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Abe K, Amey J, Andreopoulos C, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ashida Y, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barry C, Batkiewicz M, Berardi V, Berkman S, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Avanzini MB, Calland RG, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chappell A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Dolan S, Drapier O, Duffy KE, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda D, Fukuda Y, Garcia A, Giganti C, Gizzarelli F, Golan T, Gonin M, Hadley DR, Haegel L, Haigh JT, Hansen D, Harada J, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Hillairet A, Hiraki T, Hiramoto A, Hirota S, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hosomi F, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Intonti RA, Ishida T, Ishii T, Iwai E, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jamieson B, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Katori T, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Koller PP, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kowalik K, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Lamont I, Lamoureux M, Lasorak P, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Liptak ZJ, Litchfield RP, Li X, Longhin A, Lopez JP, Lou T, Ludovici L, Lu X, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Maret L, Marino AD, Martin JF, Martins P, Martynenko S, Maruyama T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Ma WY, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Morrison J, Mueller TA, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakanishi Y, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Nielsen C, Nishikawa K, Niset al., 2018, First measurement of the nu(mu) charged-current cross section on a water target without pions in the final state, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 97, ISSN: 1550-2368

This paper reports the first differential measurement of the charged-current interaction cross section of νμ on water with no pions in the final state. This flux-averaged measurement has been made using the T2K experiment’s off-axis near detector, and is reported in doubly differential bins of muon momentum and angle. The flux-averaged total cross section in a restricted region of phase space was found to be σ = (0.95 ± 0.08 (stat) ± 0.06 (det syst) ± 0.04 (model syst) ± 0.08 (flux)) × 10 − 38cm2/n.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van de Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-Conde A, Seva T, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Jesus Damiao DD, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleksandrov A, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Rodozov M, Stoykova S, Sultanov G, Vutova M, Dimitrov A, Gluset al., 2017, Search for dark matter produced in association with heavy-flavor quark pairs in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, Vol: 77, ISSN: 1434-6044

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Teles PR, Das Chagas EBB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, Martins CDO, De Souza SF, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Da Silva WLP, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Pereira AV, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleksandrov A, Hadjiiska Ret al., 2017, Measurement of charged pion, kaon, and proton production in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 96, ISSN: 1550-2368

Transverse momentum spectra of charged pions, kaons, and protons are measured in proton-proton collisions at √s=13  TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The particles, identified via their energy loss in the silicon tracker, are measured in the transverse momentum range of pT≈0.1–1.7  GeV/c and rapidities |y|<1. The pT spectra and integrated yields are compared to previous results at smaller √s and to predictions of Monte Carlo event generators. The average pT increases with particle mass and charged particle multiplicity of the event. Comparisons with previous CMS results at √s=0.9, 2.76, and 7 TeV show that the average pT and the ratios of hadron yields feature very similar dependences on the particle multiplicity in the event, independently of the center-of-mass energy of the pp collision.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Grossmann J, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Krammer N, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pree E, Rabady D, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Schoefbeck R, Spanring M, Spitzbart D, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wittmann J, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van de Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Flouris G, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Roskas C, Salva S, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Correa Martins Junior M, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Melo De Almeida M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleksandrov A, Haet al., 2017, Principal-component analysis of two-particle azimuthal correlations in PbPb and pPb collisions at CMS, Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, Vol: 96, ISSN: 0556-2813

For the first time a principle-component analysis is used to separate out different orthogonal modes of the two-particle correlation matrix from heavy ion collisions. The analysis uses data from √sNN=2.76TeV PbPb and √sNN=5.02TeV pPb collisions collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Two-particle azimuthal correlations have been extensively used to study hydrodynamic flow in heavy ion collisions. Recently it was shown that the expected factorization of two-particle results into a product of the constituent single-particle anisotropies is broken. The new information provided by these modes may shed light on the breakdown of flow factorization in heavy ion collisions. The first two modes (“leading” and “subleading”) of two-particle correlations are presented for elliptical and triangular anisotropies in PbPb and pPb collisions as a function of pT over a wide range of event activity. The leading mode is found to be essentially equivalent to the anisotropy harmonic previously extracted from two-particle correlation methods. The subleading mode represents a new experimental observable and is shown to account for a large fraction of the factorization breaking recently observed at high transverse momentum. The principle-component analysis technique was also applied to multiplicity fluctuations. These also show a subleading mode. The connection of these new results to previous studies of factorization is discussed.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Frühwirth R, Ghete VM, Hörmann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, König A, Krätschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz CE, Chekhovsky V, Mossolov V, Suarez Gonzalez J, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schöfbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere Cet al., 2017, Measurements of tt¯ cross sections in association with b jets and inclusive jets and their ratio using dilepton final states in pp collisions at s=13TeV, Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, Vol: 776, Pages: 355-378, ISSN: 0370-2693

