Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations using beam and atmospheric data in MINOS
Physical Review Letters 110:25 (2013)
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We report measurements of oscillation parameters from νμ and ν̄μ disappearance using beam and atmospheric data from MINOS. The data comprise exposures of 10.71×1020 protons on target in the νμ-dominated beam, 3.36×1020 protons on target in the ν̄μ-enhanced beam, and 37.88 kton yr of atmospheric neutrinos. Assuming identical ν and ν̄ oscillation parameters, we measure |Δm2|=(2.41-0.10+0.09)×10-3 eV2 and sinâ¡2(2θ)=0.950-0.036+0.035. Allowing independent ν and ν̄ oscillations, we measure antineutrino parameters of |Δm̄2|=(2.50-0.25+0.23)×10-3 eV2 and sinâ¡2(2θ̄)=0.97-0.08+0.03, with minimal change to the neutrino parameters. © 2013 American Physical Society.Measurement of the Differential Cross Section d{\sigma}/d(cos {\theta}t) for Top-Quark Pair Production in p-pbar Collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV
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Measurement of the Differential Cross Section dσ/d(cos θt) for Top-Quark Pair Production in p-pbar Collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV
ArXiv 1306.2357 (2013)
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We report a measurement of the differential cross section, d{\sigma}/d(cos {\theta}t), for top-quark-pair production as a function of the top-quark production angle in proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV. This measurement is performed using data collected with the CDF II detector at the Tevatron, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.4/fb. We employ the Legendre polynomials to characterize the shape of the differential cross section at the parton level. The observed Legendre coefficients are in good agreement with the prediction of the next-to-leading-order standard-model calculation, with the exception of an excess linear-term coefficient, a1 = 0.40 +- 0.12, compared to the standard-model prediction of a1 = 0.15^{+0.07}_{-0.03}.Search for a light charged Higgs boson in the decay channel H +→cs in tt events using pp collisions at √s =7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
European Physical Journal C 73:6 (2013)
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A search for a charged Higgs boson (H+) in tt decays is presented, where one of the top quarks decays via t →H + b, followed by H + → two jets (cs). The other top quark decays to Wb, where the W boson then decays into a lepton (e/μ) and a neutrino. The data were recorded in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2011, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb−1. With no observation of a signal, 95 % confidence level (CL) upper limits are set on the decay branching ratio of top quarks to charged Higgs bosons varying between 5 % and 1 % for H + masses between 90 GeV and 150 GeV, assuming B(H +→cs) = 100 %.Measurements of Wγ and Zγ production in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 87:11 (2013)