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Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen T, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Stylianou N, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Gao X, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Jain S, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Tran TT, Vischia P, Wertz S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Gallo Pereira MA, Ferreira Filho MB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Milosevic V, Monti F, Sharmaet al., 2021, Search for a heavy Higgs boson decaying into two lighter Higgs bosons in the tau tau bb final state at 13TeV, The Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 2021, Pages: 1-54, ISSN: 1029-8479

A search for a heavy Higgs boson H decaying into the observed Higgs boson h with a mass of 125 GeV and another Higgs boson hS is presented. The h and hS bosons are required to decay into a pair of tau leptons and a pair of b quarks, respectively. The search uses a sample of proton-proton collisions collected with the CMS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. Mass ranges of 240–3000 GeV for mH and 60–2800 GeV for mhS are explored in the search. No signal has been observed. Model independent 95% confidence level upper limits on the product of the production cross section and the branching fractions of the signal process are set with a sensitivity ranging from 125 fb (for mH = 240 GeV) to 2.7 fb (for mH = 1000 GeV). These limits are compared to maximally allowed products of the production cross section and the branching fractions of the signal process in the next-to-minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model.

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Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Escalante Del Valle A, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Müller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Jain S, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Tran TT, Vischia P, Wertz S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Aldá Júnior WL, Alves Gallo Pereira M, Barroso Ferreira Filho M, Brandao Malbouisson H, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mota Amarilo K, Mundim L, Nogima H, Rebello Teles P, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat Det al., 2021, Measurements of the electroweak diboson production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=5.02  TeV using leptonic decays, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 127, ISSN: 0031-9007

The first measurements of diboson production cross sections in proton-proton interactions at a center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV are reported. They are based on data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 302  pb^{-1}. Events with two, three, or four charged light leptons (electrons or muons) in the final state are analyzed. The WW, WZ, and ZZ total cross sections are measured as σ_{WW}=37.0_{-5.2}^{+5.5}(stat)_{-2.6}^{+2.7}(syst)  pb, σ_{WZ}=6.4_{-2.1}^{+2.5}(stat)_{-0.3}^{+0.5}(syst)  pb, and σ_{ZZ}=5.3_{-2.1}^{+2.5}(stat)_{-0.4}^{+0.5}(syst)  pb. All measurements are in good agreement with theoretical calculations at combined next-to-next-to-leading order quantum chromodynamics and next-to-leading order electroweak accuracy.

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Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Jain S, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Tran TT, Vischia P, Wertz S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Gallo Pereira MA, Ferreira Filho MB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Milosevic V, Monti F, Sharma R, Tao J, Thomas-wiet al., 2021, Combined searches for the production of supersymmetric top quark partners in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol: 81, Pages: 1-35, ISSN: 1124-1861

A combination of searches for top squark pairproduction using proton–proton collision data at a centerof-mass energy of 13 TeV at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1 collected by theCMS experiment, is presented. Signatures with at least 2jets and large missing transverse momentum are categorizedinto events with 0, 1, or 2 leptons. New results for regionsof parameter space where the kinematical properties of topsquark pair production and top quark pair production are verysimilar are presented. Depending on the model, the combinedresult excludes a top squark mass up to 1325 GeV for a massless neutralino, and a neutralino mass up to 700 GeV for a topsquark mass of 1150 GeV. Top squarks with masses from 145to 295 GeV, for neutralino masses from 0 to 100 GeV, witha mass difference between the top squark and the neutralinoin a window of 30 GeV around the mass of the top quark,are excluded for the first time with CMS data. The resultsof theses searches are also interpreted in an alternative signal model of dark matter production via a spin-0 mediator inassociation with a top quark pair. Upper limits are set on thecross section for mediator particle masses of up to 420 GeV

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Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen T, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Jain S, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Tran TT, Vischia P, Wertz S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Gallo Pereira MA, Ferreira Filho MB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Milosevic V, Monti F, Sharma R, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang Het al., 2021, Measurement of differential t(t)over-bar production cross sections in the full kinematic range using lepton plus jets events from proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 104, Pages: 1-93, ISSN: 1550-2368

Measurements of differential and double-differential cross sections of top-quark pair (t¯t) production are presented in the lepton+jets channels with a single electron or muon and jets in the final state. The analysis combines for the first time signatures of top quarks with low transverse momentum pT, where the top-quark decay products can be identified as separated jets and isolated leptons, and with high pT, where the decay products are collimated and overlap. The measurements are based on proton-proton collision data at √s=13  TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137  fb−1. The cross sections are presented at the parton and particle levels, where the latter minimizes extrapolations based on theoretical assumptions. Most of the measured differential cross sections are well described by standard model predictions with the exception of some double-differential distributions. The inclusive t¯t production cross section is measured to be σt¯t=791±25  pb, which constitutes the most precise measurement in the lepton+jets channel to date.

