Top-quark mass measurement from dilepton events at CDF II.

Phys Rev Lett 96:15 (2006) 152002

Authors:

A Abulencia, D Acosta, J Adelman, T Affolder, T Akimoto, MG Albrow, D Ambrose, S Amerio, D Amidei, A Anastassov, K Anikeev, A Annovi, J Antos, M Aoki, G Apollinari, J-F Arguin, T Arisawa, A Artikov, W Ashmanskas, A Attal, F Azfar, P Azzi-Bacchetta, P Azzurri, N Bacchetta, H Bachacou, W Badgett, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, S Baroiant, V Bartsch, G Bauer, F Bedeschi, S Behari, S Belforte, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, A Belloni, E Ben-Haim, D Benjamin, A Beretvas, J Beringer, T Berry, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, M Bishai, RE Blair, C Blocker, K Bloom, B Blumenfeld, A Bocci, A Bodek, V Boisvert, G Bolla, A Bolshov, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, S Bourov, A Boveia, B Brau, C Bromberg, E Brubaker, J Budagov, HS Budd, S Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, P Bussey, KL Byrum, S Cabrera, M Campanelli, M Campbell, F Canelli, A Canepa, D Carlsmith, R Carosi, S Carron, M Casarsa, A Castro, P Catastini, D Cauz, M Cavalli-Sforza, A Cerri, L Cerrito, SH Chang, J Chapman, YC Chen, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, G Chlachidze, F Chlebana, I Cho, K Cho, D Chokheli, JP Chou, PH Chu, SH Chuang, K Chung, WH Chung, YS Chung, M Ciljak, CI Ciobanu, MA Ciocci, A Clark, D Clark, M Coca, A Connolly, ME Convery, J Conway, B Cooper, K Copic, M Cordelli, G Cortiana, A Cruz, J Cuevas, R Culbertson, D Cyr, S DaRonco, S D'Auria, M D'Onofrio, D Dagenhart, P de Barbaro, S De Cecco, A Deisher, G De Lentdecker, M Dell'Orso, S Demers, L Demortier, J Deng, M Deninno, D De Pedis, PF Derwent, C Dionisi, J Dittmann, P Dituro, C Dörr, A Dominguez, S Donati, M Donega, P Dong, J Donini, T Dorigo, S Dube, K Ebina, J Efron, J Ehlers, R Erbacher, D Errede, S Errede, R Eusebi, HC Fang, S Farrington, I Fedorko, WT Fedorko, RG Feild, M Feindt, JP Fernandez, R Field, G Flanagan, LR Flores-Castillo, A Foland, S Forrester, GW Foster, M Franklin, JC Freeman, Y Fujii, I Furic, A Gajjar, M Gallinaro, J Galyardt, JE Garcia, M Garcia Sciverez, AF Garfinkel, C Gay, H Gerberich, E Gerchtein, D Gerdes, S Giagu, P Giannetti, A Gibson, K Gibson, C Ginsburg, K Giolo, M Giordani, M Giunta, G Giurgiu, V Glagolev, D Glenzinski, M Gold, N Goldschmidt, J Goldstein, G Gomez, G Gomez-Ceballos, M Goncharov, O González, I Gorelov, AT Goshaw, Y Gotra, K Goulianos, A Gresele, M Griffiths, S Grinstein, C Grosso-Pilcher, U Grundler, J Guimaraes da Costa, C Haber, SR Hahn, K Hahn, E Halkiadakis, A Hamilton, B-Y Han, R Handler, F Happacher, K Hara, M Hare, S Harper, RF Harr, RM Harris, K Hatakeyama, J Hauser, C Hays, H Hayward, A Heijboer, B Heinemann, J Heinrich, M Hennecke, M Herndon, J Heuser, D Hidas, CS Hill, D Hirschbuehl, A Hocker, A Holloway, S Hou, M Houlden, S-C Hsu, BT Huffman, RE Hughes, J Huston, K Ikado, J Incandela, G Introzzi, M Iori, Y Ishizawa, A Ivanov, B Iyutin, E James, D Jang, B Jayatilaka, D Jeans, H Jensen, EJ Jeon, M Jones, KK Joo, SY Jun, TR Junk, T Kamon, J Kang, M Karagoz-Unel, PE Karchin, Y Kato, Y Kemp, R Kephart, U Kerzel, V Khotilovich, B Kilminster, DH Kim, HS Kim, JE Kim, MJ Kim, MS Kim, SB Kim, SH Kim, YK Kim, M Kirby, L Kirsch, S Klimenko, M Klute, B Knuteson, BR Ko, H Kobayashi, K Kondo, DJ Kong, J Konigsberg, K Kordas, A Korytov, AV Kotwal, A Kovalev, J Kraus, I Kravchenko, M Kreps, A Kreymer, J Kroll, N Krumnack, M Kruse, V Krutelyov, SE Kuhlmann, Y Kusakabe, S Kwang, AT Laasanen, S Lai, S Lami, S Lami, S Lammel, M Lancaster, RL Lander, K Lannon, A