The cross sections for the production of tt¯bb¯ and tt¯jj events and their ratio σ tt¯bb¯ /σ tt¯jj are measured using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb −1 collected in pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. Events with two leptons (e or μ) and at least four reconstructed jets, including at least two identified as b quark jets, in the final state are selected. In the full phase space, the measured ratio is 0.022±0.003(stat)±0.006(syst), the cross section σ tt¯bb¯ is 4.0±0.6(stat)±1.3(syst) pb and σ tt¯jj is 184±6(stat)±33(syst) pb. The measurements are compared with the standard model expectations obtained from a POWHEG simulation at next-to-leading-order interfaced with PYTHIA.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Drag-Icevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruewirth R, Ghete VM, Grossmann J, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Krammer N, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pree E, Rabady D, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Schoefbeck R, Spanring M, Spitzbart D, Strauss J, 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, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Flouris G, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Roskas C, Salva S, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Correa Martins Junior M, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Melo De Almeida M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vet al., 2017, Search for pair production of vector-like T and B quarks in single-lepton final states using boosted jet substructure in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

A search for pair production of massive vector-like T and B quarks in proton-proton collisions at s√=13 TeV is presented. The data set was collected in 2015 by the CMS experiment at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of up to 2.6 fb−1. The T and B quarks are assumed to decay through three possible channels into a heavy boson (either a W, Z or Higgs boson) and a third generation quark. This search is performed in final states with one charged lepton and several jets, exploiting techniques to identify W or Higgs bosons decaying hadronically with large transverse momenta. No excess over the predicted standard model background is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level on the T quark pair production cross section are set that exclude T quark masses below 860 GeV in the singlet, and below 830 GeV in the doublet branching fraction scenario. For other branching fraction combinations with ℬ(T → tH) + ℬ(T → bW) ≥ 0.4, lower limits on the T quark range from 790 to 940 GeV. Limits are also set on pair production of singlet vector-like B quarks, which can be excluded up to a mass of 730 GeV. The techniques showcased here for understanding highly-boosted final states are important as the sensitivity to new particles is extended to higher masses.

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Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Krammer M, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Treberer-Treberspurg W, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Mossolov V, Shumeiko N, Gonzalez JS, Alderweireldt S, Cornelis T, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Knutsson A, Lauwers J, Luyckx S, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Heracleous N, Keaveney J, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Strom D, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Caillol C, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Benucci L, Cimmino A, Crucy S, Dobur D, Fagot A, Garcia G, Gul M, Mccartin J, Rios AAO, Poyraz D, Ryckbosch D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Sigamani M, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, Ceard L, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Forthomme L, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Jez P, Komm M, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Nuttens C, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Hammad GH, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Correa Martins Junior M, Hamer M, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, De Jesus Damiao D, Martins CDO, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes Cet al., 2017, Measurements of the associated production of a Z boson and b jets in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, Vol: 77, ISSN: 1434-6044

Measurements of the associated production of aZ boson with at least one jet originating from a b quark inproton–proton collisions at√s=8 TeV are presented. Dif-ferential cross sections are measured with data collected bythe CMS experiment corresponding to an integrated lumi-nosity of 19.8 fb−1. Z bosons are reconstructed through theirdecays to electrons and muons. Cross sections are measuredas a function of observables characterizing the kinematics ofthe b jet and the Z boson. Ratios of differential cross sec-tions for the associated production with at least one b jet tothe associated production with any jet are also presented. Theproduction of a Z boson with at least two b jets is investigated,and differential cross sections are measured for the dijet sys-tem. Results are compared to theoretical predictions, testingtwo different flavour schemes for the choice of initial-statepartons.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, De Klundert MV, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-Conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Junior WLA, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Teles PR, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleksandrov A, Haet al., 2017, Measurement of the triple-differential dijet cross section in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV and constraints on parton distribution functions, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, Vol: 77, ISSN: 1434-6044