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Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Stylianou N, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Fang W, Gao X, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tran TT, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Gallo Pereira MA, Ferreira Filho MB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Milosevic V, Monet al., 2021, Measurements of the pp -> W-+/-gamma gamma and pp -> Z gamma gamma cross sections at root s=13 TeV and limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings, The Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 174, ISSN: 1029-8479

The cross section for W or Z boson production in association with two photonsis measured in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data setcorresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1collected by the CMS experiment atthe LHC. The W → `ν and Z → `` decay modes (where ` = e, µ) are used to extract theWγγ and Zγγ cross sections in a phase space defined by electron (muon) with transversemomentum larger than 30 GeV and photon transverse momentum larger than 20 GeV.All leptons and photons are required to have absolute pseudorapidity smaller than 2.5.The measured cross sections in this phase space are σ(Wγγ) = 13.6+1.9−1.9(stat)+4.0−4.0(syst) ±0.08 (PDF + scale)fb and σ(Zγγ) = 5.41+0.58−0.55 (stat)+0.64−0.70 (syst) ± 0.06 (PDF + scale)fb.Limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings are set in the framework of an effectivefield theory with dimension-8 operators.

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Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Fang W, Gao X, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tran TT, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Gallo Pereira MA, Ferreira Filho MB, Mal-Bouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Finger M, Finger Jr MJ, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Miloet al., 2021, Study of Z boson plus jets events using variables sensitive to double-parton scattering in pp collisions at 13 TeV, The Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 176, Pages: 1-23, ISSN: 1029-8479

Double-parton scattering is investigated using events with a Z boson and jets.The Z boson is reconstructed using only the dimuon channel. The measurements are performed with proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHCat √s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1collected in theyear 2016. Differential cross sections of Z+ ≥1 jet and Z+ ≥2 jets are measured withtransverse momentum of the jets above 20 GeV and pseudorapidity |η| < 2.4. Several distributions with sensitivity to double-parton scattering effects are measured as functions ofthe angle and the transverse momentum imbalance between the Z boson and the jets. Themeasured distributions are compared with predictions from several event generators withdifferent hadronization models and different parameter settings for multiparton interactions. The measured distributions show a dependence on the hadronization and multiparton interaction simulation parameters, and are important input for future improvementsof the simulations.

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Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Escalante Del Valle A, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Jain S, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Tran TT, Vischia P, Wertz S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Alves Gallo Pereira M, Barroso Ferreira Filho M, Brandao Malbouisson H, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mota Amarilo K, Mundim L, Nogima H, Rebello Teles P, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leet al., 2021, Search for chargino-neutralino production in events with Higgs and W bosons using 137 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, The Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 45, Pages: 1-46, ISSN: 1029-8479

A search for electroweak production of supersymmetric (SUSY) particles in final states with one lepton, a Higgs boson decaying to a pair of bottom quarks, and large missing transverse momentum is presented. The search uses data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected using the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. The observed yields are consistent with backgrounds expected from the standard model. The results are interpreted in the context of a simplified SUSY model of chargino-neutralino production, with the chargino decaying to a W boson and the lightest SUSY particle (LSP) and the neutralino decaying to a Higgs boson and the LSP. Charginos and neutralinos with masses up to 820 GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level when the LSP mass is small, and LSPs with mass up to 350 GeV are excluded when the masses of the chargino and neutralino are approximately 700 GeV.

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Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen T, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Jain S, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Tran TT, Vischia P, Wertz S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Junior WLA, Pereira MAG, Filho MBF, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Santoro A, Do Amaral SMS, Sznajder A, Thiel M, De Araujo FTDS, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Milosevic V, Monti F, Sharma R, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitos A Aet al., 2021, Measurement of the electroweak production of Z gamma and two jets in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV and constraints on anomalous quartic gauge couplings, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 104, Pages: 1-29, ISSN: 1550-2368

The first observation of the electroweak (EW) production of a Z boson, a photon, and two forward jets (Zγjj) in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is presented. A data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137  fb−1, collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016–2018 is used. The measured fiducial cross section for EW Zγjj is σEW=5.21±0.52(stat)±0.56(syst)  fb=5.21±0.76  fb. Single-differential cross sections in photon, leading lepton, and leading jet transverse momenta, and double-differential cross sections in mjj and |Δηjj| are also measured. Exclusion limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings are derived at 95% confidence level in terms of the effective field theory operators M0 to M5, M7, T0 to T2, and T5 to T9.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Khvastunov I, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Junior WLA, Das Chagas EBB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Martins J, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Rosas LJS, Santoro A, Do Amaral SMS, Sznajder A, Thiel M, De Araujo FTDS, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Hu Z, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Javaid T, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Sharma R, Spiezia A, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitos A, Ban Y, Chen C, Huang Q, Levin A, Li Q, Lu M, Lyu X, Mao Y, Qian SJ, Wang Det al., 2021, Search for long-lived particles decaying to jets with displaced vertices in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 Te V, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 104, Pages: 1-29, ISSN: 1550-2368

