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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.71.959
1993
Cited 454 times
Determination of the neutron spin structure function
The spin structure function of the neutron gn1 has been determined over the range 0.03<x<0.6 at an average Q2 of 2 (GeV/c)2 by measuring the asymmetry in deep inelastic scattering of polarized electrons from a polarized 3He target at energies between 19 and 26 GeV. The integral of the neutron spin structure function is found to be F10gn1(x)dx=-0.022±0.011. Earlier reported proton results together with the Bjorken sum rule predict F10gn1(x)dx=-0.059±0.019.Received 1 April 1993DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.959©1993 American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.58.112003
1998
Cited 353 times
Measurements of the proton and deuteron spin structure functions<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>g</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>g</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>
Measurements are reported of the proton and deuteron spin structure functions g1 at beam energies of 29.1, 16.2, and 9.7 GeV and g2 at a beam energy of 29.1 GeV. The integrals of g1 over x have been evaluated at fixed Q**2 = 3 (GeV/c)**2 using the full data set. The Q**2 dependence of the ratio g1/F1 was studied and found to be small for Q**2 > 1 (GeV/c)**2. Within experimental precision the g2 data are well-described by the Wandzura-Wilczek twist-2 contribution. Twist-3 matrix elements were extracted and compared to theoretical predictions. The asymmetry A2 was measured and found to be significantly smaller than the positivity limit for both proton and deuteron targets. A2 for the proton is found to be positive and inconsistent with zero. Measurements of g1 in the resonance region show strong variations with x and Q**2, consistent with resonant amplitudes extracted from unpolarized data. These data allow us to study the Q**2 dependence of the first moments of g1 below the scaling region.
DOI: 10.1126/science.abk1781
2022
Cited 317 times
High-precision measurement of the <i>W</i> boson mass with the CDF II detector
The mass of the W boson, a mediator of the weak force between elementary particles, is tightly constrained by the symmetries of the standard model of particle physics. The Higgs boson was the last missing component of the model. After observation of the Higgs boson, a measurement of the W boson mass provides a stringent test of the model. We measure the W boson mass, MW, using data corresponding to 8.8 inverse femtobarns of integrated luminosity collected in proton-antiproton collisions at a 1.96 tera-electron volt center-of-mass energy with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. A sample of approximately 4 million W boson candidates is used to obtain [Formula: see text], the precision of which exceeds that of all previous measurements combined (stat, statistical uncertainty; syst, systematic uncertainty; MeV, mega-electron volts; c, speed of light in a vacuum). This measurement is in significant tension with the standard model expectation.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.05.269
2006
Cited 276 times
Determination of the jet energy scale at the Collider Detector at Fermilab
A precise determination of the energy scale of jets at the Collider Detector at Fermilab at the Tevatron pp¯ collider is described. Jets are used in many analyses to estimate the energies of partons resulting from the underlying physics process. Several correction factors are developed to estimate the original parton energy from the observed jet energy in the calorimeter. The jet energy response is compared between data and Monte Carlo simulation for various physics processes, and systematic uncertainties on the jet energy scale are determined. For jets with transverse momenta above 50 GeV the jet energy scale is determined with a 3% systematic uncertainty.