A measurement is presented of the triple-differential dijet cross section at a centre-of-mass energy of 8TeV using 19.7fb-1 of data collected with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at the LHC. The cross section is measured as a function of the average transverse momentum, half the rapidity separation, and the boost of the two leading jets in the event. The cross section is corrected for detector effects and compared to calculations in perturbative quantum chromodynamics at next-to-leading order accuracy, complemented with electroweak and nonperturbative corrections. New constraints on parton distribution functions are obtained and the inferred value of the strong coupling constant is αS(MZ)=0.1199±0.0015(exp)+0.0031−0.0020(theo), where MZ is the mass of the Z boson.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Ero J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruhwirth R, Ghete VM, Grossmann J, Hormann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Konig A, Kratschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pree E, Rabady D, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Schofbeck R, Spanring M, Spitzbart D, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wittmann J, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, De Klundert MV, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen R, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Flouris G, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders R, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-Conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer R, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda WLJ, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Teles RR, Das Chagas EBB, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, Damiao DDJ, De Souza SF, Guativa LMH, Malbouisson H, De Almeida MM, Herrera CM, Mundim L, Nogima H, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Manganote EJT, De Araujo FTDS, Pereira AV, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Abad DR, Vargas JCR, Aleksandrov A, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev R, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Stoykova S, Sultanov G, Vutova M, Dimitrov A, Glushkov I, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov R, Fang W, Gao X, Ahmet al., 2017, Search for a heavy composite Majorana neutrino in the final state with two leptons and two quarks at root s=13 TeV, Physics Letters B, Vol: 775, Pages: 315-337, ISSN: 0370-2693

A search for physics beyond the standard model in the final state with two same-flavour leptons(electrons or muons) and two quarks produced in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV is presented.The data were recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC and correspond to an integratedluminosity of 2.3 fb−1. The observed data are in good agreement with the standard model backgroundprediction. The results of the measurement are interpreted in the framework of a recently proposedmodel in which a heavy Majorana neutrino, N, stems from a composite-fermion scenario. Exclusionlimits are set for the first time on the mass of the heavy composite Majorana neutrino, mN , and thecompositeness scale . For the case mN = , the existence of Ne (Nμ) is excluded for masses up to 4.60(4.70) TeV at 95% confidence level.

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Abe K, Amey J, Andreopoulos C, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ashida Y, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barry C, Batkiewicz M, Berardi V, Berkman S, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Avanzini MB, Calland RG, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chappell A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Dolan S, Drapier O, Duffy KE, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Fiorillo G, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda D, Fukuda Y, Garcia A, Giganti C, Gizzarelli F, Golan T, Gonin M, Hadley DR, Haegel L, Haigh JT, Hansen D, Harada J, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Hillairet A, Hiraki T, Hiramoto A, Hirota S, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hosomi F, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Intonti RA, Ishida T, Ishii T, Iwai E, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jamieson B, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Katori T, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Koller PP, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kowalik K, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Lamont I, Lamoureux M, Lasorak P, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Liptak ZJ, Litchfield RP, Li X, Longhin A, Lopez JP, Lou T, Ludovici L, Lu X, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Maret L, Marino AD, Martin JF, Martins P, Martynenko S, Maruyama T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Ma WY, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Morrison J, Mueller TA, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakanishi Y, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Nielsen C, Nishet al., 2017, Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations by the T2K experiment including a new additional sample of nu(e) interactions at the far detector, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol: 96, ISSN: 1550-2368

The T2K experiment reports an updated analysis of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations in appearanceand disappearance channels. A sample of electron neutrino candidates at Super-Kamiokande in which a piondecay has been tagged is added to the four single-ring samples used in previous T2K oscillation analyses.Through combined analyses of these five samples, simultaneous measurements of four oscillationparameters, jΔm232j, sin2 θ23, sin2 θ13, and δCP and of the mass ordering are made. A set of studies ofsimulated data indicates that the sensitivity to the oscillation parameters is not limited by neutrino interactionmodel uncertainty. Multiple oscillation analyses are performed, and frequentist and Bayesian intervals arepresented for combinations of the oscillation parameters with and without the inclusion of reactor constraintson sin2 θ13. When combined with reactor measurements, the hypothesis of CP conservation (δCP ¼ 0 or π) isexcluded at 90% confidence level. The 90% confidence region for δCP is½−2.95;−0.44 (½−1.47;−1.27) fornormal (inverted) ordering. The central values and 68% confidence intervals for the other oscillationparameters for normal (inverted) ordering are Δm232 ¼ 2.54 0.08ð2.51 0.08Þ × 10−3 eV2=c4 andsin2θ23 ¼ 0.55þ0.05 −0.09 (0.55þ0.05 −0.08 ), compatible with maximal mixing. In the Bayesian analysis, the dataweakly prefer normal ordering (Bayes factor 3.7) and the upper octant for sin2 θ23 (Bayes factor 2.4).