A search is presented for long-lived particles produced in pairs in proton-proton collisions at the LHC operating at a center-of-mass energy of 13  TeV. The data were collected with the CMS detector during the period from 2015 through 2018, and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 140  fb−1. This search targets pairs of long-lived particles with mean proper decay lengths between 0.1 and 100  mm, each of which decays into at least two quarks that hadronize to jets, resulting in a final state with two displaced vertices. No significant excess of events with two displaced vertices is observed. In the context of R-parity violating supersymmetry models, the pair production of long-lived neutralinos, gluinos, and top squarks is excluded at 95% confidence level for cross sections larger than 0.08 fb, masses between 800 and 3000 GeV, and mean proper decay lengths between 1 and 25 mm.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Escalante Del Valle A, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Rad N, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Suarez Gonzalez J, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, Chhibra SS, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Morton A, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Khvastunov I, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wuyckens S, Zobec J, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Aldá Júnior WL, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Brandao Malbouisson H, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Martins J, Matos Figueiredo D, Medina Jaime M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Rebello Teles P, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Bonchev M, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Fang W, Guo Q, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Hu Z, Wang Y, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Javaid T, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H Let al., 2021, Observation of forward neutron multiplicity dependence of dimuon acoplanarity in ultraperipheral Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02  TeV, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 127, ISSN: 0031-9007

The first measurement of the dependence of γγ→μ^{+}μ^{-} production on the multiplicity of neutrons emitted very close to the beam direction in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions is reported. Data for lead-lead interactions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02  TeV, with an integrated luminosity of approximately 1.5  nb^{-1}, are collected using the CMS detector at the LHC. The azimuthal correlations between the two muons in the invariant mass region 8<m_{μμ}<60  GeV are extracted for events including 0, 1, or at least 2 neutrons detected in the forward pseudorapidity range |η|>8.3. The back-to-back correlation structure from leading-order photon-photon scattering is found to be significantly broader for events with a larger number of emitted neutrons from each nucleus, corresponding to interactions with a smaller impact parameter. This observation provides a data-driven demonstration that the average transverse momentum of photons emitted from relativistic heavy ions has an impact parameter dependence. These results provide new constraints on models of photon-induced interactions in ultraperipheral collisions. They also provide a baseline to search for possible final-state effects on lepton pairs caused by traversing a quark-gluon plasma produced in hadronic heavy ion collisions.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tran TT, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Gallo Pereira MA, Ferreira Filho MB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Milosevic V, Monti F Set al., 2021, Constraints on anomalous Higgs boson couplings to vector bosons and fermions in its production and decay using the four-lepton final state, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 104, Pages: 1-51, ISSN: 1550-2368

Studies of CP violation and anomalous couplings of the Higgs boson to vector bosons and fermions are presented. The data were acquired by the CMS experiment at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137  fb−1 at a proton-proton collision energy of 13 TeV. The kinematic effects in the Higgs boson’s four-lepton decay H→4ℓ and its production in association with two jets, a vector boson, or top quarks are analyzed, using a full detector simulation and matrix element techniques to identify the production mechanisms and to increase sensitivity to the tensor structure of the Higgs boson interactions. A simultaneous measurement is performed of up to five Higgs boson couplings to electroweak vector bosons (HVV), two couplings to gluons (Hgg), and two couplings to top quarks (Htt). The CP measurement in the Htt interaction is combined with the recent measurement in the H→γγ channel. The results are presented in the framework of anomalous couplings and are also interpreted in the framework of effective field theory, including the first study of CP properties of the Htt and effective Hgg couplings from a simultaneous analysis of the gluon fusion and top-associated processes. The results are consistent with the standard model of particle physics.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Escalante Del Valle A, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Müller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Aldá Júnior WL, Barroso Ferreira Filho M, Brandao Malbouisson H, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mota Amarilo K, Mundim L, Nogima H, Rebello Teles P, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Sharma R, Spet al., 2021, Search for W′ bosons decaying to a top and a bottom quark at s=13TeV in the hadronic final state, Physics Letters B, Vol: 820, Pages: 1-26, ISSN: 0370-2693

A search is performed for W bosons decaying to a top and a bottom quark in the all-hadronic final state,in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The analyzed data were collected bythe CMS experiment between 2016 and 2018 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1.Deep neural network algorithms are used to identify the jet initiated by the bottom quark and thejet containing the decay products of the top quark when the W boson from the top quark decayshadronically. No excess above the estimated standard model background is observed. Upper limits onthe production cross sections of W bosons decaying to a top and a bottom quark are set. Both left- andright-handed W bosons with masses below 3.4 TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level, and the moststringent limits to date on W bosons decaying to a top and a bottom quark in the all-hadronic final stateare obtained.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Ferreira Filho MB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Martins J, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Sharma R, Spiezia A, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitos A, Ban Y, Chen C, Huang Q, Levinet al., 2021, Search for top squark production in fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 104, Pages: 1-46, ISSN: 1550-2368

