Measurement of electroweak production of two jets in association with a Z boson in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=8\,\text {TeV}$$s=8TeV
The purely electroweak (EW) cross section for the production of two jets in association with a Z boson, in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=8\,\text {TeV}$$s=8TeV, is measured using data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7$$\,\text {fb}^\text {-1}$$fb-1. The electroweak cross section for the $$\ell \ell \mathrm {jj}$$ℓℓjj final state (with $$\ell = \mathrm {e}$$ℓ=e or $$\mu $$μ and j representing the quarks produced in the hard interaction) in the kinematic region defined by $$M_{\ell \ell } >50$$Mℓℓ>50$$\,\text {GeV}$$GeV, $$M_\mathrm {jj} >120$$Mjj>120$$\,\text {GeV}$$GeV, transverse momentum $$p_\mathrm {T j}> 25$$pTj>25$$\,\text {GeV}$$GeV, and pseudorapidity $$|\eta _\mathrm {j} |< 5$$|ηj|<5, is found to be $$\sigma _\mathrm {EW}(\ell \ell \mathrm {jj})=174 \pm 15\,\text {(stat)}\pm 40\,\text {(syst)}\text {\,fb}$$σEW(ℓℓjj)=174±15(stat)±40(syst)\,fb, in agreement with the standard model prediction. The associated jet activity of the selected events is studied, in particular in a signal-enriched region of phase space, and the measurements are found to be in agreement with QCD predictions.

title: Searches for supersymmetry based on events with b jets and four W bosons in pp collisions at 8 TeV
abstract: Five mutually exclusive searches for supersymmetry are presented based on events in which b jets and four W bosons are produced in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 inverse femtobarns, were collected with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 2012. The five studies differ in the leptonic signature from the W boson decays, and correspond to all-hadronic, single-lepton, opposite-sign dilepton, same-sign dilepton, and greater-than-or-equal-to- 3 lepton final states. The results of the five studies are combined to yield 95% confidence level limits for the gluino and bottom-squark masses in the context of gluino and bottom-squark pair production, respectively. In the limit when the lightest supersymmetric particle is light, gluino and bottom-squark masses are excluded below 1280 and 570 GeV, respectively.

title: Measurement of the inclusive 3-jet production differential cross section in proton–proton collisions at 7 TeV and determination of the strong coupling constant in the TeV range
abstract: This paper presents a measurement of the inclusive 3-jet production differential cross section at a proton–proton centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5$$\,\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$$fb-1collected with the CMS detector. The analysis is based on the three jets with the highest transverse momenta. The cross section is measured as a function of the invariant mass of the three jets in a range of 445–3270 GeV and in two bins of the maximum rapidity of the jets up to a value of 2. A comparison between the measurement and the prediction from perturbative QCD at next-to-leading order is performed. Within uncertainties, data and theory are in agreement. The sensitivity of the observable to the strong coupling constant $$\alpha _\mathrm {S}$$αS is studied. A fit to all data points with 3-jet masses larger than 664 GeV gives a value of the strong coupling constant of $$\alpha _S(M_\mathrm{Z}) = 0.1171 \pm 0.0013\,\text {(exp)} \,^{+0.0073}_{-0.0047}\,\text {(theo)} $$αS(MZ)=0.1171±0.0013(exp)-0.0047+0.0073(theo).

title: Measurement of the inclusive Z cross section via decays to tau pairs in pp collisions at $ \sqrt {s} = 7 $ TeV
abstract: The first measurement of inclusive Z → τ+τ− production in pp collisions at the LHC is presented, in the final states μ + hadrons, e + hadrons, e + μ, and μ + μ. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb−1 collected with the CMS detector. The measured cross section is σ (pp → ZX) × B (Z → τ+τ−) = 1.00 ± 0.05(stat.) ± 0.08(syst.) ± 0.04(lumi.)nb, which is in good agreement with the next-to-next-to-leading order QCD prediction and improves on previous measurements in the Z → e+e− and μ+μ− channels. The reconstruction efficiency for hadronic τ decays is determined with a precision of 7%.

title: Discrimination of converted photons and neutral pions at high energies
abstract: In the LHC experiment, the H → γγ channel provides a clean final state with an effective mass peak that is reconstructed with great precision, despite the small branching ratio. As a consequence, the H → γγ channel is one of the most promising channels for the Higgs discovery in the very low mass region. In order to increase the sensitivity of the Higgs search, background rejection rate is very important, so γ/π0 discrimination is one of the key points in the analysis. At least 40% of photons will convert with the experience of ATLAS and CMS. We constructed electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) in GEANT4 simulation, using 6 variables which have different shapes between converted γ and π0, with the TMVA (Toolkit for Multivariate Data Analysis) to do the separation. With this method we can get 30% to 60% π0 rejection efficiency when keeping 90% converted γ efficiency, in the region of transverse momentum 15 GeV to 75 GeV, not only in MC sumulation but also in real data.