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Frühwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hörmann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, König A, Krätschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz CE, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Suarez Gonzalez J, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Léonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schöfbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet Set al., 2017, CMS Collaboration, Pages: 965-982, ISSN: 0375-9474

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Grossmann J, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Krammer N, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Free E, Rabady D, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Schoefbeck R, Spanring M, Spitzbart D, Strauss J, 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, 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, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Roskas C, Salva S, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Correa Martins Junior M, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Melo De Almeida M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleksandrov A Het al., 2017, Measurement of the differential cross sections for the associated production of a W boson and jets in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, PHYSICAL REVIEW D, Vol: 96, ISSN: 2470-0010

A measurement of the differential cross sections for a W boson produced in association with jets in the muon decay channel is presented. The measurement is based on 13 TeV proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.2  fb−1, recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC. The cross sections are reported as functions of jet multiplicity, jet transverse momentum pT, jet rapidity, the scalar pT sum of the jets, and angular correlations between the muon and each jet for different jet multiplicities. The measured cross sections are in agreement with predictions that include multileg leading-order (LO) and next-to-LO matrix element calculations interfaced with parton showers, as well as a next-to-next-to-LO calculation for the W boson and one jet production.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Johnson A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Grossmann J, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Krammer N, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pree E, Rabady D, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Schoefbeck R, Spanring M, Spitzbart D, Strauss J, 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, Van de Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Flouris G, Lontkovskyi D, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-Conde A, Seva T, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Roskas C, Salva S, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Correa Martins Junior M, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Melo De Almeida M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D Ret al., 2017, Search for new phenomena with the M-T2 variable in the all-hadronic final state produced in proton-proton collisions at root s=13TeV, European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol: 77, ISSN: 1434-6044

A search for new phenomena is performed using events with jets and significant transverse momentum imbalance, as inferred through the MT2MT2 variable. The results are based on a sample of proton–proton collisions collected in 2016 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeVTeV with the CMS detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1fb-1. No excess event yield is observed above the predicted standard model background, and the results are interpreted as exclusion limits at 95% confidence level on the masses of predicted particles in a variety of simplified models of R-parity conserving supersymmetry. Depending on the details of the model, 95% confidence level lower limits on the gluino (light-flavor squark) masses are placed up to 2025 (1550) GeVGeV. Mass limits as high as 1070 (1175) GeVGeV are set on the masses of top (bottom) squarks. Information is provided to enable re-interpretation of these results, including model-independent limits on the number of non-standard model events for a set of simplified, inclusive search regions.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PC, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JCet al., 2017, Search for associated production of dark matter with a Higgs boson decaying to b(b)over-bar or gamma gamma at root s=13 TeV, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

A search for dark matter is performed looking for events with large missing transverse momentum and a Higgs boson decaying either to a pair of bottom quarks or to a pair of photons. The data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected in 2015 with the CMS detector at the LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1. Results are interpreted in the context of a Z′-two-Higgs-doublet model, where the gauge symmetry of the standard model is extended by a U(1)Z ′ group, with a new massive Z′ gauge boson, and the Higgs sector is extended with four additional Higgs bosons. In this model, a high-mass resonance Z′ decays into a pseudoscalar boson A and a light SM-like scalar Higgs boson, and the A decays to a pair of dark matter particles. No significant excesses are observed over the background prediction. Combining results from the two decay channels yields exclusion limits in the signal cross section in the mZ ′ - mA phase space. For example, the observed data exclude the Z′ mass range from 600 to 1860 GeV, for Z′ coupling strength gZ ′ = 0.8, the coupling of A with dark matter particles gχ = 1, the ratio of the vacuum expectation values tan β = 1, and mA = 300 GeV. The results of this analysis are valid for any dark matter particle mass below 100 GeV.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Dvornikov O, Dydyshka Y, Emeliantchik I, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Stefanovitch R, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Garcia G, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Jez P, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Nuttens C, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomet al., 2017, Search for Higgs boson pair production in the bb tau state in proton-proton collisions at root(s)=8 TeV, PHYSICAL REVIEW D, Vol: 96, ISSN: 2470-0010