A search for production of the supersymmetric partners of the top quark, top squarks, is presented. The search is based on proton-proton collision events containing multiple jets, no leptons, and large transverse momentum imbalance. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137  fb−1. The targeted signal production scenarios are direct and gluino-mediated top squark production, including scenarios in which the top squark and neutralino masses are nearly degenerate. The search utilizes novel algorithms based on deep neural networks that identify hadronically decaying top quarks and W bosons, which are expected in many of the targeted signal models. No statistically significant excess of events is observed relative to the expectation from the standard model, and limits on the top squark production cross section are obtained in the context of simplified supersymmetric models for various production and decay modes. Exclusion limits as high as 1310 GeV are established at the 95% confidence level on the mass of the top squark for direct top squark production models, and as high as 2260 GeV on the mass of the gluino for gluino-mediated top squark production models. These results represent a significant improvement over the results of previous searches for supersymmetry by CMS in the same final state.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Valle AED, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, DHondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Müller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Bemden MV, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Júnior WLA, Filho MBF, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Rosas LJS, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, LIU Z-A, Sharma R, Spiezia A, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitos A, Ban Y, Chen C, Huang Q, Levinet al., 2021, Precision luminosity measurement in proton–proton collisions at s√=13TeV in 2015 and 2016 at CMS, The European Physical Journal C, Vol: 81, Pages: 1-42, ISSN: 1434-6044

The measurement of the luminosity recorded by the CMS detector installed at LHC interaction point 5, using proton–proton collisions at s√=13TeV in 2015 and 2016, is reported. The absolute luminosity scale is measured for individual bunch crossings using beam-separation scans (the van der Meer method), with a relative precision of 1.3 and 1.0% in 2015 and 2016, respectively. The dominant sources of uncertainty are related to residual differences between the measured beam positions and the ones provided by the operational settings of the LHC magnets, the factorizability of the proton bunch spatial density functions in the coordinates transverse to the beam direction, and the modeling of the effect of electromagnetic interactions among protons in the colliding bunches. When applying the van der Meer calibration to the entire run periods, the integrated luminosities when CMS was fully operational are 2.27 and 36.3 fb−1 in 2015 and 2016, with a relative precision of 1.6 and 1.2%, respectively. These are among the most precise luminosity measurements at bunched-beam hadron colliders.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Escalante Del Valle A, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Rad N, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Suarez Gonzalez J, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, Chhibra SS, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Morton A, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Khvastunov I, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wuyckens S, Zobec J, Alves GA, Correia Silva G, Hensel C, Moraes A, Aldá Júnior WL, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Brandao Malbouisson H, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Martins J, Matos Figueiredo D, Medina Jaime M, Melo De Almeida M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Rebello Teles P, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Bonchev M, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Fang W, Guo Q, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Hu Z, Wang Y, Chaponet al., 2021, Constraints on the initial state of Pb-Pb collisions via measurements of Z-boson yields and azimuthal anisotropy at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02  TeV, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 127, ISSN: 0031-9007

The CMS experiment at the LHC has measured the differential cross sections of Z bosons decaying to pairs of leptons, as functions of transverse momentum and rapidity, in lead-lead collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02  TeV. The measured Z boson elliptic azimuthal anisotropy coefficient is compatible with zero, showing that Z bosons do not experience significant final-state interactions in the medium produced in the collision. Yields of Z bosons are compared to Glauber model predictions and are found to deviate from these expectations in peripheral collisions, indicating the presence of initial collision geometry and centrality selection effects. The precision of the measurement allows, for the first time, for a data-driven determination of the nucleon-nucleon integrated luminosity as a function of lead-lead centrality, thereby eliminating the need for its estimation based on a Glauber model.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Ero J, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulecc I, Pitters FM, Rad N, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Sfar HR, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, Chhibra SS, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Morton A, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Khvastunov I, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Zobec J, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Batista Das Chagas EB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Martins J, Figueiredo DM, Jaime MM, Herrera CM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Bonchev M, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Fang W, Guo Q, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Hu Z, Wang Y, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Javaid T, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z, Sharma R, Spiezia A, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhaet al., 2021, Measurements of angular distance and momentum ratio distributions in three-jet and Z plus two-jet final states in pp collisions, European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol: 81, Pages: 1-27, ISSN: 1124-1861

Collinear (small-angle) and large-angle, as well as soft and hard radiations are investigated in three-jet and Z + two-jet events collected in proton-proton collisions at the LHC. The normalized production cross sections are measured as a function of the ratio of transverse momenta of two jets and their angular separation. The measurements in the three-jet and Z + two-jet events are based on data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 8TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.8fb−1. The Z + two-jet events are reconstructed in the dimuon decay channel of the Z boson. The three-jet measurement is extended to include s√=13TeV data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3fb−1. The results are compared to predictions from event generators that include parton showers, multiple parton interactions, and hadronization. The collinear and soft regions are in general well described by parton showers, whereas the regions of large angular separation are often best described by calculations using higher-order matrix elements.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Escalante Del Valle A, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Morton A, Müller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Khvastunov I, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Aldá Júnior WL, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Brandao Malbouisson H, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Martins J, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Rebello Teles P, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Hu Z, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Javaid T, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Sharma R, Spiet al., 2021, First measurement of the cross section for top quark pair productionwith additional charm jets using dileptonic final states in pp collisionsat √s = 13 TeV, Physics Letters B, Vol: 820, Pages: 1-30, ISSN: 0370-2693