DOI: 10.1016/j.dark.2019.100371
2020
Cited 150 times
Dark Matter benchmark models for early LHC Run-2 Searches: Report of the ATLAS/CMS Dark Matter Forum
This document is the final report of the ATLAS-CMS Dark Matter Forum, a forum organized by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations with the participation of experts on theories of Dark Matter, to select a minimal basis set of dark matter simplified models that should support the design of the early LHC Run-2 searches. A prioritized, compact set of benchmark models is proposed, accompanied by studies of the parameter space of these models and a repository of generator implementations. This report also addresses how to apply the Effective Field Theory formalism for collider searches and present the results of such interpretations.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.74.346
1995
Cited 303 times
Precision Measurement of the Proton Spin Structure Function<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>g</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup></mml:mrow></mml:math>
We have measured the ratio gp1Fp1 over the range 0.029<x<0.8 and 1.3<Q2<10 (GeV/c)2 using deep-inelastic scattering of polarized electrons from polarized ammonia. An evaluation of the integral ∫01gp1(x, Q2)dx at fixed Q2=3 (GeV/c)2 yields 0.127±0.004(stat)±0.010(syst), in agreement with previous experiments, but well below the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule prediction of 0.160±0.006. In the quark-parton model, this implies Δq=0.27±0.10.Received 15 August 1994DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.346©1995 American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.54.6620
1996
Cited 260 times
Deep inelastic scattering of polarized electrons by polarized<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">He</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts /><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow /></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>and the study of the neutron spin structure
The neutron longitudinal and transverse asymmetries A1n and A2n have been extracted from deep inelastic scattering of polarized electrons by a polarized He3 target at incident energies of 19.42, 22.66, and 25.51 GeV. The measurement allows for the determination of the neutron spin structure functions g1n(x, Q2) and g2n(x, Q2) over the range 0.03<x<0.6 at an average Q2 of 2 (GeV/c)2. The data are used for the evaluation of the Ellis-Jaffe and Bjorken sum rules. The neutron spin structure function g1n(x, Q2) is small and negative within the range of our measurement, yielding an integral ∫0.030.6g1n(x)dx=−0.028±0.006 (stat)±0.006 (syst). Assuming Regge behavior at low x, we extract Γ1n=∫01g1n(x)dx=−0.031±0.006 (stat)±0.009 (syst). Combined with previous proton integral results from SLAC experiment E143, we find Γ1p−Γ1n=0.160±0.015 in agreement with the Bjorken sum rule prediction Γ1p−Γ1n=0.176±0.008 at a Q2 value of 3 (GeV/c)2 evaluated using αs=0.32±0.05.Received 23 May 1996DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.54.6620©1996 American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(00)01014-5
2000
Cited 236 times
Measurements of the Q2-dependence of the proton and neutron spin structure functions g1p and g1n
The structure functions g1p and g1n have been measured over the range 0.014<x<0.9 and 1<Q2<40 GeV2 using deep-inelastic scattering of 48 GeV longitudinally polarized electrons from polarized protons and deuterons. We find that the Q2 dependence of g1p (g1n) at fixed x is very similar to that of the spin-averaged structure function F1p (F1n ). From an NLO QCD fit to all available data we find Γ1p−Γ1n=0.176±0.003±0.007 at Q2=5 GeV2, in agreement with the Bjorken sum rule prediction of 0.182±0.005.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.25
1995
Cited 212 times
Precision Measurement of the Deuteron Spin Structure Function<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>g</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">d</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup></mml:mrow></mml:math>
We report on a high-statistics measurement of the deuteron spin structure function gd1 at a beam energy of 29 GeV in the kinematic range 0.029<x<0.8 and 1<Q2<10 (GeV /c)2. The integral γd1=∫1gd1dx evaluated at fixed Q2=3 (GeV /c)2 gives 0.042±0.003(stat)±0.004(syst). Combining this result with our earlier measurement of gp1, we find γp1−γn1=0.163±0.010(stat)±0.016(syst), which agrees with the prediction of the Bjorken sum rule with O(α3s) corrections, γp1−γn1=0.171±0.008. We find the quark contribution to the proton helicity to be Δq=0.30±0.06.Received 8 March 1995DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.25©1995 American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(99)00940-5
1999
Cited 170 times
Measurement of the deuteron spin structure function g1d(x) for 1 (GeV/c)2&lt;Q2&lt;40 (GeV/c)2
New measurements are reported on the deuteron spin structure function g_1^d. These results were obtained from deep inelastic scattering of 48.3 GeV electrons on polarized deuterons in the kinematic range 0.01 < x < 0.9 and 1 < Q^2 < 40 (GeV/c)^2. These are the first high dose electron scattering data obtained using lithium deuteride (6Li2H) as the target material. Extrapolations of the data were performed to obtain moments of g_1^d, including Gamma_1^d, and the net quark polarization Delta Sigma.