Results are presented from a search for production of Higgs boson pairs (HH) where one boson decays to a pair of b quarks and the other to a τ lepton pair. This work is based on proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at √s=8  TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 18.3  fb−1. Resonant and nonresonant modes of HH production have been probed and no significant excess relative to the background-only hypotheses has been found in either mode. Upper limits on cross sections of the two HH production modes have been set. The results have been combined with previously published searches at √s=8  TeV, in decay modes to two photons and two b quarks, as well as to four b quarks, which also show no evidence for a signal. Limits from the combination have been set on resonant HH production by an unknown particle X in the mass range mX=300  GeV to mX=1000  GeV. For resonant production of spin 0 (spin 2) particles, the observed 95% CL upper limit is 1.13 pb (1.09 pb) at mX=300  GeV and to 21 fb (18 fb) at mX=1000  GeV. For nonresonant HH production, a limit of 43 times the rate predicted by the standard model has been set.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Ero J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruhwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hormann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Konig A, Kratschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, De Klundert MV, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D Ret al., 2017, Measurements of jet charge with dijet events in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

Jet charge is an estimator of the electric charge of a quark, antiquark, or gluon initiating a jet. It is based on the momentum-weighted sum of the electric charges of the jet constituents. Measurements of three charge observables of the leading jet in transverse momentum pT are performed with dijet events. The analysis is carried out with ata collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in proton-proton collisions at s√=8s=8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7fb−1. The results are presented as a function of the pT of the leading jet and compared to predictions from leading- and next-to-leading-order event generators combined with parton showers. Measured jet charge distributions, unfolded for detector effects, are reported, which expand on previous measurements of the jet charge average and standard deviation in pp collisions.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Frühwirth R, Ghete VM, Hörmann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, König A, Krätschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Mossolov V, Suarez Gonzalez J, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-Conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schöfbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Vidal Marono M, Wertz S, Beliy N, Aldá Júnior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custódio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleksandrov A, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Rodozov M, Stoykova S, Sultanov G, Vutova M, Dimitrov A, Glushkov Iet al., 2017, Measurement of the B^{±} Meson nuclear modification factor in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02  TeV, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 119, ISSN: 0031-9007

The differential production cross sections of B^{±} mesons are measured via the exclusive decay channels B^{±}→J/ψK^{±}→μ^{+}μ^{-}K^{±} as a function of transverse momentum in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02  TeV per nucleon pair with the CMS detector at the LHC. The pp(Pb-Pb) data set used for this analysis corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 28.0  pb^{-1} (351  μb^{-1}). The measurement is performed in the B^{±} meson transverse momentum range of 7 to 50  GeV/c, in the rapidity interval |y|<2.4. In this kinematic range, a strong suppression of the production cross section by about a factor of 2 is observed in the Pb-Pb system in comparison to the expectation from pp reference data. These results are found to be roughly compatible with theoretical calculations incorporating beauty quark diffusion and energy loss in a quark-gluon plasma.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Erö J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Frühwirth R, Ghete VM, Grossmann J, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, König A, Krammer N, Krätschmer I, Liko D, Madlener T, Mikulec I, Pree E, Rabady D, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Spitzbart D, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wittmann J, Wulz C-E, Zarucki M, Chekhovsky V, Mossolov V, Suarez Gonzalez J, De Wolf EA, Di Croce D, Janssen X, Lauwers J, 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, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-Conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Roskas C, Salva S, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Vidal Marono M, Wertz S, Beliy N, Aldá Júnior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Correa Martins Junior M, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custódio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Melo De Almeida M, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC Aet al., 2017, Search for supersymmetry in pp collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV in the single-lepton final state using the sum of masses of large-radius jets, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 119, ISSN: 0031-9007

