Global search for new physics with 2.0fb-1 at CDF
Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 79:1 (2009)
Abstract:
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 the standard model prediction. A model-independent approach (Vista) considers gross features of the data, and is sensitive to new large cross-section physics. Further sensitivity to new physics is provided by two additional algorithms: a Bump Hunter searches invariant mass distributions for "bumps" that could indicate resonant production of new particles, and the Sleuth procedure scans for data excesses at large summed transverse momentum. This combined global search for new physics in 2.0fb-1 of pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV reveals no indication of physics beyond the standard model. © 2009 The American Physical Society.Search for the rare decays B+→μ+μ-K+, B0→μ+μ- K*(892)0, and Bs0→μ+μ- at CDF
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 79:1 (2009)
Abstract:
We search for b→sμ+μ- transitions in B meson (B+, B0, or Bs0) decays with 924pb-1 of pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV collected with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We find excesses with significances of 4.5, 2.9, and 2.4 standard deviations in the B+→μ+μ-K+, B0→μ+μ-K*(892)0, and Bs0→μ+μ- decay modes, respectively. Using B→J/ψh (h=K+, K*(892)0,) decays as normalization channels, we report branching fractions for the previously observed B+ and B0 decays, B(B+→μ+μ-K+)=(0.59±0.15±0. 04)×10-6, and B(B0→μ+μ-K*(892)0)=(0.81±0. 30±0.10)×10-6, where the first uncertainty is statistical, and the second is systematic. We set an upper limit on the relative branching fraction B(Bs0→μ+μ-)/B(Bs0→J/ψ)<2.6(2.3)×10-3 at the 95(90)% confidence level, which is the most stringent to date. © 2009 The American Physical Society.A QCD analysis of ZEUS data including DIS inclusive cross sections with longitudinally polarised leptons and data run at lower proton beam energies.
ScienceWise Publishing (2009)
A QCD analysis of ZEUS data including dis inclusive cross sections with longitudinally polarised leptons and data run at lower proton beam energies
DIS 2009 - Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Topics (2009)
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New ZEUS data are added into the NLO QCD analysis of the ZEUS-JETS PDF fit. The addition of high-Q2 NC and CC e- p inclusive cross-section data improves the determination of the u-valence quark at high x. The addition of high-Q2 CC e+p inclusive cross-section data improves the determination of the d-valence quark at high x. The addition of lower-Q2 NC e+ p inclusive cross-section data, run at three difierent proton beam energies, improves the determination of the sea and gluon PDFs at small x. The new PDF fit is called the ZEUS09 PDF fit.A measurement of the Q2, W and t dependences of deeply virtual Compton scattering at HERA
Journal of High Energy Physics 2009:5 (2009)