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Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the decay channel H→ZZ→4l in pp collisions at √s=7TeV

Physical Review Letters 108:11 (2012)

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, M Hoch, N Hörmann, J Hrubec, M Jeitler, W Kiesenhofer, M Krammer, D Liko, I Mikulec, M Pernicka, B Rahbaran, C Rohringer, 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, S Bansal, L Benucci, T Cornelis, 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, A Van Spilbeeck, 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, A Léonard, PE Marage, L Thomas, C Vander Velde, P Vanlaer, J Wickens, V Adler, K Beernaert, A Cimmino, S Costantini, G Garcia, M Grunewald, B Klein, J Lellouch, A Marinov, J Mccartin, AA Ocampo Rios, D Ryckbosch, N Strobbe, F Thyssen, M Tytgat, L Vanelderen, P Verwilligen, S Walsh, E Yazgan, N Zaganidis, S Basegmez, G Bruno, L Ceard

Abstract:

A search for a Higgs boson in the four-lepton decay channel H→ZZ, with each Z boson decaying to an electron or muon pair, is reported. The search covers Higgs boson mass hypotheses in the range of 110100GeV (with 13 below 160GeV), while 67.1±6.0 (9.5±1.3) events are expected from background. The four-lepton mass distribution is consistent with the expectation of standard model background production of ZZ pairs. Upper limits at 95% confidence level exclude the standard model Higgs boson in the ranges of 134-158GeV, 180-305GeV, and 340-465GeV. Small excesses of events are observed around masses of 119, 126, and 320GeV, making the observed limits weaker than expected in the absence of a signal. © 2012 CERN.
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Search for signatures of extra dimensions in the diphoton mass spectrum at the large hadron collider

Physical Review Letters 108:11 (2012)

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, M Hoch, N Hörmann, J Hrubec, M Jeitler, W Kiesenhofer, A Knapitsch, 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, A Van Spilbeeck, 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, A Léonard, PE Marage, L Thomas, C Vander Velde, P Vanlaer, J Wickens, V Adler, K Beernaert, A Cimmino, S Costantini, M Grunewald, B Klein, J Lellouch, A Marinov, J Mccartin, D Ryckbosch, N Strobbe, 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

Abstract:

A search for signatures of extra spatial dimensions in the diphoton invariant-mass spectrum has been performed with the CMS detector at the LHC. No excess of events above the standard model expectation is observed using a data sample collected in proton-proton collisions at √s=7TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.2fb -1. In the context of the large-extra-dimensions model, lower limits are set on the effective Planck scale in the range of 2.3-3.8TeV at the 95% confidence level. These limits are the most restrictive bounds on virtual-graviton exchange to date. The most restrictive lower limits to date are also set on the mass of the first graviton excitation in the Randall-Sundrum model in the range of 0.86-1.84TeV, for values of the associated coupling parameter between 0.01 and 0.10. © 2012 CERN, for the LHCb Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published articles title, journal citation, and DOI.
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Constraining the physical properties of Type II-Plateau supernovae using nebular phase spectra

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 420:4 (2012) 3451-3468

Authors:

K Maguire, A Jerkstrand, SJ Smartt, C Fransson, A Pastorello, S Benetti, S Valenti, F Bufano, G Leloudas
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A spectroscopically normal type Ic supernova from a very massive progenitor

(2012)

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Stefano Valenti, Stefan Taubenberger, Andrea Pastorello, Levon Aramyan, Maria Teresa Botticella, Morgan Fraser, Stefano Benetti, Stephen J Smartt, Enrico Cappellaro, Nancy Elias-Rosa, Mattias Ergon, Lindsay Magill, Eugene Magnier, Rubina Kotak, Paul A Price, Jesper Sollerman, Lina Tomasella, Massimo Turatto, Darryl Edmund Wright -, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
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Measurement of ZZ production in leptonic final states at √s of 1.96 TeV at CDF

Physical Review Letters 108:10 (2012)

Authors:

T Aaltonen, B Álvarez Gonzlez, S Amerio, D Amidei, A Anastassov, A Annovi, J Antos, G Apollinari, JA Appel, T Arisawa, A Artikov, J Asaadi, W Ashmanskas, B Auerbach, A Aurisano, F Azfar, W Badgett, T Bae, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Barria, P Bartos, M Bauce, F Bedeschi, S Behari, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, A Beretvas, A Bhatti, D Bisello, I Bizjak, KR Bland, B Blumenfeld, A Bocci, A Bodek, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Boveia, L Brigliadori, C Bromberg, E Brucken, J Budagov, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, P Bussey, A Buzatu, A Calamba, 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, WH Chung, YS Chung, MA Ciocci, A Clark, C Clarke, G Compostella, ME Convery, J Conway, M Corbo, M Cordelli, CA Cox, DJ Cox, F Crescioli, J Cuevas, R Culbertson, D Dagenhart, N D'Ascenzo, M Datta, P De Barbaro, M Dell'Orso, L Demortier, M Deninno, F Devoto, M D'Errico

Abstract:

In this Letter, we present a precise measurement of the total ZZ production cross section in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.96TeV, using data collected with the CDF II detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 6fb-1. The result is obtained by combining separate measurements in the four-charged (′′) and two-charged-lepton and two-neutral-lepton (νν) decay modes of the Z boson pair. The combined measured cross section for pp̄→ZZ is 1.64-0.38+0.44pb. This is the most precise measurement of the ZZ production cross section in 1.96 TeV pp̄ collisions to date. © 2012 American Physical Society.
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