Results are reported from a search for supersymmetric particles in proton-proton collisions in the final state with a single lepton, multiple jets, including at least one b-tagged jet, and large missing transverse momentum. The search uses a sample of proton-proton collision data at sqrt[s]=13  TeV recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9  fb^{-1}. The observed event yields in the signal regions are consistent with those expected from standard model backgrounds. The results are interpreted in the context of simplified models of supersymmetry involving gluino pair production, with gluino decay into either on- or off-mass-shell top squarks. Assuming that the top squarks decay into a top quark plus a stable, weakly interacting neutralino, scenarios with gluino masses up to about 1.9 TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level for neutralino masses up to about 1 TeV.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, De Klundert MV, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleksanet al., 2017, Measurements of the pp -> W gamma gamma and pp -> Z gamma gamma cross sections and limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings at root s=8 TeV, Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

Measurements are presented of Wγγ and Zγγ production in proton-protoncollisions. Fiducial cross sections are reported based on a data sample corresponding toan integrated luminosity of 19.4 fb−1collected with the CMS detector at a center-of-massenergy of 8 TeV. Signal is identified through the W → `ν and Z → `` decay modes, where `is a muon or an electron. The production of Wγγ and Zγγ, measured with significances of2.6 and 5.9 standard deviations, respectively, is consistent with standard model predictions.In addition, limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings in Wγγ production are determinedin the context of a dimension-8 effective field theory.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleket al., 2017, Search for new physics in the monophoton final state in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

A search is conducted for new physics in a final state containing a photonand missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. The datacollected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC correspond to an integrated luminosityof 12.9 fb−1. No deviations are observed relative to the predictions of the standard model.The results are interpreted as exclusion limits on the dark matter production cross sectionsand parameters in models containing extra spatial dimensions. Improved limits are set withrespect to previous searches using the monophoton final state. In particular, the limits onthe extra dimension model parameters are the most stringent to date in this channel.

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Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Zykunov V, Mossolov V, Shumeiko N, Gonzalez JS, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, De Klundert MV, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Garcia G, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Sharma A, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Jez P, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Nuttens C, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padet al., 2017, Search for light bosons in decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

A search is presented for decays beyond the standard model of the 125 GeV Higgs bosons to a pair of light bosons, based on models with extended scalar sectors. Light boson masses between 5 and 62.5 GeV are probed in final states containing four τ leptons, two muons and two b quarks, or two muons and two τ leptons. The results are from data in proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1, accumulated by the CMS experiment at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. No evidence for such exotic decays is found in the data. Upper limits are set on the product of the cross section and branching fraction for several signal processes. The results are also compared to predictions of two-Higgs-doublet models, including those with an additional scalar singlet.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Krtschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-Conde A, Seva T, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC Aet al., 2017, Particle-flow reconstruction and global event description with the CMS detector, JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, Vol: 12, ISSN: 1748-0221

The CMS apparatus was identified, a few years before the start of the LHC operation at CERN, to feature properties well suited to particle-flow (PF) reconstruction: a highly-segmented tracker, a fine-grained electromagnetic calorimeter, a hermetic hadron calorimeter, a strong magnetic field, and an excellent muon spectrometer. A fully-fledged PF reconstruction algorithm tuned to the CMS detector was therefore developed and has been consistently used in physics analyses for the first time at a hadron collider. For each collision, the comprehensive list of final-state particles identified and reconstructed by the algorithm provides a global event description that leads to unprecedented CMS performance for jet and hadronic τ decay reconstruction, missing transverse momentum determination, and electron and muon identification. This approach also allows particles from pileup interactions to be identified and enables efficient pileup mitigation methods. The data collected by CMS at a centre-of-mass energy of 8\TeV show excellent agreement with the simulation and confirm the superior PF performance at least up to an average of 20 pileup interactions.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruhwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hormann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kratschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-Conde A, Seva T, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleksandrov Aet al., 2017, Search for Charged Higgs Bosons Produced via Vector Boson Fusion and Decaying into a Pair of W and Z Bosons Using pp Collisions at root s=13 TeV, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 119, ISSN: 0031-9007

A search for charged Higgs bosons produced via vector boson fusion and decaying into W and Zbosons using proton-proton collisions at √s=13  TeV is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 15.2  fb−1 collected with the CMS detector in 2015 and 2016. The event selection requires three leptons (electrons or muons), two jets with large pseudorapidity separation and high dijet mass, and missing transverse momentum. The observation agrees with the standard model prediction. Limits on the vector boson fusion production cross section times branching fraction for new charged physical states are reported as a function of mass from 200 to 2000 GeV and interpreted in the context of Higgs triplet models.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, De Bruyn I, De Clercq J, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Verbeke W, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vargas JC, Aleksandrov A, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Rodozov M, Stoykova S, Sultanov G, Vutova M, Dimitrov A, Glushkov I, Liet al., 2017, Combination of searches for heavy resonances decaying to WW, WZ, ZZ, WH, and ZH boson pairs in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 and 13 TeV, Physics Letters B, Vol: 774, Pages: 533-558, ISSN: 0370-2693

