Measurement of the differential cross section of photon plus jet production in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV
We study the process of associated photon and jet production, p (p) over bar -> gamma + jet + X, using 8.7 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider at a center-of-mass energy root s = 1.96 TeV. Photons are reconstructed with rapidity vertical bar y(gamma)vertical bar 20 GeV. The highest-p(T) jet is required to be in one of four rapidity regions up to vertical bar y(jet)vertical bar 0) and opposite signs (y(gamma)y(jet) <= 0) of photon and jet rapidities. We compare the measured triple-differential cross sections, d(3)sigma/dp(T)(gamma)dy(gamma)dy(jet), to next-to-leading order (NLO) perturbative QCD calculations using different sets of parton distribution functions, and to predictions from the SHERPA and PYTHIA Monte Carlo event generators. The NLO calculations are found to be in general agreement with the data but do not describe all kinematic regions.

title: Jet energy scale determination in the D0 experiment
abstract: The calibration of jet energy measured in the DO detector is presented, based on p (p) over bar collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron collider, jet energies are measured using a sampling calorimeter composed of uranium and liquid argon as the passive and active media, respectively. This paper describes the energy calibration of jets performed with gamma+jet, Z+jet and dilet events, with jet transverse momentum p(T) > 6 GeV and pseudorapidity range vertical bar eta vertical bar < 3.6, The corrections are measured separately for data and simulation, achieving a precision of 1.4-1.8% for jets in the central part of the calorimeter ancl up to 3.5% for the jets with pseudorapidity vertical bar eta vertical bar = 3.0. Specific corrections are extracted to enhance the description of jet energy in simulation and in particular of the effects due to the flavor of the parton originating the jet, correcting biases up to 3-4% in jets with low PT originating from gluons and up to 6-8% in jets from b quarks.

title: Search for long-lived particles decaying into electron or photon pairs with the D0 detector.
abstract: In this Letter we report on a search for long-lived particles that decay into final states with two electrons or photons. Such long-lived particles arise in a variety of theoretical models, such as hidden valleys and supersymmetry with gauge-mediated breaking. By precisely reconstructing the direction of the electromagnetic shower we are able to probe much longer lifetimes than previously explored. We see no evidence of the existence of such long-lived particles and interpret this search as a quasi model-independent limit on their production cross section, as well as a limit on a long-lived fourth generation quark.

title: Observation and properties of the orbitally excited B_(s2)(*) meson.
abstract: We report the direct observation of the excited L=1 state B_(s2)(*) in fully reconstructed decays to B+K-. The mass of the B_(s2)(*) meson is measured to be 5839.6+/-1.1(stat)+/-0.7(syst) MeV/c(2), and its production rate relative to the B+ meson is measured to be [1.15+/-0.23(stat)+/-0.13(syst)]%.

title: Measurement of angular correlations of jets at s=1.96 TeV and determination of the strong coupling at high momentum transfers
abstract: We present a measurement of the average value of a new observable at hadron colliders that is sensitive to QCD dynamics and to the strong coupling constant, while being only weakly sensitive to parton distribution functions. The observable measures the angular correlations of jets and is defined as the number of neighboring jets above a given transverse momentum threshold which accompany a given jet within a given distance Delta-R in the plane of rapidity and azimuthal angle. The ensemble average over all jets in an inclusive jet sample is measured and the results are presented as a function of transverse momentum of the inclusive jets, in different regions of Delta-R and for different transverse momentum requirements for the neighboring jets. The measurement is based on a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.7 fb-1 collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider in pp-bar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 The results are well described by a perturbative QCD calculation in next-to-leading order in the strong coupling constant, corrected for non-perturbative effects. From these results, we extract the strong coupling and test the QCD predictions for its running over a range of momentum transfers of 50-400 GeV.

title: Precision measurement of the top quark mass in lepton + jets final States.
abstract: We measure the mass of the top quark in lepton+jets final states using the full sample of pp collision data collected by the D0 experiment in Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron Collider at sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV, corresponding to 9.7 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity. We use a matrix element technique that calculates the probabilities for each event to result from tt production or background. The overall jet energy scale is constrained in situ by the mass of the W boson. We measure m(t) = 174.98 ± 0.76 GeV. This constitutes the most precise single measurement of the top-quark mass.

title: Neutron star's initial spin period distribution
abstract: We analyze different possibilities to explain the wide initial spin period distribution of radio pulsars presented by Noutsos et al. (2013). With a population synthesis modeling we demonstrate that magnetic field decay can be used to interpret the d ifference between the recent results by Noutsos et al. (2013) and those by Popov & Turolla (2012), where a much younger population of NSs associated with supernova remnants with known ages has been studied. In particular, an exponential field decay with τmag = 5 Myrs can produce a “tail” in the reconstructed initial spin period distribution (as obtained by N outsos et al. 2013) up to P0 > 1 s starting with a standard gaussian withh P0i= 0.3 s andσP = 0.15 s. Another option to explain the difference between initial spin period distributions from Noutsos et al. (2013) and Popov & Turolla (2012) — the emerging magnetic field — is also b riefly discussed.

title: Meron-type solutions of the Yang-Mills equations in 4n dimensions
abstract: The Yang-Mills theory in d = 4n with an arbitrary gauge group G is considered. Using the generalization of the Corrigan-Fairlie-'t Hooft-Wilczek ansatz, we reduce the Yang-Mills equation in 4n dimensions to simpler equations. As an example, for G = SU(2) we write out the explicit form of some solutions that are 4n-dimensional analogues of the d = 4 meron solutions.

title: Quiver Gauge Theory and Noncommutative Vortices
abstract: We construct explicit BPS and non-BPS solutions of the Yang-Mills equations on noncommutative spaces R 2n � × G/H which are manifestly G-symmetric. Given a G-representation, by twisting with a particular bundle over G/H, we obtain a Gequivariant U(k) bundle with a G-equivariant connection over R 2n � × G/H. The U(k)

title: Yang-Mills Flows on Nearly Kähler Manifolds and G2-Instantons
abstract: We consider Lie(G)-valued G-invariant connections on bundles over spaces $${G/H,\, \mathbb{R}\times G/H\, {\rm and}\, \mathbb{R}^2\times G/H}$$, where G/H is a compact nearly Kähler six-dimensional homogeneous space, and the manifolds $${\mathbb{R}\times G/H}$$ and $${\mathbb{R}^2\times G/H}$$ carry G2- and Spin(7)-structures, respectively. By making a G-invariant ansatz, Yang-Mills theory with torsion on $${\mathbb{R}\times G/H}$$ is reduced to Newtonian mechanics of a particle moving in a plane with a quartic potential. For particular values of the torsion, we find explicit particle trajectories, which obey first-order gradient or hamiltonian flow equations. In two cases, these solutions correspond to anti-self-dual instantons associated with one of two G2-structures on $${\mathbb{R}\times G/H}$$. It is shown that both G2-instanton equations can be obtained from a single Spin(7)-instanton equation on $${\mathbb{R}^2\times G/H}$$.

title: Lax pairs of integrable equations in 1 ≤ d ≤ 3 dimensions as reductions of the Lax pair for the self-dual Yang-Mills equations
abstract: Symmetry reductions of the self-dual Yang-Mills (SDYM) equations yield various systems of differential equations in lower dimensions. We describe a general scheme of reduction of the Lax pair for the SDYM equations with respect to an arbitrary subgroup of the conformal group. The compatibility of the reduced Lax pair leads to the SDYM equations reduced under the same symmetry group. The scheme is illustrated by three examples.