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Branching fractions for transitions of ψ(2S) to J/ψ

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 78:1 (2008)

Authors:

H Mendez, JY Ge, DH Miller, IPJ Shipsey, B Xin, GS Adams, M Anderson, JP Cummings, I Danko, D Hu, B Moziak, J Napolitano, Q He, J Insler, H Muramatsu, CS Park, EH Thorndike, F Yang, M Artuso, S Blusk, S Khalil, J Li, R Mountain, S Nisar, K Randrianarivony, N Sultana, T Skwarnicki, S Stone, JC Wang, LM Zhang, G Bonvicini, D Cinabro, M Dubrovin, A Lincoln, P Naik, J Rademacker, DM Asner, KW Edwards, J Reed, RA Briere, T Ferguson, G Tatishvili, H Vogel, ME Watkins, JL Rosner, JP Alexander, DG Cassel, JE Duboscq, R Ehrlich, L Fields, L Gibbons, R Gray, SW Gray, DL Hartill, BK Heltsley, D Hertz, JM Hunt, J Kandaswamy, DL Kreinick, VE Kuznetsov, J Ledoux, H Mahlke-Krüger, D Mohapatra, PUE Onyisi, JR Patterson, D Peterson, D Riley, A Ryd, AJ Sadoff, X Shi, S Stroiney, WM Sun, T Wilksen, SB Athar, R Patel, J Yelton, P Rubin, BI Eisenstein, I Karliner, S Mehrabyan, N Lowrey, M Selen, EJ White, J Wiss, RE Mitchell, MR Shepherd, D Besson, TK Pedlar, D Cronin-Hennessy, KY Gao, J Hietala, Y Kubota, T Klein, BW Lang, R Poling, AW Scott, P Zweber, S Dobbs, Z Metreveli, KK Seth

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We report determination of branching fractions for the decays ψ(2S)→h+J/ψ, where h=any, π+π-, π0π0, η, π0, and γγ through χc0,1,2. These measurements use 27M ψ(2S) decays produced in e+e- collision data collected with the CLEO detector. The resulting branching fractions and ratios thereof improve upon previously achieved precision in all cases, and in combination with other measurements permit determination of B(χcJ→γJ/ψ) and B(ψ(2S)→light hadrons). © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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Model-independent and quasi-model-independent search for new physics at CDF

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 78:1 (2008)

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T Aaltonen, A Abulencia, J Adelman, T Akimoto, MG Albrow, BA González, S Amerio, D Amidei, A Anastassov, A Annovi, J Antos, G Apollinari, A Apresyan, T Arisawa, A Artikov, W Ashmanskas, A Aurisano, F Azfar, P Azzi-Bacchetta, P Azzurri, N Bacchetta, W Badgett, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, S Baroiant, V Bartsch, G Bauer, PH Beauchemin, F Bedeschi, P Bednar, S Behari, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, A Belloni, D Benjamin, A Beretvas, T Berry, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, I Bizjak, RE Blair, C Blocker, B Blumenfeld, A Bocci, A Bodek, V Boisvert, G Bolla, A Bolshov, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Boveia, B Brau, L Brigliadori, C Bromberg, E Brubaker, J Budagov, HS Budd, S Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, P Bussey, A Buzatu, KL Byrum, S Cabrera, M Campanelli, M Campbell, F Canelli, A Canepa, D Carlsmith, R Carosi, S Carrillo, S Carron, B Casal, M Casarsa, A Castro, P Catastini, D Cauz, A Cerri, L Cerrito, SH Chang, YC Chen, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, G Chlachidze, F Chlebana, K Cho, D Chokheli, JP Chou, G Choudalakis, SH Chuang, K Chung, WH Chung, YS Chung, CI Ciobanu, MA Ciocci, A Clark, D Clark, G Compostella, ME Convery

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Data collected in run II of the Fermilab Tevatron are searched for indications of new electroweak scale physics. Rather than focusing on particular new physics scenarios, CDF data are analyzed for discrepancies with respect to the standard model prediction. A model-independent approach (Vista) considers the gross features of the data and is sensitive to new large cross section physics. A quasi-model-independent approach (Sleuth) searches for a significant excess of events with large summed transverse momentum and is particularly sensitive to new electroweak scale physics that appears predominantly in one final state. This global search for new physics in over 300 exclusive final states in 927pb-1 of pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV reveals no such significant indication of physics beyond the standard model. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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Heavy dark matter through the Higgs portal

Journal of High Energy Physics 2008:7 (2008)

Authors:

J March-Russell, SM West, D Cumberbatch, D Hooper

Abstract:

Motivated by Higgs Portal and Hidden Valley models, heavy particle dark matter that communicates with the supersymmetric Standard Model via pure Higgs sector interactions is considered. We show that a thermal relic abundance consistent with the measured density of dark matter is possible for masses up to ∼ 30TeV. For dark matter masses above ∼ 1TeV, non-perturbative Sommerfeld corrections to the annihilation rate are large, and have the potential to greatly affect indirect detection signals. For large dark matter masses, the Higgs-dark-matter-sector couplings are large and we show how such models may be given a UV completion within the context of so-called ''Fat-Higgs" models. Higgs Portal dark matter provides an example of an attractive alternative to conventional MSSM neutralino dark matter that may evade discovery at the LHC, while still being within the reach of current and upcoming indirect detection experiments.
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Study of the Decays D0→π-e+νe, D0→K-e+νe, D+→π0e+νe, and D+→K̄0e+νe