A statistical combination of searches is presented for massive resonances decaying to WW, WZ, ZZ, WH, and ZH boson pairs in proton–proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The data were taken at centre-of-mass energies of 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to respective integrated luminosities of 19.7 and up to 2.7 fb−1. The results are interpreted in the context of heavy vector triplet and singlet models that mimic properties of composite-Higgs models predicting W′ and Z′ bosons decaying to WZ, WW, WH, and ZH bosons. A model with a bulk graviton that decays into WW and ZZ is also considered. This is the first combined search for WW, WZ, WH, and ZH resonances and yields lower limits on masses at 95% confidence level for W′ and Z′ singlets at 2.3 TeV, and for a triplet at 2.4 TeV. The limits on the production cross section of a narrow bulk graviton resonance with the curvature scale of the warped extra dimension , in the mass range of 0.6 to 4.0 TeV, are the most stringent published to date.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, De Klundert MV, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romeret al., 2017, Measurement of the semileptonic t(t)over-bar + gamma production cross section in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV, Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

A measurement of the cross section for top quark-antiquark (t¯t) pairs producedin association with a photon in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV is presented.The analysis uses data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to anintegrated luminosity of 19.7 fb1. The signal is defined as the production of a t¯t pair inassociation with a photon having a transverse energy larger than 25 GeV and an absolutepseudorapidity smaller than 1.44. The measurement is performed in the fiducial phase spacecorresponding to the semileptonic decay chain of the t¯t pair, and the cross section is measuredrelative to the inclusive t¯t pair production cross section. The fiducial cross section forassociated t¯t pair and photon production is found to be 127±27 (stat+syst) fb per semileptonicfinal state. The measured value is in agreement with the theoretical prediction.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Dvornikov, Dydyshka Y, Emeliantchik I, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Stefanovitch R, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, De Klundert MV, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schoefbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Nuttens C, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadet al., 2017, Erratum to: Search for dark matter and unparticles in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum, Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

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Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruethwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulcc I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Zykunov V, Mossolov V, Shumeiko N, Gonzalez JS, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Van der Velde C, Vanlaer P, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Garcia G, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Sharma A, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Jez P, Komm M, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Nuttens C, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Teles PR, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruizet al., 2017, Search for new phenomena with multiple charged leptons in proton-proton collisions at root s=13TeV, European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol: 77, ISSN: 1434-6044

Results are reported from a search for physics beyond the standard model in final states with at least three charged leptons, in any combination of electrons or muons. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1fb−1 of proton–proton collisions at s√=13s=13 TeVTeV , recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2015. Two jets are required in each event, providing good sensitivity to strong production of gluinos and squarks. The search regions, sensitive to a range of different new physics scenarios, are defined using the number of jets tagged as originating from bottom quarks, the sum of the magnitudes of the transverse momenta of the jets, the imbalance in the overall transverse momentum in the event, and the invariant mass of opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs. The event yields observed in data are consistent with the expected background contributions from standard model processes. These results are used to derive limits in terms of R-parity conserving simplified models of supersymmetry that describe strong production of gluinos and squarks. Model-independent limits are presented to facilitate the reinterpretation of the results in a broad range of scenarios for physics beyond the standard model.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, DeWolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Velde CV, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda WLJ, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Teles PR, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PG, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Romero Abad D, Ruiz Vaet al., 2017, Search for black holes and other new phenomena in high-multiplicity final states in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV, Physics Letters B, Vol: 774, Pages: 279-307, ISSN: 0370-2693

A search for new physics in energetic, high-multiplicity final states has been performed using proton–proton collision data collected with the CMS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 13 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3. The standard model background, dominated by multijet production, is determined exclusively from control regions in data. No statistically significant excess of events is observed. Model-independent limits on the product of the cross section and the acceptance of a new physics signal in these final states are set and further interpreted in terms of limits on the production of black holes. Semiclassical black holes and string balls with masses as high as 9.5, and quantum black holes with masses as high as 9.0 are excluded by this search in the context of models with extra dimensions, thus significantly extending limits set at a center-of-mass energy of 8 with the LHC Run 1 data.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Dvornikov O, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, Van De Klundert M, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EM, Mercadante PC, Moon CS, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Roet al., 2017, Search for a heavy resonance decaying to a top quark and a vector-like top quark at root s=13 TeV, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

