Measurement of the Z/γ*+b-jet cross section in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
Journal of High Energy Physics 2012:6 (2012)
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The production of b jets in association with a Z/γ*boson is studied using proton-proton collisions delivered by the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 7TeV and recorded by the CMS detector. The inclusive cross section for Z/γ*+b-jet production is measured in a sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.2 fb-1. The Z/γ*+b-jet cross section with Z/γ*→ℓℓ (where ℓ ℓ = ee or μ μ) for events with the invariant mass 60 < Mℓ ℓ < 120 GeV, at least one b jet at the hadron level with pT > 25 GeV and |η|< 2:1, and a separation between the leptons and the jets of ΔR > 0:5 is found to be 5:84±0:08 (stat:) ±0:72 (syst:) -0:55+0:25 (theory) pb. The kinematic properties of the events are also studied and found to be in agreement with the predictions made by the MadGraph event generator with the parton shower and the hadronisation performed by pythia.Measurement of the cross section for production of bb̄X decaying to muons in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV
Journal of High Energy Physics 2012:6 (2012)
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A measurement of the inclusive cross section for the process pp → bb̄X → μμX′ at √ s = 7TeV is presented, based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 27.9 pb-1 collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. By selecting pairs of muons each with pseudorapidity |η| < 2:1, the value σ(pp → bb̄X → μμX′) = 26:4 ± 0:1 (stat.) ±2:4 (syst.) ±1:1 (lumi.) nb is obtained for muons with transverse momentum pT > 4 GeV, and 5:12±0:03 (stat.) ±0:48 (syst.) ±0:20 (lumi.) nb for pT > 6 GeV. These results are compared to QCD predictions at leading and next-to-leading orders.Measurement of the inclusive production cross sections for forward jets and for dijet events with one forward and one central jet in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
Journal of High Energy Physics 2012:6 (2012)
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The inclusive production cross sections for forward jets, as well for jets in dijet events with at least one jet emitted at central and the other at forward pseudorapidities, are measured in the range of transverse momenta pT = 35-150 GeV/c in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 7TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC. Forward jets are measured within pseudorapidities 3.2 < |η| < 4.7, and central jets within the |η| < 2:8 range. The differential cross sections d2sigma;/dpT dη are compared to predictions from three approaches in perturbative quantum chromodynamics: (i) next-to-leading-order calculations obtained with and without matching to parton-shower Monte Carlo simulations, (ii) pythia and herwig parton-shower event generators with different tunes of parameters, and (iii) cascade and hej models, including different non-collinear corrections to standard single-parton radiation. The single-jet inclusive forward jet spectrum is well described by all models, but not all predictions are consistent with the spectra observed for the forward-central dijet events. Copyright CERN.Measurement of the mass difference between top and antitop quarks
Journal of High Energy Physics 2012:6 (2012)
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A measurement of the mass difference between the top and the antitop quark (Δmt = mt - mt) is performed using events with a muon or an electron and at least four jets in the final state. The analysis is based on data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4:96±0:11 fb-1, and yields the value of δmt = -0:44±0:46 (stat.)±0:27 (syst.) GeV. This result is consistent with equality of particle and antiparticle masses required by CPT invariance, and provides a significantly improved precision relative to existing measurements. © Copyright CERN.Measurement of the relative prompt production rate of χc2 and χc1 in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
European Physical Journal C 72:12 (2012) 1-22