Measurement of J/psi production in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=2.76 TeV
(2012)
Search for a heavy vector boson decaying to two gluons in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.96TeV
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 86:11 (2012)
Abstract:
We present a search for a new heavy vector boson Z′ that decays to gluons. Decays to on-shell gluons are suppressed, leading to a dominant decay mode of Z′→g*g. We study the case where the off-shell gluon g* converts to a pair of top quarks, leading to a final state of tt̄g. In a sample of events with exactly one charged lepton, large missing transverse momentum and at least five jets, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.7fb-1 collected by the CDF II detector, we find the data to be consistent with the standard model. We set upper limits on the production cross section times branching ratio of this chromophilic Z′ at 95% confidence level from 300 to 40 fb for Z′ masses ranging from 400 to 1000GeV/c2, respectively. © 2012 American Physical Society.Search for heavy lepton partners of neutrinos in proton-proton collisions in the context of the type III seesaw mechanism
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 718:2 (2012) 348-368
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A search is presented in proton-proton collisions at s=7TeV for fermionic triplet states expected in type III seesaw models. The search is performed using final states with three isolated charged leptons and an imbalance in transverse momentum. The data, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.9fb-1. No excess of events is observed above the background predicted by the standard model, and the results are interpreted in terms of limits on production cross sections and masses of the heavy partners of the neutrinos in type III seesaw models. Depending on the considered scenarios, lower limits are obtained on the mass of the heavy partner of the neutrino that range from 180 to 210GeV. These are the first limits on the production of type III seesaw fermionic triplet states reported by an experiment at the LHC. © 2012 CERN.Search for pair produced fourth-generation up-type quarks in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV with a lepton in the final state
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 718:2 (2012) 307-328
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The results of a search for the pair production of a fourth-generation up-type quark (t') in proton-proton collisions at √s=7 TeV are presented, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 5.0 fb-1 collected by the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the LHC. The t' quark is assumed to decay exclusively to a W boson and a b quark. Events with a single isolated electron or muon, missing transverse momentum, and at least four hadronic jets, of which at least one must be identified as a b jet, are selected. No significant excess of events over standard model expectations is observed. Upper limits for the t't' production cross section at 95% confidence level are set as a function of t' mass, and t'-quark production for masses below 570 GeV is excluded. The search is equally sensitive to nonchiral heavy quarks decaying to Wb. In this case, the results can be interpreted as upper limits on the production cross section times the branching fraction to Wb. © 2012 CERN.Search for three-jet resonances in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 718:2 (2012) 329-347