Physical Review Letters 100:25 (2008)

Authors:

D Cronin-Hennessy, KY Gao, DT Gong, J Hietala, Y Kubota, T Klein, BW Lang, R Poling, AW Scott, A Smith, P Zweber, S Dobbs, Z Metreveli, KK Seth, A Tomaradze, J Ernst, H Severini, SA Dytman, W Love, V Savinov, O Aquines, Z Li, A Lopez, S Mehrabyan, H Mendez, J Ramirez, GS Huang, DH Miller, V Pavlunin, B Sanghi, IPJ Shipsey, B Xin, GS Adams, M Anderson, JP Cummings, I Danko, J Napolitano, Q He, J Insler, H Muramatsu, CS Park, EH Thorndike, F Yang, TE Coan, YS Gao, F Liu, M Artuso, S Blusk, J Butt, J Li, N Menaa, R Mountain, S Nisar, K Randrianarivony, R Redjimi, R Sia, T Skwarnicki, S Stone, JC Wang, K Zhang, SE Csorna, G Bonvicini, D Cinabro, M Dubrovin, A Lincoln, DM Asner, KW Edwards, RA Briere, I Brock, J Chen, T Ferguson, G Tatishvili, H Vogel, ME Watkins, JL Rosner, NE Adam, JP Alexander, K Berkelman, DG Cassel, JE Duboscq, KM Ecklund, R Ehrlich, L Fields, L Gibbons, R Gray, SW Gray, DL Hartill, BK Heltsley, D Hertz, CD Jones, J Kandaswamy, DL Kreinick, VE Kuznetsov, H Mahlke-Krüger, PUE Onyisi, JR Patterson, D Peterson, J Pivarski, D Riley, A Ryd

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By using 1.8×106 DD̄ pairs, we have measured B(D0→π-e+νe)=0.299(11)(9)%, B(D+→π0e+νe)=0.373(22)(13)%, B(D0→K-e+νe)=3.56(3)(9)%, and B(D+→K̄0e+νe)=8.53(13)(23)% and have studied the q2 dependence of the form factors. By combining our results with recent lattice calculations, we obtain |Vcd|=0.217(9)(4)(23) and |Vcs|=1.015(10)(11)(106). © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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Study of the semileptonic charm decays D0→π-e+νe, D+→π0e+νe, D0→K-e+νe, and D+→K̄0e+νe

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 77:11 (2008)

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S Dobbs, Z Metreveli, KK Seth, A Tomaradze, J Ernst, H Severini, SA Dytman, W Love, V Savinov, O Aquines, Z Li, A Lopez, S Mehrabyan, H Mendez, J Ramirez, GS Huang, DH Miller, V Pavlunin, B Sanghi, IPJ Shipsey, B Xin, GS Adams, M Anderson, JP Cummings, I Danko, J Napolitano, Q He, J Insler, H Muramatsu, CS Park, EH Thorndike, F Yang, TE Coan, YS Gao, F Liu, M Artuso, S Blusk, J Butt, J Li, N Menaa, R Mountain, S Nisar, K Randrianarivony, R Redjimi, R Sia, T Skwarnicki, S Stone, JC Wang, K Zhang, SE Csorna, G Bonvicini, D Cinabro, M Dubrovin, A Lincoln, DM Asner, KW Edwards, RA Briere, I Brock, J Chen, T Ferguson, G Tatishvili, H Vogel, ME Watkins, JL Rosner, NE Adam, JP Alexander, K Berkelman, DG Cassel, JE Duboscq, KM Ecklund, R Ehrlich, L Fields, L Gibbons, R Gray, SW Gray, DL Hartill, BK Heltsley, D Hertz, CD Jones, J Kandaswamy, DL Kreinick, VE Kuznetsov, H Mahlke-Krüger, PUE Onyisi, JR Patterson, D Peterson, J Pivarski, D Riley, A Ryd, AJ Sadoff, H Schwarthoff, X Shi, S Stroiney, WM Sun, T Wilksen, M Weinberger, SB Athar, R Patel, V Potlia, J Yelton

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Using a sample of 1.8 million DD̄ mesons collected at the ψ(3770) with the CLEO-c detector, we study the semileptonic decays D0→π-e+νe, D+→π0e+νe, D0→K-e+νe, and D+→K̄0e+νe. For the total branching fractions we find B(D0→π-e+νe)=0.299(11)(9)%, B(D+→π0e+νe)=0.373(22)(13)%, B(D0→K-e+νe)=3.56(3)(9)%, and B(D+→K̄0e+νe)=8.53(13)(23)%, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. In addition, form factors are studied through fits to the partial branching fractions obtained in five q2 ranges. By combining our results with recent unquenched lattice calculations, we obtain |Vcd|=0.217(9)(4)(23) and |Vcs|=1.015(10)(11)(106), where the final error is theoretical. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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