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(02)03015-0
2003
Cited 147 times
Precision measurement of the proton and deuteron spin structure functions g2 and asymmetries A2
We have measured the spin structure functions g2p and g2d and the virtual photon asymmetries A2p and A2d over the kinematic range 0.02⩽x⩽0.8 and 0.7⩽Q2⩽20GeV2 by scattering 29.1 and 32.3 GeV longitudinally polarized electrons from transversely polarized NH3 and 6LiD targets. Our measured g2 approximately follows the twist-2 Wandzura–Wilczek calculation. The twist-3 reduced matrix elements d2p and d2n are less than two standard deviations from zero. The data are inconsistent with the Burkhardt–Cottingham sum rule if there is no pathological behavior as x→0. The Efremov–Leader–Teryaev integral is consistent with zero within our measured kinematic range. The absolute value of A2 is significantly smaller than the A2<R(1+A1)/2 limit.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.76.587
1996
Cited 140 times
Measurements of the Proton and Deuteron Spin Structure Function<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">g</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>and Asymmetry<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">A</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></…
We have measured proton and deuteron virtual photon-nucleon asymmetries Ap2 and Ad2 and structure functions gp2 and gd2 over the range 0.03<x<0.8 and 1.3<Q2<10(GeV/c)2 by inelastically scattering polarized electrons off polarized ammonia targets. Results for A2 are significantly smaller than the positivity limit √R for both targets. Within experimental precision the g2 data are well described by the twist-2 contribution, gWW2. Twist-3 matrix elements have been extracted and are compared to theoretical predictions.Received 26 September 1995DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.587©1996 American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.90.012013
2014
Cited 58 times
Study of orbitally excited<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>B</mml:mi></mml:math>mesons and evidence for a new<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>B</mml:mi><mml:mi>π</mml:mi></mml:math>resonance
Using the full CDF Run II data sample, we report evidence for a new resonance, which we refer to as $B(5970)$, found simultaneously in the ${B}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$ and ${B}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ mass distributions with a significance of 4.4 standard deviations. We further report the first study of resonances consistent with orbitally excited ${B}^{+}$ mesons and an updated measurement of the properties of orbitally excited ${B}^{0}$ and ${B}_{s}^{0}$ mesons. We measure the masses and widths of all states, as well as the relative production rates of the ${B}_{1}$, ${B}_{2}^{*}$, and $B(5970)$ states and the branching fraction of the ${B}_{s2}^{*0}$ state to either ${B}^{*+}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and ${B}^{+}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$. Furthermore, we measure the production rates of the orbitally excited ${B}^{0,+}$ states relative to the ${B}^{0,+}$ ground state. The masses of the new $B(5970)$ resonances are $5978\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}5(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}12(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2}$ for the neutral state and $5961\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}5(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}12(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2}$ for the charged state, assuming that the resonance decays into $B\ensuremath{\pi}$ final states. The properties of the orbitally excited and the new $B(5970{)}^{0,+}$ states are compatible with isospin symmetry.
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(99)00244-0
1999
Cited 115 times
Measurements of R=σL/σT for 0.03&lt;x&lt;0.1 and fit to world data
Measurements were made at SLAC of the cross section for scattering 29 GeV electrons from carbon at a laboratory angle of 4.5°, corresponding to 0.03<x<0.1 and 1.3<Q2<2.7 GeV2. Values of R=σL/σT were extracted in this kinematic range by comparing these data to cross sections measured at a higher beam energy by the NMC collaboration. The results are in reasonable agreement with pQCD calculations and with extrapolations of the R1990 parameterization of previous data. A new fit is made including these data and other recent results.
DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(95)01340-2
1995
Cited 88 times
Measurements of the Q2-dependence of the proton and deuteron spin structure functions g1 and g1
The ratio g1F1 has been measured over the range 0.03 < x < 0.6 and 0.3 < Q2 < 10 (GeV/c)2 using deep-inelastic scattering of polarized electrons from polarized protons and deuterons. We find g1F1 to be consistent with no Q2-dependence at fixed x in the deep-inelastic region Q2 > 1 (GeV/c)2. A trend is observed for g1F1 to decrease at lower Q2. Fits to world data with and without a possible Q2-dependence in g1F1 are in agreement with the Bjorken sum rule, but Δq is substantially less than the quark-parton model expectation.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.70.072002
2004
Cited 81 times
Underlying event in hard interactions at the Fermilab Tevatron<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="true">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math>collider
For comparison of inclusive jet cross sections measured at hadron-hadron colliders to next-to-leading order (NLO) parton-level calculations, the energy deposited in the jet cone by spectator parton interactions must first be subtracted. The assumption made at the Tevatron is that the spectator parton interaction energy is similar to the ambient level measured in minimum bias events. In this paper, we test this assumption by measuring the ambient charged track momentum in events containing large transverse energy jets at $\sqrt{s}=1800$ GeV and $\sqrt{s}=630$ GeV and comparing this ambient momentum with that observed both in minimum bias events and with that predicted by two Monte Carlo models. Two cones in $\eta$--$\phi$ space are defined, at the same pseudo-rapidity, $\eta$, as the jet with the highest transverse energy ($E_T^{(1)}$), and at $\pm 90^o$ in the azimuthal direction, $\phi$. The total charged track momentum inside each of the two cones is measured. The minimum momentum in the two cones is almost independent of $E_T^{(1)}$ and is similar to the momentum observed in minimum bias events, whereas the maximum momentum increases roughly linearly with the jet $E_T^{(1)}$ over most of the measured range. This study will help improve the precision of comparisons of jet cross section data and NLO perturbative QCD predictions. %this is new The distribution of the sum of the track momenta in the two cones is also examined for five different $E_T^{(1)}$ bins. The HERWIG and PYTHIA Monte Carlos are reasonably successful in describing the data, but neither can describe completely all of the event properties.
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(99)00590-0
1999
Cited 90 times
Measurement of the proton and deuteron spin structure functions g2 and asymmetry A2
We have measured the spin structure functions g2p and g2d and the virtual photon asymmetries A2p and A2d over the kinematic range 0.02≤x≤0.8 and 1.0≤Q2≤30 (GeV/c)2 by scattering 38.8 GeV longitudinally polarized electrons from transversely polarized NH3 and 6LiD targets. The absolute value of A2 is significantly smaller than the R positivity limit over the measured range, while g2 is consistent with the twist-2 Wandzura-Wilczek calculation. We obtain results for the twist-3 reduced matrix elements d2p, d2d and d2n. The Burkhardt-Cottingham sum rule integral ∫g2(x)dx is reported for the range 0.02≤x≤0.8.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.242001
2014
Cited 41 times
Measurements of Direct<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>C</mml:mi><mml:mi>P</mml:mi></mml:math>-Violating Asymmetries in Charmless Decays of Bottom Baryons
We report final measurements of direct $\mathit{CP}$--violating asymmetries in charmless decays of neutral bottom hadrons to pairs of charged hadrons with the upgraded Collider Detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. Using the complete $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV proton-antiproton collisions data set, corresponding to 9.3 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity, we measure $\mathcal{A}(\Lambda^0_b \rightarrow p\pi^{-}) = +0.06 \pm 0.07\mathrm{(stat)} \pm 0.03\mathrm{(syst)}$ and $\mathcal{A}(\Lambda^0_b \rightarrow pK^{-}) = -0.10 \pm 0.08\mathrm{(stat)} \pm 0.04\mathrm{(syst)}$, compatible with no asymmetry. In addition we measure the $\mathit{CP}$--violating asymmetries in $B^0_s \rightarrow K^{-}\pi^{+}$ and $B^0 \rightarrow K^{+}\pi^{-}$ decays to be $\mathcal{A}(B^0_s \rightarrow K^{-}\pi^{+}) = +0.22 \pm 0.07\mathrm{stat)} \pm 0.02\mathrm{(syst)}$ and $\mathcal{A}(B^0 \rightarrow K^{+}\pi^{-}) = -0.083\pm 0.013 \mathrm{(stat)} \pm 0.004\mathrm{(syst)}$, respectively, which are significantly different from zero and consistent with current world averages.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.042001
2014
Cited 40 times
Measurement of the Inclusive Leptonic Asymmetry in Top-Quark Pairs that Decay to Two Charged Leptons at CDF
We measure the inclusive forward-backward asymmetry of the charged-lepton pseudorapidities from top-quark pairs produced in proton-antiproton collisions and decaying to final states that contain two charged leptons (electrons or muons). The data are collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 9.1 fb(-1). We measure the leptonic forward-backward asymmetry, A(FB)(ℓ), to be 0.072 ± 0.060 and the leptonic pair forward-backward asymmetry, A(FB)(ℓℓ), to be 0.076 ± 0.082. The measured values can be compared with the standard model predictions of A(FB)(ℓ) = 0.038 ± 0.003 and A(FB)(ℓℓ) = 0.048 ± 0.004, respectively. Additionally, we combine the A(FB)(ℓ) result with a previous determination from a final state with a single lepton and hadronic jets and obtain A(FB)(ℓ) = 0.090(-0.026)(+0.028).
