Measurement of B(Upsilon(5S) ---> B(*)(s) anti-B(*)(s)) Using phi Mesons

title: Measurement of the Ds+ - Ds- production asymmetry in 7 TeV pp collisions
abstract: Article history: Received 4 May 2012 Received in revised form 30 May 2012  W.-D. Schlatter Heavy quark production in 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy pp collisions at the LHC is not necessarily flavour symmetric. The production asymmetry, AP, between D+s and D−s mesons is studied using the φπ± decay mode in a data sample of 1.0 fb−1 collected with the LHCb detector. The difference between π+ and π− detection efficiencies is determined using the ratios of fully reconstructed to partially reconstructed D∗± decays. The overall production asymmetry in the D±s rapidity region 2.0 to 4.5 with transverse momentum larger than 2 GeV is measured to be AP = (−0.33 ± 0.22 ± 0.10)%. This result can constrain models of heavy flavour production.

title: Measurement of B(Upsilon(5S) ---> B(*)(s) anti-B(*)(s)) Using phi Mesons

title: Performance of the CLEO III LiF-TEA ring imaging Cherenkov detector in a high-energy muon beam
abstract: LiF radiators to generate Cherenkov photons which are then detected by proportional wire chambers using a mixture of CH 4 and TEA gases. The first two photon detector modules which were constructed, were taken to the Fermilab and tested in a beam dump that provided high-momentum muons. We report on results using both plane and “sawtooth”–shaped radiators. Specifically, we discuss the number of photoelectrons observed per ring and the angular resolution. The particle separation ability is shown to be sufficient for the physics of CLEO III.

title: Precision measurements of the timelike electromagnetic form factors of pion, kaon, and proton.
abstract: Using 20.7 pb(-1) of e(+)e(-) annihilation data taken at sq.rt(r) = 3.671 GeV with the CLEO-c detector, precision measurements of the electromagnetic form factors of the charged pion, charged kaon, and proton have been made for timelike momentum transfer of |Q(2)| = 13.48 GeV(2) by the reaction e(+)e(-) --> h(+)h(-). The measurements are the first ever with identified pions and kaons of |Q(2)| > 4 GeV(2), with the results F(13.48 GeV(2)) = 0.075 +/- 0.008(stat) +/- 0.005(syst) and F(K)(13.48 GeV(2)) = 0.063 +/- 0.004(stat) +/- 0.001(syst). The result for the proton, assuming G(p)(E) = G(p)(M), is G(p)(M)(13.48 GeV(2)) = 0.014 +/- 0.002(stat) +/- 0.001(syst), which is in agreement with earlier results.

title: Measurement of the relative branching fraction of upsilon(4S) to charged and neutral B-meson pairs.
abstract: We analyze 9.7x10(6) B_B pairs recorded with the CLEO detector to determine the production ratio of charged to neutral B-meson pairs produced at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We measure the rates for B0-->J/psiK((*)0) and B+-->J/psiK((*)+) decays and use the world-average B-meson lifetime ratio to extract the relative widths f(+-) / f(00) = gamma(Upsilon(4S)-->B+B-) / gamma(Upsilon(4S)-->B0 B-0)) = 1.04+/-0.07(stat)+/-0.04(syst). With the assumption that f(+-)+f(00) = 1, we obtain f(00) = 0.49+/-0.02(stat)+/-0.01(syst) and f(+-) = 0.51+/-0.02(stat)+/-0.01(syst). This production ratio and its uncertainty apply to all exclusive B-meson branching fractions measured at the Upsilon(4S) resonance.

title: Charged particle multiplicities in pp interactions at $ \sqrt {s} = 0.9 $, 2.36, and 7 TeV
abstract: Measurements of primary charged hadron multiplicity distributions are presented for non-single-diffractive events in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of $ \sqrt {s} = 0.9 $, 2.36, and 7 TeV, in five pseudorapidity ranges from |η| < 0.5 to |η| < 2.4. The data were collected with the minimum-bias trigger of the CMS experiment during the LHC commissioning runs in 2009 and the 7 TeV run in 2010. The multiplicity distribution at $ \sqrt {s} = 0.9\;{\text{TeV}} $ is in agreement with previous measurements. At higher energies the increase of the mean multiplicity with $ \sqrt {s} $ is underestimated by most event generators. The average transverse momentum as a function of the multiplicity is also presented. The measurement of higher-order moments of the multiplicity distribution confirms the violation of Koba-Nielsen-Olesen scaling that has been observed at lower energies.

title: Observation of B+ ---> p anti-p pi+, B0 ---> p anti-p K0, and B+ ---> p anti-p K*+

title: Measurement of CC interactions produced by ${}^8$B solar neutrinos at SNO

title: Search for heavy neutrinos and $$\mathrm {W}$$W bosons with right-handed couplings in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 8\,\text {TeV} $$s=8TeV
abstract: A search for heavy, right-handed neutrinos, $$\mathrm {N}_{\ell }$$Nℓ ($$\ell = \mathrm {e}, \mu $$ℓ=e,μ), and right-handed $$\mathrm {W}_{\mathrm {R}}$$WR bosons, which arise in the left-right symmetric extensions of the standard model, has been performed by the CMS experiment. The search was based on a sample of two lepton plus two jet events collected in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8$$\,\text {TeV}$$TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 $$\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$$fb-1. For models with strict left-right symmetry, and assuming only one $$\mathrm {N}_{\ell }$$Nℓ flavor contributes significantly to the $$\mathrm {W}_{\mathrm {R}}$$WR decay width, the region in the two-dimensional $$(M_{\mathrm {W}_{\mathrm {R}}}, })$$(MWR,MNℓ) mass plane excluded at a 95 % confidence level extends to approximately $$M_{\mathrm {W}_{\mathrm {R}}} = 3.0\,\text {TeV} $$MWR=3.0TeV and covers a large range of neutrino masses below the $$\mathrm {W}_{\mathrm {R}}$$WR boson mass, depending on the value of $$M_{\mathrm {W}_{\mathrm {R}}}$$MWR. This search significantly extends the $$(M_{\mathrm {W}_{\mathrm {R}}}, })$$(MWR,MNℓ) exclusion region beyond previous results.

title: Measurement of the decay K(L) ---> pi0 gamma gamma