Search for neutral Higgs Bosons of the minimal supersymmetric standard model decaying to τ pairs in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV

Physical Review Letters 96:1 (2006)

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, JF 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

Abstract:

We present a search for neutral supersymmetric Higgs bosons decaying to τ pairs produced in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV. The data, corresponding to 310pb-1 integrated luminosity, were collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab in runII of the Tevatron. No significant excess above the standard model backgrounds is observed. We set exclusion limits on the production cross section times branching fraction to τ pairs for Higgs boson masses in the range from 90 to 250GeV/c2. © 2006 The American Physical Society.

Forward jet production in deep inelastic ep scattering and low-x parton dynamics at HERA

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 632:1 (2006) 13-26

Authors:

S Chekanov, M Derrick, S Magill, S Miglioranzi, B Musgrave, J Repond, R Yoshida, MCK Mattingly, N Pavel, AG Yagües Molina, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, G Cara Romeo, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, M Corradi, S De Pasquale, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, A Margotti, A Montanari, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, A Polini, L Rinaldi, G Sartorelli, A Zichichi, G Aghuzumtsyan, D Bartsch, I Brock, S Goers, H Hartmann, E Hilger, P Irrgang, HP Jakob, O Kind, U Meyer, E Paul, J Rautenberg, R Renner, KC Voss, M Wang, M Wlasenko, DS Bailey, NH Brook, JE Cole, GP Heath, T Namsoo, S Robins, M Capua, A Mastroberardino, M Schioppa, G Susinno, E Tassi, JY Kim, KJ Ma, M Helbich, Y Ning, Z Ren, WB Schmidke, F Sciulli, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, A Galas, K Olkiewicz, P Stopa, D Szuba, L Zawiejski, L Adamczyk, T Bołd, I Grabowska-Bołd, D Kisielewska, AM Kowal, J Łukasik, M Przybycień, L Suszycki, J Szuba, A Kotański, W Słomiński, V Adler, U Behrens, I Bloch, K Borras, G Drews, J Fourletova, A Geiser, D Gladkov, P Göttlicher, O Gutsche, T Haas, W Hain, C Horn

Abstract:

Differential inclusive jet cross sections in neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering have been measured with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 38.7 pb-1. The jets have been identified using the kT cluster algorithm in the longitudinally invariant inclusive mode in the laboratory frame; they have been selected with jet transverse energy, ETjet above 6 GeV and jet pseudorapidity, ηjet, between -1 and 3. Measurements of cross sections as functions of ETjet, Björken x and the photon virtuality, Q2, are presented. Three phase-space regions have been selected in order to study parton dynamics from the most global to the most restrictive region of forward-going (close to the proton-beam direction) jets at low x, where the effects of BFKL evolution might be present. The measurements have been compared to the predictions of leading-logarithm parton-shower Monte Carlo models and fixed-order perturbative QCD calculations. In the forward region, O (αs1) QCD calculations underestimate the data up to an order of magnitude at low x. An improved description of the data in this region is obtained by including O (αs2) QCD corrections, which account for the lowest-order t̂-channel gluon-exchange diagrams, highlighting the importance of such terms in the parton dynamics at low x. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

A laser-wire system at the ATF extraction line

EPAC 2006 - Contributions to the Proceedings (2006) 738-740

Authors:

ST Boogert, G Blair, G Boorman, A Bosco, L Deacon, C Driouichi, P Karataev, T Kamps, N Delerue, S Dixit, B Foster, F Gannaway, DF Howell, M Qureshi, A Reichold, R Senanayake, A Aryshev, H Hayano, K Kubo, N Terunuma, J Urakawa, LJ Jenner, A Brachmann, J Frisch, M Ross

Abstract:

A new laser-wire (LW) system has been installed at the ATF extraction line at KEK, Tsukuba. The system aims at a micron-scale laser spot size and employs a mode-locked laser system. The purpose-built interaction chamber, light delivery optics, and lens systems are described, and the first results are presented.

CMS Physics

Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) (2006)

Authors:

G Bayatian, S Chatrchyan, G Hmayakyan, A Sirunyan, W Adam, T Bergauer, M Dragicevic, J Ero, M Friedl, R Fruehwirth, V Ghete, P Glaser, J Hrubec, M Jeitler, M Krammer, I Magrans, I Mikulec, W Mitaroff, T Noebauer, M Pernicka, P Porth, H Rohringer, J Strauss, A Taurok, W Waltenberger, G Walzel, E Widl, C-E Wulz, A Fedorov, M Korzhik, O Missevitch, R Zuyeuski, V Chekhovsky, O Dvornikov, I Emeliantchik, A Litomin, V Mossolov, N Shumeiko, A Solin, R Stefanovitch, J Suarez Gonzalez, A Tikhonov, V Petrov, J D'Hondt, S De Weirdt, R Goorens, J Heyninck, S Lowette, S Tavernier, Walter Van Doninck, L Van Lancker, O Bouhali, B Clerbaux, G De Lentdecker, J Dewulf, T Mahmoud, P Marage, L Neukermans, V Sundararajan, C Vander Velde, P Vanlaer, J Wickens, S Assouak, J Bonnet, G Bruno, J Caudron, B De Callatay, J De Favereau De Jeneret, Simon De Visscher, C Delaere, P Demin, D Favart, E Feltrin, E Forton, G Gregoire, S Kalinin, D Kcira, T Keutgen, G Leibenguth, V Lemaitre, Y Liu, D Michotte, O Militaru, A Ninane, S Ovyn, T Pierzchala, K Piotrzkowski, V Roberfroid, X Rouby, D Teyssier, O Van der Aa, M Vander Donckt, E Daubie, P Herquet, A Mollet, A Romeyer, W Beaumont, M Cardaci, E De Langhe, E De Wolf, L Rurua, M Souza, V Oguri, A Santoro, A Sznajder, M Vaz, E Gregores, S Novaes, T Anguelov, G Antchev, I Atanasov, J Damgov, N Darmenov, L Dimitrov, V Genchev, P Iaydjiev, B Panev, Stefan Piperov, S Stoykova, G Sultanov, I Vankov, A Dimitrov, V Kozhuharov, L Litov, M Makariev, A Marinov, E Marinova, S Markov, M Mateev, B Pavlov, P Petkov, C Sabev, S Stoynev, Z Toteva, V Verguilov, G Chen, H Chen, K He, C Jiang, W Li, H Liu, X Meng, X Shen, H Sun, M Yang, W Zhao, H Zhuang, Y Ban, J Cai, S Liu, S Qian, Z Yang, Y Ye, J Ying, J Wu, Z Zhang, N Godinovic, I Puljak, I Soric, Z Antunovic, M Dzelalija, K Marasovic, V Brigljevic, D Ferencek, K Kadija, S Morovic, M Planinic, C Nicolaou, A Papadakis, P Razis, D Tsiakkouri, A Hektor, M Kadastik, K Kannike, E Lippmaa, M Muntel, M Raidal, P Aarnio, S Czellar, E Haeggstroem, A Heikkinen, J Harkonen, V Karimaki, R Kinnunen, T Lampen, K Lassila-Perini, S Lehti, T Linden, P Luukka, S Michal, T Maenpaa, J Nysten, M Stettler, E Tuominen, J Tuominiemi, L Wendland, T Tuuva, J Guillaud, P Nedelec, D Sillou, M Anfreville, S Beauceron, E Bougamont, P Bredy, R Chipaux, M Dejardin, D Denegri, J Descamps, B Fabbro, J Faure, S Ganjour, F Gentit, A Givernaud, P Gras, G Hamel de Monchenault, P Jarry, F Kircher, M Lemaire, B Levesy, E Locci, J Lottin, I Mandjavidze, M Mur, E Pasquetto, A Payn, J Rander, J Reymond, F Rondeaux, A Rosowsky, Z Sun, P Verrecchia, S Baffioni, F Beaudette, M Bercher, U Berthon, S Bimbot, J Bourotte, P Busson, M Cerutti, D Chamont, C Charlot, C Collard, D Decotigny, E Delmeire, L Dobrzynski, A Gaillac, Y Geerebaert, J Gilly, M Haguenauer, A Karar, A Mathieu, G Milleret, P Mine, P Paganini, T Romanteau, I Semeniouk, Y Sirois, J Berst, J Brom, F Didierjean, F Drouhin, J Fontaine, U Goerlach, P Graehling, L Gross, L Houchu, P Juillot, A Lounis, C Maazouzi, D Mangeol, C Olivetto, T Todorov, P Van Hove, D Vintache, M Ageron, J Agram, G Baulieu, M Bedjidian, J Blaha, A Bonnevaux, G Boudoul, E Chabanat, C Combaret, D Contardo, R Della Negra, P Depasse, T Dupasquier, H El Mamouni, N Estre, J Fay, S Gascon, N Giraud, C Girerd, R Haroutunian, J Ianigro, B Ille, M Lethuillier, N Lumb, H Mathez, G Maurelli, L Mirabito, S Perries, O Ravat, R Kvatadze, V Roinishvili, R Adolphi, R Brauer, W Braunschweig, H Esser, L Feld, A Heister, W Karpinski, K Klein, C Kukulies, J Olzem, A Ostapchuk, D Pandoulas, G Pierschel, F Raupach, S Schael, G Schwering, M Thomas, M Weber, B Wittmer, M Wlochal, A Adolf, Philipp Biallass, M Bontenackels, M Erdmann, H Fesefeldt, T Hebbeker, S Hermann, G Hilgers, K Hoepfner, C Hof, S Kappler, M Kirsch, D Lanske, B Philipps, H Reithler, T Rommerskirchen, M Sowa, H Szczesny, M Tonutti, O Tsigenov, F Beissel, M Davids, M Duda, G Flugge, T Franke, M Giffels, T Hermanns, D Heydhausen, S Kasselmann, G 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Direct search for dirac magnetic monopoles in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV

Physical Review Letters 96:20 (2006)

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, JF 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, A Carter, 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

Abstract:

We search for pair-produced Dirac magnetic monopoles in 35.7pb-1 of proton-antiproton collisions at s=1.96TeV with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). We find no monopole candidates corresponding to a 95% confidence-level cross-section limit σ<0.2pb for a monopole with mass between 200 and 700GeV/c2. Assuming a Drell-Yan pair-production mechanism, we set a mass limit m>360GeV/c2. © 2006 The American Physical Society.