The first measurement of the inclusive cross section for top quark pairs (tt) produced in association withtwo additional charm jets is presented. The analysis uses the dileptonic final states of tt events producedin proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data correspond to an integratedluminosity of 41.5 fb−1, recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. A new charm jet identificationalgorithm provides input to a neural network that is trained to distinguish among tt events with twoadditional charm (ttcc), bottom (ttbb), and light-flavour or gluon (ttLL) jets. By means of a templatefitting procedure, the inclusive ttcc, ttbb, and ttLL cross sections are simultaneously measured, togetherwith their ratios to the inclusive tt + two jets cross section. This provides measurements of the ttcc andttbb cross sections of 10.1 ± 1.2 (stat) ± 1.4 (syst) pb and 4.54 ± 0.35 (stat) ± 0.56 (syst) pb, respectively,in the full phase space. The results are compared and found to be consistent with predictions from twodifferent matrix element generators with next-to-leading order accuracy in quantum chromodynamics,interfaced with a parton shower simulation.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tran TT, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Pereira MAG, Ferreira Filho MB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Perez Tomei TRF, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Milosevic V, Monti F, Sharma R, Tao Jet al., 2021, Search for lepton-flavor violating decays of the Higgs boson in the mu tau and e tau final states in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 104, Pages: 1-31, ISSN: 1550-2368

A search is presented for lepton-flavor violating decays of the Higgs boson to μτ and eτ. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137  fb−1 collected at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. No significant excess has been found, and the results are interpreted in terms of upper limits on lepton-flavor violating branching fractions of the Higgs boson. The observed (expected) upper limits on the branching fractions are, respectively, B(H→μτ)<0.15(0.15)% and B(H→eτ)<0.22(0.16)% at 95% confidence level.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Ero J, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Rad N, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Gonzalez JS, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Sfar HR, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, Chhibra SS, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Morton A, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Khvastunov I, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wuyckens S, Zobec J, Alves GA, Silva GC, Hensel C, Moraes A, Junior WLA, Das Chagas EBB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Martins J, Figueiredo DM, Jaime MM, De Almeida MM, Herrera CM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Rosas LJS, Santoro A, Do Amaral SMS, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Manganote EJT, De Araujo FTDS, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Bonchev M, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Fang W, Guo Q, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Hu Z, Wang Y, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z, Sharma R, Spiezia A, Tao J, Thomas-wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitoet al., 2021, Hard color-singlet exchange in dijet events in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 104, Pages: 1-35, ISSN: 1550-2368

Events where the two leading jets are separated by a pseudorapidity interval devoid of particle activity, known as jet-gap-jet events, are studied in proton-proton collisions at √s=13  TeV. The signature is expected from hard color-singlet exchange. Each of the highest transverse momentum (pT) jets must have pjetT>40  GeV and pseudorapidity 1.4<|ηjet|<4.7, with ηjet1ηjet2<0, where jet1 and jet2 are the leading and subleading jets in pT, respectively. The analysis is based on data collected by the CMS and TOTEM experiments during a low luminosity, high-β∗ run at the CERN LHC in 2015, with an integrated luminosity of 0.66  pb−1. Events with a low number of charged particles with pT>0.2  GeV in the interval |η|<1 between the jets are observed in excess of calculations that assume only color-exchange. The fraction of events produced via color-singlet exchange, fCSE, is measured as a function of pjet2T, the pseudorapidity difference between the two leading jets, and the azimuthal angular separation between the two leading jets. The fraction fCSE has values of 0.4–1.0%. The results are compared with previous measurements and with predictions from perturbative quantum chromodynamics. In addition, the first study of jet-gap-jet events detected in association with an intact proton using a subsample of events with an integrated luminosity of 0.40  pb−1 is presented. The intact protons are detected with the Roman pot detectors of the TOTEM experiment. The fCSE in this sample is 2.91±0.70(stat)+1.08−1.01(syst) times larger than that for inclusive dijet production in dijets with similar kinematics.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Junior WLA, Ferreira Filho MB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Rosas LJS, Santoro A, Do Amaral SMS, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Sharma R, Spiezia A, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitos A, Ban Y, Cheet al., 2021, Search for top squarks in final states with two top quarks and several light-flavor jets in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 104, Pages: 1-26, ISSN: 1550-2368

