First measurement of the fraction of top-quark pair production through gluon-gluon fusion
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 78:11 (2008)
Abstract:
We present the first measurement of σ(gg→tt̄)/ σ(pp̄→tt̄). We use 0.96fb-1 of s=1.96TeV pp̄ collision data recorded with the CDF II detector at Fermilab. Using charged particles with low transverse momentum in tt̄ events, we find σ(gg→ tt̄)/σ(pp̄→tt̄)=0.07±0.14(stat)±0. 07(syst), corresponding to a 95% confidence level upper limit of 0.33, in agreement with the standard model next-to-leading-order prediction of 0.15±0.05. © 2008 The American Physical Society.ILC main linac alignment simulations using conventional techniques and the rapid tunnel reference survey model (RTRSM)
Electronic Proceedings of the International Linear Collider Workshop 2008, LCWS 2008 and ILC 2008 (2008)
Abstract:
Alignment of the ILC main linac will be more critical than for any currently existing accelerators due to its long length and the ultra low emittance required. There are several techniques for measuring the ILC reference network; in this report conventional methods for measuring the network and aligning the main linac are simulated. Dispersion Matched Steering (DMS) is applied to the simulated accelerators to determine their final emittance. Simulations and reconstructions of the ILC reference network usually require very resource intensive programs, the RTRSM has been developed to rapidly generate networks with the required statistical properties. The RTRSM is discussed in this report and some problems are demonstrated.The ATLAS experiment at the CERN large hadron collider
Journal of Instrumentation 3:8 (2008)
Measurement of the kT Distribution of Particles in Jets Produced in ppbar Collisions at s**(1/2)=1.96$-TeV
ArXiv 0811.2820 (2008)
Inclusive Search for Squark and Gluino Production in ppbar Collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV
ArXiv 0811.2512 (2008)