Centrality dependence of dihadron correlations and azimuthal anisotropy harmonics in PbPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 2.76 TeV
ArXiv 1201.3158 (2012)
Search for a heavy Standard Model Higgs boson in the channel H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ-qq̄ using the ATLAS detector
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 707:1 (2012) 27-45
Abstract:
A search for a heavy Standard Model Higgs boson decaying via H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ-qq̄, where ℓ=e, μ, is presented. The search is performed using a data set of pp collisions at √s=7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.04 fb-1 collected in 2011 by the ATLAS detector at the CERN LHC collider. No significant excess of events above the estimated background is found. Upper limits at 95% confidence level on the production cross section (relative to that expected from the Standard Model) of a Higgs boson with a mass in the range between 200 and 600 GeV are derived. Within this mass range, there is at present insufficient sensitivity to exclude a Standard Model Higgs boson. For a Higgs boson with a mass of 360 GeV, where the sensitivity is maximal, the observed and expected cross section upper limits are factors of 1.7 and 2.7, respectively, larger than the Standard Model prediction. © 2011 CERN.Measurement of isolated photon production in pp and PbPb collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV
ArXiv 1201.3093 (2012)
Inclusive search for squarks and gluinos in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 85:1 (2012)
Abstract:
A search is performed for heavy particle pairs produced in √s=7TeV proton-proton collisions with 35pb-1 of data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The search is sensitive to squarks and gluinos of generic supersymmetry models, provided they are kinematically accessible, with minimal assumptions on properties of the lightest superpartner particle. The kinematic consistency of the selected events is tested against the hypothesis of heavy particle pair production using the dimensionless razor variable R, related to the missing transverse energy ETmiss. The new physics signal is characterized by a broad peak in the distribution of MR, an event-by-event indicator of the heavy particle mass scale. This new approach is complementary to ETmiss-based searches. After background modeling based on data, and background rejection based on R and MR, no significant excess of events is found beyond the standard model expectations. The results are interpreted in the context of the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model as well as two simplified supersymmetry models. © 2012 CERN.Measurement of the W→τντ cross section in pp collisions at s=7 TeV with the ATLAS experiment
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 706:4-5 (2012) 276-294