Many new physics models, including versions of supersymmetry characterized by R-parity violation (RPV), compressed mass spectra, long decay chains, or additional hidden sectors, predict the production of events with top quarks, low missing transverse momentum, and many additional quarks or gluons. The results of a search for new physics in events with two top quarks and additional jets are reported. The search is performed using events with at least seven jets and exactly one electron or muon. No requirement on missing transverse momentum is imposed. The study is based on a sample of proton-proton collisions at √s=13TeV corresponding to 137  fb−1 of integrated luminosity collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016–2018. The data are used to determine best fit values and upper limits on the cross section for pair production of top squarks in scenarios of RPV and stealth supersymmetry. Top squark masses up to 670 (870)  GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level for the RPV (stealth) scenario, and the maximum observed local signal significance is 2.8 standard deviations for the RPV scenario with top squark mass of 400  GeV.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Escalante Del Valle A, Flechl M, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Krätschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Rad N, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Drugakov V, Mossolov V, Suarez Gonzalez J, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, Chhibra SS, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Moureaux L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Khvastunov I, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bruno G, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Prisciandaro J, Saggio A, Vischia P, Zobec J, Alves GA, Correia Silva G, Hensel C, Moraes A, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Malbouisson H, Martins J, Matos Figueiredo D, Medina Jaime M, Melo De Almeida M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Rebello Teles P, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Bonchev M, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Fang W, Gao X, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Hu Z, Wang Y, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Jiang CH, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z, Spiezia A, Tao J, Yazgan E, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitos A, Ban Y, Chen Get al., 2021, Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy of and mesons in PbPb collisions at sNN=5.02TeV, Physics Letters B, Vol: 819, Pages: 1-23, ISSN: 0370-2693

The second-order Fourier coefficients (v2) characterizing the azimuthal distributions of Υ(1S) and Υ(2S)mesons produced in PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV are studied. The Υ mesons are reconstructed intheir dimuon decay channel, as measured by the CMS detector. The collected data set corresponds toan integrated luminosity of 1.7 nb−1. The scalar product method is used to extract the v2 coefficientsof the azimuthal distributions. Results are reported for the rapidity range |y| < 2.4, in the transversemomentum interval 0 < pT < 50 GeV/c, and in three centrality ranges of 10–30%, 30–50% and 50–90%.In contrast to the J/ψ mesons, the measured v2 values for the Υ mesons are found to be consistent withzero.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Ero J, Del Valle AE, Flechl M, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Kratschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Rad N, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Drugakov V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Sfar HR, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, Chhibra SS, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Moureaux L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Khvastunov I, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bruno G, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Prisciandaro J, Saggio A, Vischia P, Zobec J, Alves GA, Silva GC, Hensel C, Moraes A, Batista Das Chagas EB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, Martins CDO, De Souza SF, Malbouisson H, Martins J, Figueiredo DM, Jaime MM, De Almeida MM, Herrera CM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Da Silva WLP, Teles PR, Rosas LJS, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Bonchev M, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Fang W, Gao X, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Hu Z, Wang Y, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Jiang CH, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z, Spiezia A, Tao J, Yazgan E, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitos A, Ban Y, Chen G, Levin A, Li J, Li L, Li Q, Mao Y, Qian SJ, Wang D, Wang Q, Xiao M, Avila C, Cabrera A, Florez C, Gonzalez Hernandez CFet al., 2021, Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy of Y(1S) and Y(2S) mesons in PbPb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV, Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics, Vol: 819, Pages: 1-23, ISSN: 0370-2693

The second-order Fourier coefficients (v2) characterizing the azimuthal distributions of Υ(1S) and Υ(2S)mesons produced in PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV are studied. The Υ mesons are reconstructed intheir dimuon decay channel, as measured by the CMS detector. The collected data set corresponds toan integrated luminosity of 1.7 nb−1. The scalar product method is used to extract the v2 coefficientsof the azimuthal distributions. Results are reported for the rapidity range |y| < 2.4, in the transversemomentum interval 0 < pT < 50 GeV/c, and in three centrality ranges of 10–30%, 30–50% and 50–90%.In contrast to the J/ψ mesons, the measured v2 values for the Υ mesons are found to be consistent withzero.

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Collaboration CMS, 2021, Search for a heavy vector resonance decaying to a Z boson and a Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions at s√=13TeV, European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol: 81, Pages: 1-31, ISSN: 1124-1861

