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Limits on extra dimensions and new particle production in the exclusive photon and missing energy signature in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV

Physical Review Letters 89:28 I (2002)

Authors:

D Acosta, T Affolder, H Akimoto, MG Albrow, D Ambrose, D Amidei, K Anikeev, J Antos, G Apollinari, T Arisawa, A Artikov, T Asakawa, W Ashmanskas, F Azfar, P Azzi-Bacchetta, N Bacchetta, H Bachacou, W Badgett, S Bailey, P de Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, S Baroiant, M Barone, G Bauer, F Bedeschi, S Behari, S Belforte, WH Bell, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Bensinger, A Beretvas, J Berryhill, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, M Bishai, RE Blair, C Blocker, K Bloom, B Blumenfeld, SR Blusk, A Bocci, A Bodek, G Bolla, Y Bonushkin, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Brandl, C Bromberg, M Brozovic, E Brubaker, N Bruner, J Budagov, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, KL Byrum, S Cabrera, P Calafiura, M Campbell, W Carithers, J Carlson, D Carlsmith, W Caskey, A Castro, D Cauz, A Cerri, AW Chan, PS Chang, PT Chang, J Chapman, C Chen, YC Chen, MT Cheng, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, I Chirikov-Zorin, G Chlachidze, F Chlebana, L Christofek, ML Chu, JY Chung, WH Chung, YS Chung, CI Ciobanu, AG Clark, M Coca, AP Colijn, A Connolly, M Convery, J Conway, M Cordelli, J Cranshaw, R Culbertson, D Dagenhart, S D'Auria

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A search for new physics in the exclusive γ∄T channel was performed. Departure from the expected standard model cross section was found. Limits on two specific models of new physics were defined. Furthermore, the limit in a "pseudomodel-independent" manner was detailed.
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Comparison of the isolated direct photon cross sections in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV and √s = 0.63 TeV

Physical Review D 65:11 (2002)

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D Acosta, T Affolder, H Akimoto, MG Albrow, D Ambrose, D Amidei, K Anikeev, J Antos, G Apollinari, T Arisawa, A Artikov, T Asakawa, W Ashmanskas, F Azfar, P Azzi-Bacchetta, N Bacchetta, H Bachacou, W Badgett, S Bailey, P De Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, S Baroiant, M Barone, G Bauer, F Bedeschi, S Belforte, WH Bell, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Bensinger, A Beretvas, JP Berge, J Berryhill, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, M Bishai, RE Blair, C Blocker, K Bloom, B Blumenfeld, SR Blusk, A Bocci, A Bodek, G Bolla, Y Bonushkin, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Brandl, S Van Den Brink, C Bromberg, M Brozovic, E Brubaker, N Bruner, J Budagov, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, S Cabrera, P Calafiura, M Campbell, W Carithers, J Carlson, D Carlsmith, W Caskey, A Castro, D Cauz, A Cerri, AW Chan, PS Chang, PT Chang, J Chapman, C Chen, YC Chen, MT Cheng, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, I Chirikov-Zorin, G Chlachidze, F Chlebana, L Christofek, ML Chu, JY Chung, WH Chung, YS Chung, CI Ciobanu, AG Clark, M Coca, AP Colijn, A Connolly, M Convery, J Conway, M Cordelli, J Cranshaw

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We have measured the cross sections d2σ/d P Tdη) for production of isolated direct photons in pp̄ collisions at two different center-of-mass energies, 1.8 TeV and 0.63 TeV, using the Collider Detector at Fermilab. The normalization of both data sets agrees with the predictions of quantum chromodynamics for a photon transverse momentum (PT) of 25 GeV/c, but the shapes versus photon PT do not. These shape differences lead to a significant disagreement in the ratio of cross sections in the scaling variable xT(≡ 2PT/√s). This disagreement in the xT ratio is difficult to explain with conventional theoretical uncertainties such as scale dependence and parton distribution parametrizations. © 2002 The American Physical Society.
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Science capabilities of the VERITAS array of 10 m imaging atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 4834 (2002) 276-287