A search is presented for massive spin-1 Z′ resonances decaying to a top quark and a heavy vector-like top quark partner T. The search is based on a 2.6 fb−1 sample of proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The analysis is optimized for final states in which the T quark decays to a W boson and a bottom quark. The focus is on all-jet final states in which both the W boson and the top quark decay into quarks that evolve into jets. The decay products of the top quark and of the W boson are assumed to be highly Lorentz-boosted and cannot be reconstructed as separate jets, but are instead reconstructed as merged, wide jets. Techniques for the identification of jet substructure and jet flavour are used to distinguish signal from background events. Several models for Z′ bosons decaying to T quarks are excluded at 95% confidence level, with upper limits on the cross section ranging from 0.13 to 10 pb, depending on the chosen hypotheses. This is the first search for a neutral spin-1 heavy resonance decaying to a top quark and a vector-like T quark in the all-hadronic final state.

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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, Brondolin E, Dragicevic M, Eroe J, Flechl M, Friedl M, Fruehwirth R, Ghete VM, Hartl C, Hoermann N, Hrubec J, Jeitler M, Koenig A, Kraetschmer I, Liko D, Matsushita T, Mikulec I, Rabady D, Rad N, Rahbaran B, Rohringer H, Schieck J, Strauss J, Waltenberger W, Wulz C-E, Chekhovsky V, Dvornikov O, Dydyshka Y, Emeliantchik I, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Mossolov V, Stefanovitch R, Gonzalez JS, Zykunov V, Shumeiko N, Alderweireldt S, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Lauwers J, De Klundert MV, Van Haevermaet H, Van Mechelen P, Van Remortel N, Van Spilbeeck A, Abu Zeid S, Blekman F, D'Hondt J, Daci N, De Bruyn I, Deroover K, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Moreels L, Olbrechts A, Python Q, Skovpen K, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Van Parijs I, Brun H, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Delannoy H, Fasanella G, Favart L, Goldouzian R, Grebenyuk A, Karapostoli G, Lenzi T, Leonard A, Luetic J, Maerschalk T, Marinov A, Randle-conde A, Seva T, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Yonamine R, Zenoni F, Zhang F, Cimmino A, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Fagot A, Gul M, Khvastunov I, Poyraz D, Salva S, Schofbeck R, Tytgat M, Van Driessche W, Yazgan E, Zaganidis N, Bakhshiansohi H, Beluffi C, Bondu O, Brochet S, Bruno G, Caudron A, De Visscher S, Delaere C, Delcourt M, Francois B, Giammanco A, Jafari A, Komm M, Krintiras G, Lemaitre V, Magitteri A, Mertens A, Musich M, Nuttens C, Piotrzkowski K, Quertenmont L, Selvaggi M, Marono MV, Wertz S, Beliy N, Alda Junior WL, Alves FL, Alves GA, Brito L, Hensel C, Moraes A, Pol ME, Rebello Teles P, Belchior Batista Das Chagas E, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Custodio A, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, De Oliveira Martins C, Fonseca De Souza S, Huertas Guativa LM, Malbouisson H, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mundim L, Nogima H, Prado Da Silva WL, Santoro A, Sznajder A, Tonelli Manganote EJ, Vilela Pereira A, Ahuja S, Bernardes CA, Dogra S, Fernandez Perez Tomei TR, Gregores EMet al., 2017, Measurement of the t(t)over-bar production cross section using events with one lepton and at least one jet in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, Vol: 2017, ISSN: 1029-8479

A measurement of the tt¯ production cross section at s√=13 TeV is presented using proton-proton collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.2 fb−1, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. Final states with one isolated charged lepton (electron or muon) and at least one jet are selected and categorized according to the accompanying jet multiplicity. From a likelihood fit to the invariant mass distribution of the isolated lepton and a jet identified as coming from the hadronization of a bottom quark, the cross section is measured to be σtt¯=888±2,(stat)+26−28(syst)±20(lumi) pb, in agreement with the standard model prediction. Using the expected dependence of the cross section on the pole mass of the top quark (mt), the value of mt is found to be 170.6 ± 2.7 GeV.

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