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.78.815
1997
Cited 68 times
Measurement of the Proton and Deuteron Spin Structure Function<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">g</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>in the Resonance Region
We have measured the proton and deuteron spin structure functions g_1^p and g_1^d in the region of the nucleon resonances for W^2 < 5 GeV^2 and $Q^2\simeq 0.5$ and $Q^2\simeq 1.2$ GeV^2 by inelastically scattering 9.7 GeV polarized electrons off polarized $^{15}NH_3$ and $^{15}ND_3$ targets. We observe significant structure in g_1^p in the resonance region. We have used the present results, together with the deep-inelastic data at higher W^2, to extract $\Gamma(Q^2)\equiv\int_0^1 g_1(x,Q^2) dx$. This is the first information on the low-Q^2 evolution of Gamma toward the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn limit at Q^2 = 0.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.202001
2013
Cited 35 times
Direct Measurement of the Total Decay Width of the Top Quark
We present a measurement of the total decay width of the top quark using events with top-antitop-quark pair candidates reconstructed in the final state with one charged lepton and four or more hadronic jets. We use the full Tevatron Run II data set of $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ TeV proton-antiproton collisions recorded by the CDF II detector. The top-quark mass and the mass of the hadronically-decaying $W$ boson are reconstructed for each event and compared with distributions derived from simulated signal and background samples to extract the top-quark width (\gmt) and the energy scale of the calorimeter jets with {\it in-situ} calibration. For a top-quark mass $\mtop = \gevcc{172.5}$, we find $1.10<\gmt<\gev{4.05}$ at 68% confidence level, which is in agreement with the standard-model expectation of \gev{1.3} and is the most precise direct measurement of the top-quark width to date.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.88.072003
2013
Cited 32 times
Measurement of the leptonic asymmetry in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>t</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>t</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>events produced in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><…
We measure the asymmetry in the charge-weighted rapidity of the lepton in semileptonic ttbar decays recorded with the CDF II detector using the full Tevatron Run II sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.4/fb. A parametrization of the asymmetry as a function of the charge-weighted rapidity is used to correct for the finite acceptance of the detector and recover the production-level asymmetry. The result of afb(lep) = 0.094 +0.032 -0.029 is to be compared to the standard model next-to-leading-order prediction of afb(lep) = 0.038 +-0.003.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.92.092009
2015
Cited 29 times
Study of the energy dependence of the underlying event in proton-antiproton collisions
We study charged particle production in proton-antiproton collisions at 300 GeV, 900 GeV, and 1.96 TeV. We use the direction of the charged particle with the largest transverse momentum in each event to define three regions of eta-phi space; toward, away, and transverse. The average number and the average scalar pT sum of charged particles in the transverse region are sensitive to the modeling of the underlying event. The transverse region is divided into a MAX and MIN transverse region, which helps separate the hard component (initial and final-state radiation) from the beam-beam remnant and multiple parton interaction components of the scattering. The center-of-mass energy dependence of the various components of the event are studied in detail. The data presented here can be used to constrain and improve QCD Monte Carlo models, resulting in more precise predictions at the LHC energies of 13 and 14 TeV.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.166716
2022
Cited 10 times
Quality control of mass-produced GEM detectors for the CMS GE1/1 muon upgrade
The series of upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider, culminating in the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider, will enable a significant expansion of the physics program of the CMS experiment. However, the accelerator upgrades will also make the experimental conditions more challenging, with implications for detector operations, triggering, and data analysis. The luminosity of the proton-proton collisions is expected to exceed $2-3\times10^{34}$~cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ for Run 3 (starting in 2022), and it will be at least $5\times10^{34}$~cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ when the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider is completed for Run 4. These conditions will affect muon triggering, identification, and measurement, which are critical capabilities of the experiment. To address these challenges, additional muon detectors are being installed in the CMS endcaps, based on Gas Electron Multiplier technology. For this purpose, 161 large triple-Gas Electron Multiplier detectors have been constructed and tested. Installation of these devices began in 2019 with the GE1/1 station and will be followed by two additional stations, GE2/1 and ME0, to be installed in 2023 and 2026, respectively. The assembly and quality control of the GE1/1 detectors were distributed across several production sites around the world. We motivate and discuss the quality control procedures that were developed to standardize the performance of the detectors, and we present the final results of the production. Out of 161 detectors produced, 156 detectors passed all tests, and 144 detectors are now installed in the CMS experiment. The various visual inspections, gas tightness tests, intrinsic noise rate characterizations, and effective gas gain and response uniformity tests allowed the project to achieve this high success rate.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.231802