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D Kieda, SD Biller, P Boyle, IH Bond, SM Bradbury, JH Buckley, DA Carter-Lewis, S Criswell, W Cui, P Dowkontt, C Duke, A Falcone, DJ Fegan, SJ Fegan, JP Finley, L Fortson, JA Gaidos, S Gammell, K Gibbs, J Hall, AM Hillas, J Holder, D Horan, M Kertzman, J Knapp, F Krennrich, S LeBohec, J Lloyd-Evans, P Moriarity, D M̈ller, P Ogden, R Ong, D Petry, J Quinn, PT Reynolds, HJ Rose, M Schroedter, J Smith, GH Sembrowski, SP Swordy, VV Vassiliev, SP Wakely, G Walker, TC Weekes

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The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is an array of seven 10m aperture telescopes used for gamma-ray astronomy in the 50 GeV to 50 TeV (1 TeV= 1012 electron Volt) energy range. The gamma rays are detected by measuring the optical Cherenkov light emitted by the cascade of electromagnetic particles that is generated by interactions of the high energy gamma-ray with the Earth's Atmosphere. This paper describes the science goals of the VERITAS array, a description of the array, and expected performance of the instrument.
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Search for radiative b hadron decays in proton anti-proton collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV

Physical Review D 66 (2002) 112002 19pp

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JC Tseng, M Tanaka, K Ragan, F DeJongh
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Branching ratio measurements of exclusive B+ decays to charmonium with the collider detector at fermilab

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 66:5 (2002) 520051-520057

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D Acosta, T Affolder, H Akimoto, MG Albrow, D Ambrose, D Amidei, K Anikeev, J Antos, G Apollinari, T Arisawa, A Artikov, T Asakawa, W Ashmanskas, F Azfar, P Azzi-Bacchetta, N Bacchetta, H Bachacou, W Badgett, S Bailey, P de Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, S Baroiant, M Barone, G Bauer, F Bedeschi, S Behari, S Belforte, WH Bell, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Bensinger, A Beretvas, J Berryhill, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, M Bishai, RE Blair, C Blocker, K Bloom, B Blumenfeld, SR Blusk, A Bocci, A Bodek, G Bolla, Y Bonushkin, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Brandl, C Bromberg, M Brozovic, E Brubaker, N Bruner, J Budagov, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, KL Byrum, S Cabrera, P Calafiura, M Campbell, W Carithers, J Carlson, D Carlsmith, W Caskey, A Castro, D Cauz, A Cerri, AW Chan, PS Chang, PT Chang, J Chapman, C Chen, YC Chen, MT Cheng, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, I Chirikov-Zorin, G Chlachidze, F Chlebana, L Christofek, ML Chu, JY Chung, WH Chung, YS Chung, CI Ciobanu, AG Clark, M Coca, AP Colijn, A Connolly, M Convery, J Conway, M Cordelli, J Cranshaw, R Culbertson, D Dagenhart, S D'Auria

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We report on measurements of the branching ratios of the decays B+→Xcl0(1P)K+ and B+ →J/ψK+π+π-, where Xcl0(1P)→J/ψγ and J/ψ→μ+μ- in pp collisions at √s= 1.8 TeV. Using a data sample from an integrated luminosity of 110 pb-1 collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab we measure the branching ratios to be BR(B+→Xcl0(1P) K+)=15.5±5.4(stat)±1.5(syst)±1.3(br)× 10-4 and BR(B+ →J/ψK+π+π-)=6.9 ±1.8(stat)±1.1(syst)±0.4(br)×10-4 where (br) is due to the finite precision on BR(B-→J/ψK+), BR(Xcl0(1P)→J/ψγ)is used to normalize the signal yield, and (syst) encompasses all other systematic uncertainties.
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