A search is presented for a heavy vector resonance decaying into a Z boson and the standard model Higgs boson, where the Z boson is identified through its leptonic decays to electrons, muons, or neutrinos, and the Higgs boson is identified through its hadronic decays. The search is performed in a Lorentz-boosted regime and is based on data collected from 2016 to 2018 at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137fb−1. Upper limits are derived on the production of a narrow heavy resonance Z′, and a mass below 3.5 and 3.7TeV is excluded at 95% confidence level in models where the heavy vector boson couples predominantly to fermions and to bosons, respectively. These are the most stringent limits placed on the Heavy Vector Triplet Z′ model to date. If the heavy vector boson couples exclusively to standard model bosons, upper limits on the product of the cross section and branching fraction are set between 23 and 0.3fb for a Z′ mass between 0.8 and 4.6TeV, respectively. This is the first limit set on a heavy vector boson coupling exclusively to standard model bosons in its production and decay.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Escalante Del Valle A, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Rad N, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Suarez Gonzalez J, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, Chhibra SS, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Morton A, Müller D, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Khvastunov I, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Aldá Júnior WL, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Brandao Malbouisson H, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Martins J, Matos Figueiredo D, Medina Jaime M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Rebello Teles P, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Hu Z, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Javaid T, Kapoet al., 2021, Search for singly and pair-produced leptoquarks coupling to third-generation fermions in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV, Physics Letters B, Vol: 819, Pages: 1-27, ISSN: 0370-2693

A search for leptoquarks produced singly and in pairs in proton-proton collisions is presented. Weconsider the leptoquark (LQ) to be a scalar particle of charge −1/3e coupling to a top quark plus atau lepton (tτ) or a bottom quark plus a neutrino (bν), or a vector particle of charge +2/3e, coupling totν or bτ. These choices are motivated by models that can explain a series of anomalies observed in themeasurement of B meson decays. In this analysis the signatures tτνb and tτν are probed, using datarecorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at √s = 13 TeV and that correspond to an integratedluminosity of 137 fb−1. These signatures have not been previously explored in a dedicated search. Thedata are found to be in agreement with the standard model prediction. Lower limits at 95% confidencelevel are set on the LQ mass in the range 0.98–1.73 TeV, depending on the LQ spin and its coupling λ toa lepton and a quark, and assuming equal couplings for the two LQ decay modes considered. These arethe most stringent constraints to date on the existence of leptoquarks in this scenario.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Paulitsch P, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, DHondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, El Faham H, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Müller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Jain S, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Tran TT, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Júnior WLA, Pereira MAG, Filho MBF, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Santoro A, Amaral SMSD, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Milosevic V, Monti F, Sharma R, Tao J, Thomas-et al., 2021, Search for charged Higgs bosons produced in vector boson fusion processes and decaying into vector boson pairs in proton–proton collisions at s√=13TeV, The European Physical Journal C, Vol: 81, Pages: 1-29, ISSN: 1434-6044

A search for charged Higgs bosons produced in vector boson fusion processes and decaying into vector bosons, using proton–proton collisions at s√=13TeV at the LHC, is reported. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137fb−1 collected with the CMS detector. Events are selected by requiring two or three electrons or muons, moderate missing transverse momentum, and two jets with a large rapidity separation and a large dijet mass. No excess of events with respect to the standard model background predictions is observed. Model independent upper limits at 95% confidence level are reported on the product of the cross section and branching fraction for vector boson fusion production of charged Higgs bosons as a function of mass, from 200 to 3000GeV. The results are interpreted in the context of the Georgi–Machacek model.

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Dekkers S, Nakazawa Y, Fujii Y, Yoshida H, Wong TS, Ueno K, Nash Jet al., 2021, Radiation Tolerance of Online Trigger System for COMET Phase-I, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, Vol: 68, Pages: 2020-2027, ISSN: 0018-9499

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Escalante Del Valle A, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Rad N, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Suarez Gonzalez J, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, Chhibra SS, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Morton A, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Khvastunov I, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Aldá Júnior WL, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Brandao Malbouisson H, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Martins J, Matos Figueiredo D, Medina Jaime M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Rebello Teles P, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Hu Z, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Javaid T, Kapoor A, Legget al., 2021, Search for the rare decay of the W boson into a pion and a photon in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV, Physics Letters B, Vol: 819, Pages: 1-24, ISSN: 0370-2693

A search is performed for the rare decay W± → π±γ in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. Datacorresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1 were collected during 2016 to 2018 with the CMSdetector. This analysis exploits a novel search strategy based on W boson production in top quark pairevents. An inclusive search for the W± → π±γ decay is not optimal at the LHC because of the hightrigger thresholds. Instead, a trigger selection is exploited in which the W boson originating from one ofthe top quarks is used to tag the event in a leptonic decay. The W boson emerging from the other topquark is used to search for the W± → π±γ signature. Such decays are characterized by an isolatedtrack pointing to a large energy deposit, and by an isolated photon of large transverse momentum.The presence of b quark jets reduces the background from the hadronization of light-flavor quarks andgluons. The W± → π±γ decay is not observed. An upper exclusion limit is set to this branching fraction,corresponding to 1.50 × 10−5 at 95% confidence level, whereas the expected upper exclusion limit is0.85+0.52−0.29 × 10−5.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Del Valle AE, Fruehwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Rad N, Schieck J, Schoefbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Gonzalez JS, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Pieters M, Sfar HR, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, Chhibra SS, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Morton A, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Dorney B, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Khvastunov I, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wuyckens S, Zobec J, Alves GA, Silva GC, Hensel C, Moraes A, Junior WLA, Batista Das Chagas EB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Martins J, Figueiredo DM, Jaime MM, De Almeida MM, Herrera CM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Rosas LJS, Santoro A, Do Amaral SMS, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Perez Tomei TRF, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Bonchev M, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Fang W, Guo Q, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Hu Z, Wang Y, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z, Sharma R, Spiezia A, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J Wet al., 2021, Search for long-lived particles using displaced jets in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 104, Pages: 1-38, ISSN: 1550-2368