2013
Cited 31 times
Observation of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>D</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msup><mml:mtext mathvariant="normal">−</mml:mtext><mml:msup><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>D</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msup></mml:math>Mixing Using the CDF II Detector
We measure the time dependence of the ratio of decay rates for ${D}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ to the Cabibbo-favored decay ${D}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$. The charge conjugate decays are included. A signal of $3.3\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{4}$ ${D}^{*+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{D}^{0}$, ${D}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ decays is obtained with ${D}^{0}$ proper decay times between 0.75 and 10 mean ${D}^{0}$ lifetimes. The data were recorded with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron and correspond to an integrated luminosity of $9.6\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ for $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$. Assuming $CP$ conservation, we search for ${D}^{0}$-${\overline{D}}^{0}$ mixing and measure the mixing parameters to be ${R}_{D}=(3.51\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.35)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$, ${y}^{\ensuremath{'}}=(4.3\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}4.3)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$, and ${x}^{\ensuremath{'}2}=(0.08\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.18)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$. We report Bayesian probability intervals in the ${x}^{\ensuremath{'}2}$-${y}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ plane and find that the significance of excluding the no-mixing hypothesis is equivalent to 6.1 Gaussian standard deviations, providing the second observation of ${D}^{0}$-${\overline{D}}^{0}$ mixing from a single experiment.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.89.072014
2014
Cited 28 times
Mass and lifetime measurements of bottom and charm baryons in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo accent="true" stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:mrow><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.96</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:…
We report on mass and lifetime measurements of several ground state charmed and bottom baryons, using a data sample corresponding to $9.6\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ from $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ and recorded with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. Baryon candidates are reconstructed from data collected with an online event selection designed for the collection of long-lifetime heavy-flavor decay products and a second event selection designed to collect $J/\ensuremath{\psi}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ candidates. First evidence for the process ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Omega}}}_{b}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Omega}}}_{c}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ is presented with a significance of $3.3\ensuremath{\sigma}$. We measure the following baryon masses: $M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{c}^{0})=2470.85\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.24(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.55(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2},\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{c}^{+})=2468.00\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.18(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.51(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2},\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{b})=5620.15\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.31(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.47(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2},\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{b}^{\ensuremath{-}})=5793.4\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.8(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.7(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2},\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{b}^{0})=5788.7\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}4.3(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.4(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2},\phantom{\rule[-0.0ex]{1em}{0.0ex}}\text{and}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Omega}}}_{b}^{\ensuremath{-}})=6047.5\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}3.8(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.6(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2}.$The isospin splitting of the ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{b}^{\ensuremath{-},0}$ states is found to be $M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{b}^{\ensuremath{-}})\ensuremath{-}M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{b}^{0})=4.7\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}4.7(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.7(\text{syst})\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2}$. The isospin splitting of the ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{c}^{0,+}$ states is found to be $M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{c}^{0})\ensuremath{-}M({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{c}^{+})=2.85\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.30(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}0.04(\text{syst})\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2}$. The following lifetime measurements are made: $\ensuremath{\tau}({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{b})=1.565\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.035(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.020(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{ps},\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\tau}({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}_{b}^{\ensuremath{-}})=1.32\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.14(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.02(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{ps},\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\tau}({\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Omega}}}_{b}^{\ensuremath{-}})=1.6{6}_{\ensuremath{-}0.40}^{+0.53}(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.02(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{ps}.$