Lath, G Latino, I Lazzizzera, C Lecci, T LeCompte, J Lee, J Lee, SW Lee, R Lefèvre, N Leonardo, S Leone, S Levy, JD Lewis, K Li, C Lin, CS Lin, M Lindgren, E Lipeles, TM Liss, A Lister, DO Litvintsev, T Liu, Y Liu, NS Lockyer, A Loginov, M Loreti, P Loverre, R-S Lu, D Lucchesi, P Lujan, P Lukens, G Lungu, L Lyons, J Lys, R Lysak, E Lytken, P Mack, D MacQueen, R Madrak, K Maeshima, T Maki, P Maksimovic, G Manca, F Margaroli, R Marginean, C Marino, A Martin, M Martin, V Martin, M Martínez, T Maruyama, H Matsunaga, ME Mattson, R Mazini, P Mazzanti, KS McFarland, D McGivern, P McIntyre, P McNamara, R McNulty, A Mehta, S Menzemer, A Menzione, P Merkel, C Mesropian, A Messina, M von der Mey, T Miao, N Miladinovic, J Miles, R Miller, JS Miller, C Mills, M Milnik, R Miquel, S Miscetti, G Mitselmakher, A Miyamoto, N Moggi, B Mohr, R Moore, M Morello, P Movilla Fernandez, J Mülmenstädt, A Mukherjee, M Mulhearn, Th Muller, R Mumford, P Murat, J Nachtman, S Nahn, I Nakano, A Napier, D Naumov, V Necula, C Neu, MS Neubauer, J Nielsen, T Nigmanov, L Nodulman, O Norniella, T Ogawa, SH Oh, YD Oh, T Okusawa, R Oldeman, R Orava, K Osterberg, C Pagliarone, E Palencia, R Paoletti, V Papadimitriou, A Papikonomou, AA Paramonov, B Parks, S Pashapour, J Patrick, G Pauletta, M Paulini, C Paus, DE Pellett, A Penzo, TJ Phillips, G Piacentino, J Piedra, K Pitts, C Plager, L Pondrom, G Pope, X Portell, O Poukhov, N Pounder, F Prakoshyn, A Pronko, J Proudfoot, F Ptohos, G Punzi, J Pursley, J Rademacker, A Rahaman, A Rakitin, S Rappoccio, F Ratnikov, B Reisert, V Rekovic, N van Remortel, P Renton, M Rescigno, S Richter, F Rimondi, K Rinnert, L Ristori, WJ Robertson, A Robson, T Rodrigo, E Rogers, S Rolli, R Roser, M Rossi, R Rossin, C Rott, A Ruiz, J Russ, V Rusu, D Ryan, H Saarikko, S Sabik, A Safonov, WK Sakumoto, G Salamanna, O Salto, D Saltzberg, C Sanchez, L Santi, S Sarkar, K Sato, P Savard, A Savoy-Navarro, T Scheidle, P Schlabach, EE Schmidt, MP Schmidt, M Schmitt, T Schwarz, L Scodellaro, AL Scott, A Scribano, F Scuri, A Sedov, S Seidel, Y Seiya, A Semenov, F Semeria, L Sexton-Kennedy, I Sfiligoi, MD Shapiro, T Shears, PF Shepard, D Sherman, M Shimojima, M Shochet, Y Shon, I Shreyber, A Sidoti, A Sill, P Sinervo, A Sisakyan, J Sjolin, A Skiba, AJ Slaughter, K Sliwa, D Smirnov, JR Smith, FD Snider, R Snihur, M Soderberg, A Soha, S Somalwar, V Sorin, J Spalding, F Spinella, P Squillacioti, M Stanitzki, A Staveris-Polykalas, R St Denis, B Stelzer, O Stelzer-Chilton, D Stentz, J Strologas, D Stuart, JS Suh, A Sukhanov, K Sumorok, H Sun, T Suzuki, A Taffard, R Tafirout, R Takashima, Y Takeuchi, K Takikawa, M Tanaka, R Tanaka, M Tecchio, PK Teng, K Terashi, S Tether, J Thom, AS Thompson, E Thomson, P Tipton, V Tiwari, S Tkaczyk, D Toback, K Tollefson, T Tomura, D Tonelli, M Tönnesmann, S Torre, D Torretta, S Tourneur, W Trischuk, R Tsuchiya, S Tsuno, N Turini, F Ukegawa, T Unverhau, S Uozumi, D Usynin, L Vacavant, A Vaiciulis, S Vallecorsa, A Varganov, E Vataga, G Velev, G Veramendi, V Veszpremi, T Vickey, R Vidal, I Vila, R Vilar, I Vollrath, I Volobouev, F Würthwein, P Wagner, RG Wagner, RL Wagner, W Wagner, R Wallny, T Walter, Z Wan, MJ Wang, SM Wang, A Warburton, B Ward, S Waschke, D Waters, T Watts, M Weber, WC Wester, B Whitehouse, D Whiteson, AB Wicklund, E Wicklund, HH Williams, P Wilson, BL Winer, P Wittich, S Wolbers, C Wolfe, S Worm, T Wright, X Wu, SM Wynne, A Yagil, K Yamamoto, J Yamaoka, Y Yamashita, C Yang, UK Yang, WM Yao, GP Yeh, J Yoh, K Yorita, T Yoshida, I Yu, SS Yu, JC Yun, L Zanello, A Zanetti, I Zaw, F Zetti, X Zhang, J Zhou, S Zucchelli, CDF Collaboration