title: Search for physics beyond the standard model in dilepton mass spectra in proton-proton collisions at s=8$$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
abstract: A bstractDimuon and dielectron mass spectra, obtained from data resulting from proton-proton collisions at 8 TeV and recorded by the CMS experiment, are used to search for both narrow resonances and broad deviations from standard model predictions. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20.6 (19.7) fb−1 for the dimuon (dielectron) channel. No evidence for non-standard-model physics is observed and 95% confidence level limits are set on parameters from a number of new physics models. The narrow resonance analyses exclude a Sequential Standard Model ZSSM′ resonance lighter than 2.90 TeV, a superstring-inspired Zψ′ lighter than 2.57 TeV, and Randall-Sundrum Kaluza-Klein gravitons with masses below 2.73, 2.35, and 1.27 TeV for couplings of 0.10, 0.05, and 0.01, respectively. A notable feature is that the limits have been calculated in a model-independent way to enable straightforward reinterpretation in any model predicting a resonance structure. The observed events are also interpreted within the framework of two non-resonant analyses: one based on a large extra dimensions model and one based on a quark and lepton compositeness model with a left-left isoscalar contact interaction. Lower limits are established on MS, the scale characterizing the onset of quantum gravity, which range from 4.9 to 3.3 TeV, where the number of additional spatial dimensions varies from 3 to 7. Similarly, lower limits on Λ, the energy scale parameter for the contact interaction, are found to be 12.0 (15.2) TeV for destructive (constructive) interference in the dimuon channel and 13.5 (18.3) TeV in the dielectron channel.

title: Long-term X-Ray Monitoring of LS I +61°303: Analysis of Spectral Variability and Flares
abstract: We report on the full analysis of a Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Proportional Counter Array monitoring of the γ-ray binary system LS I +61°303. The data set covers 42 contiguous cycles of the system orbital motion. Analyzing this X-ray monitoring data set, the largest to date for this source, we report on the variability of the orbital profile and the spectral distribution, and provide strong evidence for an anti-correlation between flux and spectral index (the higher the flux, the harder the spectral index). Furthermore, we present the analysis of two newly discovered kilosecond-timescale flares, which present significant variability also on shorter timescales and tend to occur at orbital phases between 0.6 and 0.9. However, a detailed timing analysis of the flares does not show any coherent or quasi-coherent (QPO) structure in their power spectra. We also investigated the possible appearance of the radio super-orbital modulation at X-ray energies, but we could not unambiguously detect such modulation in the system flux history nor in the evolution of its orbital modulation fraction.

title: Measurement of Higgs boson production in the diphoton decay channel in pp collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
abstract: A measurement of the production processes of the recently discovered Higgs boson is performed in the two-photon final state using 4.5 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions data at root s = 7 TeV and 20.3 fb(-1) at root s = 8 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The number of observed Higgs boson decays to diphotons divided by the corresponding Standard Model prediction, called the signal strength, is found to be mu = 1.17 +/- 0.27 at the value of the Higgs boson mass measured by ATLAS, m(H) = 125.4 GeV. The analysis is optimized to measure the signal strengths for individual Higgs boson production processes at this value of m(H). They are found to be mu(ggF) = 1.32 +/- 0.38, mu(VBF) = 0.8 +/- 0.7, mu(WH) = 1.0 +/- 1.6, mu(ZH) = 0.1(-0.1)(+3.7), and mu t (t) over barH = 1.6(-1.8)(+2.7), for Higgs boson production through gluon fusion, vector-boson fusion, and in association with a W or Z boson or a top-quark pair, respectively. Compared with the previously published ATLAS analysis, the results reported here also benefit from a new energy calibration procedure for photons and the subsequent reduction of the systematic uncertainty on the diphoton mass resolution. No significant deviations from the predictions of the Standard Model are found.

title: Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at √s =7 TeV using the ATLAS detector
abstract: Measurements of spin correlation in top quark pair production are presented using data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC with proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb(-1). Events are selected in final states with two charged leptons and at least two jets and in final states with one charged lepton and at least four jets. Four different observables sensitive to different properties of the top quark pair production mechanism are used to extract the correlation between the top and antitop quark spins. Some of these observables are measured for the first time. The measurements are in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction at next-to-leading-order accuracy.

title: ON THE SCATTERING ENHANCEMENT OF N V λ1240 EMISSION LINE OF QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS
abstract: The N v emission line of active galactic nuclei shows peculiar behavior in the line-continuum correlation, which may be indicative of an extra line component in addition to that from the normal broad emission line region. In this paper, we investigate possible contribution to the N v emission via resonant scattering of both continuum and Ly alpha in a broad absorption line (BAL) outflow by performing the Sobolev Monte Carlo simulations. The contribution is dependent on the covering factor, optical depth, and velocity profile of the outflow, as well as the equivalent width (EW) of Lya. Adopting model parameters constrained by observations, we find that the measured N v EW in the spectra of non-BAL quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) could have been enhanced by a factor of 1.82-2.73 on average, while there is only moderate absorption of Lya along the BAL outflow direction. Our model can produce a relatively narrow scattering line profile. About 80% of the total scattered flux falls within the central +/- 4500 km s(-1). We find that the resonant scattering can produce a prominent polarized emission line around N v. Both the broad excess emission and the unusually large polarized flux observed around N v in BAL QSOs are considered as strong evidence for the scattering enhancement. Future spectropolarimetric observations and spectroscopic monitoring of luminous QSOs may offer crucial tests for this interpretation, and provide useful information on the physical and geometrical properties of QSO outflows. We argue that the scattering offers a promising and robust process for producing the peculiar behavior of N v emission compared to the other processes proposed previously.

title: Recent progress in relativistic klystron research
abstract: Experimental work is now under way by collaborators at LLNL, SLAC, and LBL to investigate relativistic klystrons as a possible rf power source for future high-gradient accelerators. We have learned how to overcome our previously reported problem of high-power rf pulse shortening and have achieved peak rf power levels of 290 MW. We have used the rf from a relativistic klystron to power a short, 11.4-GHz high-gradient accelerator. The measured momentum spectrum of the accelerated electron beam corresponds to an accelerating gradient of 84 MV/m. 5 refs., 7 figs.