Measurement of BB̄ angular correlations based on secondary vertex reconstruction at √s = 7 TeV

Journal of High Energy Physics 2011:3 (2011)

Authors:

V Khachatryan, AM Sirunyan, A Tumasyan, W Adam, T Bergauer, M Dragicevic, J Erö, C Fabjan, M Friedl, R Frühwirth, VM Ghete, J Hammer, S Hänsel, C Hartl, M Hoch, N Hörmann, J Hrubec, M Jeitler, G Kasieczka, W Kiesenhofer, M Krammer, D Liko, I Mikulec, M Pernicka, H Rohringer, R Schöfbeck, J Strauss, A Taurok, F Teischinger, P Wagner, W Waltenberger, G Walzel, E Widl, CE Wulz, V Mossolov, N Shumeiko, J Suarez Gonzalez, L Benucci, K Cerny, EA De Wolf, X Janssen, T Maes, L Mucibello, S Ochesanu, B Roland, R Rougny, M Selvaggi, H Van Haevermaet, P Van Mechelen, N Van Remortel, S Beauceron, F Blekman, S Blyweert, J D'Hondt, O Devroede, R Gonzalez Suarez, A Kalogeropoulos, J Maes, M Maes, S Tavernier, W Van Doninck, P Van Mulders, GP Van Onsem, I Villella, O Charaf, B Clerbaux, G De Lentdecker, V Dero, APR Gay, GH Hammad, T Hreus, PE Marage, L Thomas, C Vander Velde, P Vanlaer, J Wickens, V Adler, S Costantini, M Grunewald, B Klein, A Marinov, J McCartin, D Ryckbosch, F Thyssen, M Tytgat, L Vanelderen, P Verwilligen, S Walsh, N Zaganidis, S Basegmez, G Bruno, J Caudron, L Ceard, J De Favereau De Jeneret, C Delaere, P Demin, D Favart, A Giammanco, G Grégoire, J Hollar

Abstract:

A measurement of the angular correlations between beauty and anti-beauty hadrons (BB̄) produced in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV at the CERN LHC is presented, probing for the first time the region of small angular separation. The B hadrons are identified by the presence of displaced secondary vertices from their decays. The B hadron angular separation is reconstructed from the decay vertices and the primaryinteraction vertex. The differential BB̄ production cross section, measured from a data sample collected by CMS and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.1 pb -1, shows that a sizable fraction of the BB̄ pairs are produced with small opening angles. These studies provide a test of QCD and further insight into the dynamics of bb̄ production.

Forward Energy Flow, Central Charged-Particle Multiplicities, and Pseudorapidity Gaps in W and Z Boson Events from pp Collisions at 7 TeV

ArXiv 1110.0181 (2011)

Measurement of energy flow at large pseudorapidities in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 0.9 and 7 TeV

ArXiv 1110.0211 (2011)

Measurement of branching ratio and Bs0 lifetime in the decay Bs0→J/ψf0(980) at CDF

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 84:5 (2011)

Authors:

T Aaltonen, B Álvarez González, S Amerio, D Amidei, A Anastassov, A Annovi, J Antos, G Apollinari, JA Appel, A Apresyan, T Arisawa, A Artikov, J Asaadi, W Ashmanskas, B Auerbach, A Aurisano, F Azfar, W Badgett, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Barria, P Bartos, M Bauce, G Bauer, F Bedeschi, D Beecher, S Behari, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, A Beretvas, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, I Bizjak, KR Bland, B Blumenfeld, A Bocci, A Bodek, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Boveia, B Brau, L Brigliadori, A Brisuda, C Bromberg, E Brucken, M Bucciantonio, J Budagov, HS Budd, S Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, P Bussey, A Buzatu, C Calancha, S Camarda, M Campanelli, M Campbell, F Canelli, B Carls, D Carlsmith, R Carosi, S Carrillo, S Carron, B Casal, M Casarsa, A Castro, P Catastini, D Cauz, V Cavaliere, M Cavalli-Sforza, A Cerri, L Cerrito, YC Chen, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, G Chlachidze, F Chlebana, K Cho, D Chokheli, JP Chou, WH Chung, YS Chung, CI Ciobanu, MA Ciocci, A Clark, C Clarke, G Compostella, ME Convery, J Conway, M Corbo, M Cordelli, CA Cox, DJ Cox, F Crescioli, C Cuenca Almenar, J Cuevas, R Culbertson

Abstract:

We present a study of Bs0 decays to the CP-odd final state J/ψf 0(980) with J/ψ→μ+μ- and f 0(980)→π+π-. Using pp̄ collision data with an integrated luminosity of 3.8fb-1 collected by the CDF II detector at the Tevatron we measure a Bs0 lifetime of τ(Bs0→J/ψf0(980))=1.70-0.11+0.12(stat)±0.03(syst) ps. This is the first measurement of the Bs0 lifetime in a decay to a CP eigenstate and corresponds in the standard model to the lifetime of the heavy Bs0 eigenstate. We also measure the product of branching fractions of Bs0→J/ψf0(980) and f0(980)→π +π- relative to the product of branching fractions of Bs0→J/ψ and →K+K- to be Rf0 /=0.257±0.020(stat)±0.014(syst), which is the most precise determination of this quantity to date. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Measurement of the differential cross section for isolated prompt photon production in pp collisions at 7 TeV

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 84:5 (2011)

Authors:

S Chatrchyan, V Khachatryan, AM Sirunyan, A Tumasyan, W Adam, T Bergauer, M Dragicevic, J Erö, C Fabjan, M Friedl, R Frühwirth, VM Ghete, J Hammer, S Hänsel, M Hoch, N Hörmann, J Hrubec, M Jeitler, W Kiesenhofer, M Krammer, D Liko, I Mikulec, M Pernicka, B Rahbaran, H Rohringer, R Schöfbeck, J Strauss, A Taurok, F Teischinger, C Trauner, P Wagner, W Waltenberger, G Walzel, E Widl, CE Wulz, V Mossolov, N Shumeiko, J Suarez Gonzalez, S Bansal, L Benucci, EA De Wolf, X Janssen, S Luyckx, T Maes, L Mucibello, S Ochesanu, B Roland, R Rougny, M Selvaggi, H Van Haevermaet, P Van Mechelen, N Van Remortel, F Blekman, S Blyweert, J D'Hondt, R Gonzalez Suarez, A Kalogeropoulos, M Maes, A Olbrechts, W Van Doninck, P Van Mulders, GP Van Onsem, I Villella, O Charaf, B Clerbaux, G De Lentdecker, V Dero, APR Gay, GH Hammad, T Hreus, PE Marage, A Raval, L Thomas, G Vander Marcken, C Vander Velde, P Vanlaer, V Adler, A Cimmino, S Costantini, M Grunewald, B Klein, J Lellouch, A Marinov, J McCartin, D Ryckbosch, F Thyssen, M Tytgat, L Vanelderen, P Verwilligen, S Walsh, N Zaganidis, S Basegmez, G Bruno, J Caudron, L Ceard, E Cortina Gil, J De Favereau De Jeneret, C Delaere, D Favart, A Giammanco

Abstract:

A measurement of the differential cross section for the inclusive production of isolated prompt photons in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36pb-1 recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC. The measurement covers the pseudorapidity range |η|<2.5 and the transverse energy range 25