An inclusive search is presented for long-lived particles using displaced jets. The search uses a data sample collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2017 and 2018, from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The results of this search are combined with those of a previous search using a data sample collected with the CMS detector in 2016, yielding a total integrated luminosity of 132  fb−1. The analysis searches for the distinctive topology of displaced tracks and displaced vertices associated with a dijet system. For a simplified model, where pair-produced long-lived neutral particles decay into quark-antiquark pairs, pair production cross sections larger than 0.07 fb are excluded at 95% confidence level (C.L.) for long-lived particle masses larger than 500 GeV and mean proper decay lengths between 2 and 250 mm. For a model where the standard model-like Higgs boson decays to two long-lived scalar particles that each decays to a quark-antiquark pair, branching fractions larger than 1% are excluded at 95% C.L. for mean proper decay lengths between 1 mm and 340 mm. A group of supersymmetric models with pair-produced long-lived gluinos or top squarks decaying into various final-state topologies containing displaced jets is also tested. Gluino masses up to 2500 GeV and top squark masses up to 1600 GeV are excluded at 95% C.L. for mean proper decay lengths between 3 and 300 mm. The highest lower bounds on mass reach 2600 GeV for long-lived gluinos and 1800 GeV for long-lived top squarks. These are the most stringent limits to date on these models.Figure

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Del Valle AE, Fruhwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Sfar HR, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Muller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Petre L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Alda Junior WL, Ferreira Filho MB, Malbouisson HB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Figueiredo DM, Herrera CM, Amarilo KM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Teles PR, Rosas LJS, Santoro A, Do Amaral SMS, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Da Silva De Araujo FT, Pereira AV, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Perez Tomei TRF, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu Z-A, Sharma R, Spiezia A, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitos A, Ban Y, Chen Cet al., 2021, Search for resonant and nonresonant new phenomena in high-mass dilepton final states at root s=13 TeV, The Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 2021, Pages: 1-62, ISSN: 1029-8479

A search is presented for physics beyond the standard model (SM) using electron or muon pairs with high invariant mass. A data set of proton-proton collisions collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at s√ = 13 TeV from 2016 to 2018 corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of up to 140 fb−1 is analyzed. No significant deviation is observed with respect to the SM background expectations. Upper limits are presented on the ratio of the product of the production cross section and the branching fraction to dileptons of a new narrow resonance to that of the Z boson. These provide the most stringent lower limits to date on the masses for various spin-1 particles, spin-2 gravitons in the Randall-Sundrum model, as well as spin-1 mediators between the SM and dark matter particles. Lower limits on the ultraviolet cutoff parameter are set both for four-fermion contact interactions and for the Arkani-Hamed, Dimopoulos, and Dvali model with large extra dimensions. Lepton flavor universality is tested at the TeV scale for the first time by comparing the dimuon and dielectron mass spectra. No significant deviation from the SM expectation of unity is observed.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Del Valle AE, Flechl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Schoefbeck R, Spanring M, Spitzbart D, Taurok A, Waltenberger W, Wittmann J, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Pieters M, Van De Klundert M, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Pieters M, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Flouris G, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Marchesini I, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Beghin D, Bilin B, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Dorney B, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wang Q, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Roskas C, Trocino D, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Saggio A, Marono MV, Wertz S, Zobec J, Alves FL, Alves GA, Martins Junior MC, Correia Silva G, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Coelho E, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Melo De Almeida M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS Ret al., 2021, Measurements of Higgs boson production cross sections and couplings in the diphoton decay channel at root s=13 TeV, The Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 2021, Pages: 1-87, ISSN: 1029-8479

Measurements of Higgs boson production cross sections and couplings in events where the Higgs boson decays into a pair of photons are reported. Events are selected from a sample of proton-proton collisions at s√ = 13 TeV collected by the CMS detector at the LHC from 2016 to 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. Analysis categories enriched in Higgs boson events produced via gluon fusion, vector boson fusion, vector boson associated production, and production associated with top quarks are constructed. The total Higgs boson signal strength, relative to the standard model (SM) prediction, is measured to be 1.12±0.09. Other properties of the Higgs boson are measured, including SM signal strength modifiers, production cross sections, and its couplings to other particles. These include the most precise measurements of gluon fusion and vector boson fusion Higgs boson production in several different kinematic regions, the first measurement of Higgs boson production in association with a top quark pair in five regions of the Higgs boson transverse momentum, and an upper limit on the rate of Higgs boson production in association with a single top quark. All results are found to be in agreement with the SM expectations.

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