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.91.091101
2015
Cited 26 times
Measurement of central exclusive<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math>production in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo accent="true" stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.…
We measure exclusive $\pi^+\pi^-$ production in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s}$ = 0.9 and 1.96 TeV in the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We select events with two oppositely charged particles, assumed to be pions, with pseudorapidity $|\eta| < 1.3$ and with no other particles detected in $|\eta| < 5.9$. We require the $\pi^+\pi^-$ system to have rapidity $|y|<$ 1.0. The production mechanism of these events is expected to be dominated by double pomeron exchange, which constrains the quantum numbers of the central state. The data are potentially valuable for isoscalar meson spectroscopy and for understanding the pomeron in a region of transition between nonperturbative and perturbative quantum chromodynamics. The data extend up to dipion mass $M(\pi^+\pi^-)$ = 5000 MeV/$c^2$ and show resonance structures attributed to $f_0$ and $f_2(1270)$ mesons. From the $\pi^+\pi^-$ and $K^+K^-$ spectra, we place upper limits on exclusive $\chi_{c0}(3415)$ production.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.071801
2013
Cited 26 times
Observation of the Production of a<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math>Boson in Association with a Single Charm Quark
The first observation of the production of a W boson with a single charm quark (c) jet in pp[over ¯] collisions at √s=1.96 TeV is reported. The analysis uses data corresponding to 4.3 fb(-1), recorded with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. Charm quark candidates are selected through the identification of an electron or muon from charm-hadron semileptonic decay within a hadronic jet, and a Wc signal is observed with a significance of 5.7 standard deviations. The production cross section σ(Wc)(p(Tc)>20 GeV/c,|η(c)|<1.5)×B(W→ℓν) is measured to be 13.6(-3.1)(+3.4) pb and is in agreement with theoretical expectations. From this result the magnitude of the quark-mixing matrix element V(cs) is derived, |V(cs)|=1.08±0.16 along with a lower limit of |V(cs)|>0.71 at the 95% confidence level, assuming that the Wc production through c to s quark coupling is dominant.
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1311.2028
2013
Cited 25 times
Snowmass 2013 Top quark working group report
This report summarizes the work of the Energy Frontier Top Quark working group of the 2013 Community Summer Study (Snowmass).
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.182002
2013
Cited 24 times
Measurement of the Differential Cross Section<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>d</mml:mi><mml:mi>σ</mml:mi><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mi>d</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo><mml:mi>cos</mml:mi><mml:mo></mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mi>θ</mml:mi><mml:mi>t</mml:mi></mml:msub><mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo></mml:math>for Top-Quark Pair Production in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:…
We report a measurement of the differential cross section $d\ensuremath{\sigma}/d(\mathrm{cos}{\ensuremath{\theta}}_{t})$ for top-quark pair production as a function of the top-quark production angle in proton-antiproton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$. This measurement is performed using data collected with the CDF II detector at the Tevatron, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9.4\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. We employ the Legendre polynomials to characterize the shape of the differential cross section at the parton level. The observed Legendre coefficients are in good agreement with the prediction of the next-to-leading-order standard-model calculation, with the exception of an excess linear-term coefficient ${a}_{1}=0.40\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.12$, compared to the standard-model prediction of ${a}_{1}={0.15}_{\ensuremath{-}0.03}^{+0.07}$.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.91.012002
2015
Cited 23 times
Measurement of differential production cross sections for<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">/</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>*</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>bosons in association with jets in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</…
Differential cross sections for the production of $Z$ bosons or off-shell photons $\gamma^*$ in association with jets are measured in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV using the full data set collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab in Tevatron Run II, and corresponding to 9.6 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. Results include first measurements at CDF of differential cross sections in events with a $Z/\gamma^*$ boson and three or more jets, the inclusive cross section for production of $Z/\gamma^*$ and four or more jets, and cross sections as functions of various angular observables in lower jet-multiplicity final states. Measured cross sections are compared to several theoretical predictions.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.231804
2014
Cited 22 times
