Precise predictions for V+ jets dark matter backgrounds

European Physical Journal C Springer Berlin Heidelberg 77:12 (2017) 829

Authors:

JM Lindert, S Pozzorini, R Boughezal, JM Campbell, A Denner, S Dittmaier, A Gehrmann-De Ridder, T Gehrmann, N Glover, A Huss, S Kallweit, P Maierhöfer, ML Mangano, TA Morgan, A Mück, F Petriello, Gavin Salam, M Schönherr, C Williams

Abstract:

High-energy jets recoiling against missing transverse energy (MET) are powerful probes of dark matter at the LHC. Searches based on large MET signatures require a precise control of the Z(νν)¯ +jet background in the signal region. This can be achieved by taking accurate data in control regions dominated by Z(+−)+jet, W(ν)+jet and γ +jet production, and extrapolating to the Z(νν)¯ +jet background by means of precise theoretical predictions. In this context, recent advances in perturbative calculations open the door to significant sensitivity improvements in dark matter searches. In this spirit, we present a combination of state-of-the-art calculations for all relevant V+jets processes, including throughout NNLO QCD corrections and NLO electroweak corrections supplemented by Sudakov logarithms at two loops. Predictions at parton level are provided together with detailed recommendations for their usage in experimental analyses based on the reweighting of Monte Carlo samples. Particular attention is devoted to the estimate of theoretical uncertainties in the framework of dark matter searches, where subtle aspects such as correlations across different V+jet processes play a key role. The anticipated theoretical uncertainty in the Z(νν)¯ +jet background is at the few percent level up to the TeV range.

Magneto-optic probe measurements in low density-supersonic jets

Journal of Instrumentation IOP Publishing 12:December (2017) P12001

Authors:

Matthew Oliver, T White, P Mabey, M Kuhn-Kauffeldt, L Dohl, R Bingham, R Clarke, P Graham, R Heathcote, M Koenig, Y Kuramitsu, DQ Lamb, J Meinecke, T Michel, F Miniati, M Notley, B Reville, S Sarkar, Y Sakawa, A Schekochihin, P Tzeferacos, N Woolsey, Gianluca Gregori

Abstract:

A magneto-optic probe was used to make time-resolved measurements of the magnetic field in both a single supersonic jet and in a collision between two supersonic turbulent jets, with an electron density ⇡ 1018 cm3 and electron temperature ⇡ 4 eV. The magneto-optic data indicated the magnetic field reaches B ⇡ 200 G. The measured values are compared against those obtained with a magnetic induction probe. Good agreement of the time-dependent magnetic field measured using the two techniques is found.

Neutrino astronomy at the South Pole: Latest results from the IceCube neutrino observatory and its future development

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Elsevier 876 (2017) 72-75

Authors:

S Toscano, IceCube Collaboration

Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory

Astrophysical Journal Letters Institute of Physics Publishing 850:2 (2017) ARTN L35

Authors:

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Michael, P Migliozzi, A Moussa, S Navas, E Nezri, M Organokov, GE Pavalas, C Pellegrino, C Perrina, P Piattelli, V Popa, T Pradier, L Quinn, C Racca, G Riccobene, A Sanchez-Losa, M Saldana, I Salvadori, DFE Samtleben, M Sanguineti, P Sapienza, F Schussler, C Sieger, M Spurio, T Stolarczyk, M Taiuti, Y Tayalati, A Trovato, D Turpin, C Tonnis, B Vallage, V Van Elewyck, F Versari, D Vivolo, A Vizzoca, J Wilms, JD Zornoza, J Zuniga, MG Aartsen, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar, M Ahlers, M Ahrens, I Al Samarai, D Altmann, K Andeen, T Anderson, I Ansseau, G Anton, C Arguelles, J Auffenberg, S Axani, H Bagherpour, X Bai, JP Barron, SW Barwick, V Baum, R Bay, JJ Beatty, JB Tjus, K-H Becker, S BenZvi, D Berley, E Bernardini, DZ Besson, G Binder, D Bindig, E Blaufuss, S Blot, C Bohm, M Boerner, F Bos, D Bose, S Boeser, O Botner, E Bourbeau, J Bourbeau, F Bradascio, J Braun, L Brayeur, M Brenzke, H-P Bretz, S Bron, J Brostean-Kaiser, A Burgman, T Carver, J Casey, M Casier, E Cheung, D Chirkin, A 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Higgs assisted Q-balls from pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (2017) ARTN 179

Authors:

F Bishara, G Johnson, O Lennon, J March-Russell