study of principals’ instructional leadership practice in Malaysian primary schools. The dimensions and functions of instructional leadership, explicitly explored in this study, are those outlined in the Hallinger and Murphy’s (1985) model.
Design/methodology/approach
This study is part of a larger international, comparative research project that aims to identify the boundaries of the current knowledge base on instructional leadership practice and to develop a preliminary empirically based understanding of how principals conceive and enact their role as instructional leaders in Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. Using a qualitative research design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 primary school principals in Malaysia. The sample comprised principals from 14 Government National schools (SK), nine principals from Chinese schools (SJKC) and seven principals from Tamil schools (SJKT). The qualitative data were initially analysed inductively, and subsequently coded using ATLAS.ti to generate the findings and conclusions.
Findings
The findings showed that the Malaysian principals, who were interviewed, understood and could describe their responsibilities relating to improving instructional practice. In particular, they talked about the supervision of teachers and outlined various ways in which they actively monitored the quality of teaching and learning in their schools. These data revealed that some of the duties and activities associated with being a principal in Malaysia are particularly congruent with instructional leadership practices. In particular, the supervision of teaching and learning along with leading professional learning were strongly represented in the data.
Research limitations/implications
This is a small-scale, exploratory study involving 30 principals.
Practical implications
There is a clear policy aspiration, outlined in the Malaysian Education Blueprint, that principals should be instructional leaders. The evidence shows that principals are enacting some of the functions associated with being an instructional leader but not others.
Originality/value
The findings from this study provide some new insights into the principals’ instructional leadership practices in Malaysia. They also provide a basis for further, in-depth exploration that can enhance the knowledge base about principals’ instructional leadership practices in Malaysia.
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TL;DR: In this article, a measurement of the differential cross sections for a W boson produced in association with jets in the muon decay channel is presented, based on 13 TeV proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.2 fb(-1), recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC.
Abstract: A measurement of the differential cross sections for a W boson produced in association with jets in the muon decay channel is presented. The measurement is based on 13 TeV proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.2 fb(-1), recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC. The cross sections are reported as functions of jet multiplicity, jet transverse momentum pT, jet rapidity, the scalar pT sum of the jets, and angular correlations between the muon and each jet for different jet multiplicities. The measured cross sections are in agreement with predictions that include multileg leading-order (LO) and next-to-LO matrix element calculations interfaced with parton showers, as well as a next-to-next-to-LO calculation for the W boson and one jet production.
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TL;DR: Upper limits at 95% confidence level on the production cross section are presented in a region of mass-coupling phase space previously unexplored at the LHC, where the region below 140 GeV has not been explored by any previous experiments.
Abstract: A search for low mass narrow vector resonances decaying into quark-antiquark pairs is presented The analysis is based on data collected in 2017 with the CMS detector at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 411 fb-1 The results of this analysis are combined with those of an earlier analysis based on data collected at the same collision energy in 2016, corresponding to 359 fb-1 Signal candidates will be recoiling against initial state radiation and are identified as energetic, large-radius jets with two pronged substructure The invariant jet mass spectrum is probed for a potential narrow peaking signal over a smoothly falling background No evidence for such resonances is observed within the mass range of 50–450 GeV Upper limits at the 95% confidence level are set on the coupling of narrow resonances to quarks, as a function of the resonance mass For masses between 50 and 300 GeV these are the most sensitive limits to date This analysis extends the earlier search to a mass range of 300–450 GeV, which is probed for the first time with jet substructure techniques
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TL;DR: In this article, a search for anomalous triple gauge couplings in WW and WZ diboson production in proton-proton collisions is performed using events containing a W boson that decays leptonically and a W or Z boson whose decay products are merged into a single reconstructed jet.
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Albert M. Sirunyan1, Armen Tumasyan1, Wolfgang Adam +2253 more•Institutions (148)
TL;DR: In this paper, the cross section of top quark-antiquark pair production in proton-proton collisions at the LHC was measured by the CMS experiment at LHC, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.2.
Abstract: The cross section of top quark-antiquark pair production in proton-proton collisions at [Formula: see text] is measured by the CMS experiment at the LHC, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.2[Formula: see text]. The measurement is performed by analyzing events in which the final state includes one electron, one muon, and two or more jets, at least one of which is identified as originating from hadronization of a b quark. The measured cross section is [Formula: see text], in agreement with the expectation from the standard model.
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Albert M. Sirunyan, Robin Erbacher1, C. A. Carrillo Montoya2, Wagner Carvalho3 +2323 more•Institutions (190)
TL;DR: In this article, a search for the production of a single top quark in association with a Z boson is presented, both to identify the expected standard model process and to search for flavour-changing neutral current interactions.
Abstract: A search for the production of a single top quark in association with a Z boson is presented, both to identify the expected standard model process and to search for flavour-changing neutral current interactions. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb^(−1) recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV. Final states with three leptons (electrons or muons) and at least one jet are investigated. An events yield compatible with tZq standard model production is observed, and the corresponding cross section is measured to be σ(pp → tZq → lνbl^+l^−q) = 10_(−7)^(+8) fb with a significance of 2.4 standard deviations. No presence of flavour-changing neutral current production of tZq is observed. Exclusion limits at 95% confidence level on the branching fractions of a top quark decaying to a Z boson and an up or a charm quark are found to be ℬ(t → Zu) < 0.022% and ℬ(t → Zc) < 0.049%.
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Vardan Khachatryan1, Albert M. Sirunyan1, Armen Tumasyan1, Wolfgang Adam +2244 more•Institutions (147)
TL;DR: The authors of as mentioned in this paper acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and======FWO(Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil);MES and CSF (Croatia); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP,
Abstract: we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction
and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the
following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and
FWO(Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil);MES
(Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS
(Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); SENESCYT
(Ecuador); MoER, ERC IUT and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland,
MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France);
BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NIH
(Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN
(Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE
and UM (Malaysia); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP,
and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan);
MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON,
RosAtom, RAS and RFBR (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei);
ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and
TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom);
DOE and NSF (USA). Individuals have received support from
the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and
EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P.
Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian
Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation a la
Recherche dans l’Industrie et dans l’Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the
Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWTBelgium);
the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of
the Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research,
India; the HOMING PLUS programme of the Foundation for Polish
Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development
Fund, the Mobility Plus programme of the Ministry of Science
and Higher Education, the National Science Center (Poland), contracts
Harmonia 2014/14/M/ST2/00428, Opus 2013/11/B/ST2/04202,
2014/13/B/ST2/02543 and 2014/15/B/ST2/03998, Sonata-bis 2012/07/
E/ST2/01406; the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EUESF
and the Greek NSRF; the National Priorities Research Program by
QatarNationalResearch Fund; the Programa Clarin-COFUND del Principado
de Asturias; the Rachadapisek Sompot Fund for Postdoctoral
Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University and the Chulalongkorn Academic
into Its second Century Project Advancement Project (Thailand);
and the Welch Foundation, contract C-1845.