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Measurement of dijet angular distributions and search for quark compositeness in pp collisions at √s=7TeV

Physical Review Letters 106:20 (2011)

Authors:

V Khachatryan, AM Sirunyan, A Tumasyan, W Adam, T Bergauer, M Dragicevic, J Erö, C Fabjan, M Friedl, R Frühwirth, VM Ghete, J Hammer, S Hänsel, C Hartl, M Hoch, N Hörmann, J Hrubec, M Jeitler, G Kasieczka, W Kiesenhofer, M Krammer, D Liko, I Mikulec, M Pernicka, H Rohringer, R Schöfbeck, J Strauss, A Taurok, F Teischinger, P Wagner, W Waltenberger, G Walzel, E Widl, CE Wulz, V Mossolov, N Shumeiko, J Suarez Gonzalez, L Benucci, K Cerny, EA De Wolf, X Janssen, T Maes, L Mucibello, S Ochesanu, B Roland, R Rougny, M Selvaggi, H Van Haevermaet, P Van Mechelen, N Van Remortel, S Beauceron, F Blekman, S Blyweert, J D'hondt, O Devroede, R Gonzalez Suarez, A Kalogeropoulos, J Maes, M Maes, S Tavernier, W Van Doninck, P Van Mulders, GP Van Onsem, I Villella, O Charaf, B Clerbaux, G De Lentdecker, V Dero, APR Gay, GH Hammad, T Hreus, PE Marage, L Thomas, C Vander Velde, P Vanlaer, J Wickens, V Adler, S Costantini, M Grunewald, B Klein, A Marinov, J Mccartin, D Ryckbosch, F Thyssen, M Tytgat, L Vanelderen, P Verwilligen, S Walsh, N Zaganidis, S Basegmez, G Bruno, J Caudron, L Ceard, J De Favereau De Jeneret, C Delaere, P Demin, D Favart, A Giammanco, G Grégoire, J Hollar

Abstract:

Dijet angular distributions are measured over a wide range of dijet invariant masses in pp collisions at √s=7TeV, at the CERN LHC. The event sample, recorded with the CMS detector, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36pb-1. The data are found to be in good agreement with the predictions of perturbative QCD, and yield no evidence of quark compositeness. With a modified frequentist approach, a lower limit on the contact interaction scale for left-handed quarks of Λ+=5.6TeV (Λ -=6.7TeV) for destructive (constructive) interference is obtained at the 95% confidence level. © 2011 American Physical Society.
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On the DAMA and CoGeNT Modulations

ArXiv 1105.3734 (2011)

Authors:

Mads T Frandsen, Felix Kahlhoefer, John March-Russell, Christopher McCabe, Matthew McCullough, Kai Schmidt-Hoberg

Abstract:

DAMA observes an annual modulation in their event rate, as might be expected from dark matter scatterings, while CoGeNT has reported evidence for a similar modulation. The simplest interpretation of these findings in terms of dark matter-nucleus scatterings is excluded by other direct detection experiments. We consider the robustness of these exclusions with respect to assumptions regarding the scattering and find that isospin-violating inelastic dark matter helps alleviate this tension and allows marginal compatibility between experiments. Isospin-violation can significantly weaken the XENON constraints, while inelasticity enhances the annual modulation fraction of the signal, bringing the CoGeNT and CDMS results into better agreement.
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On the DAMA and CoGeNT Modulations

(2011)

Authors:

Mads T Frandsen, Felix Kahlhoefer, John March-Russell, Christopher McCabe, Matthew McCullough, Kai Schmidt-Hoberg
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Search for supersymmetry in events with a lepton, a photon, and large missing transverse energy in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

ArXiv 1105.3152 (2011)
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Measurement of W-gamma and Z-gamma production in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

ArXiv 1105.2758 (2011)
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