Abstract:

We report a measurement of the top-quark mass using events collected by the CDF II detector from pp collisions at square root of s = 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. We calculate a likelihood function for the top-quark mass in events that are consistent with tt --> bl(-)nu(l)bl'+ nu'(l) decays. The likelihood is formed as the convolution of the leading-order matrix element and detector resolution functions. The joint likelihood is the product of likelihoods for each of 33 events collected in 340 pb(-1) of integrated luminosity, yielding a top-quark mass M(t) = 165.2 +/- 6.1(stat) +/- 3.4(syst) GeV/c2. This first application of a matrix-element technique to tt --> bl+ nu(l)bl'- nu(l') decays gives the most precise single measurement of M(t) in dilepton events. Combined with other CDF run II measurements using dilepton events, we measure M(t) = 167.9 +/- 5.2(stat) +/- 3.7(syst) GeV/c2.

Signals of Inflation in a Friendly String Landscape

ArXiv astro-ph/0604254 (2006)

Authors:

John March-Russell, Francesco Riva

Abstract:

Following Freivogel {\it et al} we consider inflation in a predictive (or `friendly') region of the landscape of string vacua, as modeled by Arkani-Hamed, Dimopoulos and Kachru. In such a region the dimensionful coefficients of super-renormalizable operators unprotected by symmetries, such as the vacuum energy and scalar mass-squareds are freely scanned over, and the objects of study are anthropically or `environmentally' conditioned probability distributions for observables. In this context we study the statistical predictions of (inverted) hybrid inflation models, where the properties of the inflaton are probabilistically distributed. We derive the resulting distributions of observables, including the deviation from flatness $|1-\Omega|$, the spectral index of scalar cosmological perturbations $n_s$ (and its scale dependence $dn_s/d\log k$), and the ratio of tensor to scalar perturbations $r$. The environmental bound on the curvature implies a solution to the $\eta$-problem of inflation with the predicted distribution of $(1-n_s)$ indicating values close to current observations. We find a relatively low probability ($<3%$) of `just-so' inflation with measurable deviations from flatness. Intermediate scales of inflation are preferred in these models.

Signals of Inflation in a Friendly String Landscape

(2006)

Authors:

John March-Russell, Francesco Riva

Dynamic manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates with a spatial light modulator

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 73:3 (2006)

Authors:

V Boyer, RM Godun, G Smirne, D Cassettari, CM Chandrashekar, AB Deb, ZJ Laczik, CJ Foot

Abstract:

We manipulate a Bose-Einstein condensate using the optical trap created by the diffraction of a laser beam on a fast ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulator. The modulator acts as a phase grating which can generate arbitrary diffraction patterns and be rapidly reconfigured at rates up to 1 kHz to create smooth, time-varying optical potentials. The flexibility of the device is demonstrated with our experimental results for splitting a Bose-Einstein condensate and independently transporting the separate parts of the atomic cloud. © 2006 The American Physical Society.

Tunnelling dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a four-well loop-shaped system

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 73:3 (2006)

Authors:

S De Liberato, CJ Foot

Abstract:

We investigated the tunnelling dynamics of a zero-temperature Bose-Einstein condensate in configuration of four potential wells arranged in a loop. We found three interesting dynamic regimes: (a) flows of matter with small amplitude, (b) steady flow, and (c) forced flow of matter for large amplitudes. The regime of quantum self-confinement has been studied and a new variant of it has been found for this system. © 2006 The American Physical Society.