Evidence for<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:math>-Channel Single-Top-Quark Production in Events with One Charged Lepton and Two Jets at CDF
We report evidence for s-channel single-top-quark production in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV using a data set that corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 9.4 fb(-1) collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We select events consistent with the s-channel process including two jets and one leptonically decaying W boson. The observed significance is 3.8 standard deviations with respect to the background-only prediction. Assuming a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV/c(2), we measure the s-channel cross section to be 1.41(-0.42)(+0.44) pb.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.90.111103
2014
Cited 20 times
Measurement of indirect<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>C</mml:mi><mml:mi>P</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>-violating asymmetries in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>D</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>K</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow></…
We report a measurement of the indirect $CP$-violating asymmetries (${A}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Gamma}}}$) between effective lifetimes of anticharm and charm mesons reconstructed in ${D}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{+}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and ${D}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ decays. We use the full data set of proton-antiproton collisions collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab experiment and corresponding to $9.7\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of integrated luminosity. The strong-interaction decay ${D}^{*+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$ is used to identify the meson at production as ${D}^{0}$ or ${\overline{D}}^{0}$. We statistically subtract ${D}^{0}$ and ${\overline{D}}^{0}$ mesons originating from $b$-hadron decays and measure the yield asymmetry between anticharm and charm decays as a function of decay time. We measure ${A}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Gamma}}}({K}^{+}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}})=(\ensuremath{-}0.19\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.15(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.04(\text{syst}))%$ and ${A}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Gamma}}}({\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}})=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}(\ensuremath{-}0.01\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.18(\text{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.03(\text{syst}))%$. The results are consistent with the hypothesis of $CP$ symmetry and their combination yields ${A}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Gamma}}}=(\ensuremath{-}0.12\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.12)%$.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.061
2019
Cited 16 times
Layout and assembly technique of the GEM chambers for the upgrade of the CMS first muon endcap station
Triple-GEM detector technology was recently selected by CMS for a part of the upgrade of its forward muon detector system as GEM detectors provide a stable operation in the high radiation environment expected during the future High-Luminosity phase of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). In a first step, GEM chambers (detectors) will be installed in the innermost muon endcap station in the $1.6<\left|\eta\right|<2.2$ pseudo-rapidity region, mainly to control level-1 muon trigger rates after the second LHC Long Shutdown. These new chambers will add redundancy to the muon system in the $\eta$-region where the background rates are high, and the bending of the muon trajectories due to the CMS magnetic field is small. A novel construction technique for such chambers has been developed in such a way where foils are mounted onto a single stack and then uniformly stretched mechanically, avoiding the use of spacers and glue inside the active gas volume. We describe the layout, the stretching mechanism and the overall assembly technique of such GEM chambers.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.69.052003
2004
Cited 30 times
Optimized search for single-top-quark production at the Fermilab Tevatron
We use a neural-network technique to search for standard model single-top-quark production in the $106{\mathrm{pb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ dataset accumulated by the Collider Detector at Fermilab detector during the 1992--1995 collider run (``run I''). Using a sample of 64 $W+1,$ 2, 3 jets events, we set a 95% confidence level upper limit of 24 pb on the W-gluon and ${W}^{*}$ combined single-top cross section.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.70.074008
2004
Cited 28 times
Direct photon cross section with conversions at CDF
We present a measurement of the isolated direct photon cross section in p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV and |eta| < 0.9 using data collected between 1994 and 1995 by the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). The measurement is based on events where the photon converts into an electron-positron pair in the material of the inner detector, resulting in a two-track event signature. To remove pi0 -> gamma gamma and eta -> gamma gamma events we use a new background subtraction technique which takes advantage of the tracking information available in a photon conversion event. We find that the shape of the cross section as a function of pT is poorly described by next-to-leading-order QCD predictions, but agrees with previous CDF measurements.
2007
Cited 23 times
ILC Reference Design Report Volume 3 - Accelerator
The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a 200-500 GeV center-of-mass high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider, based on 1.3 GHz superconducting radio-frequency (SCRF) accelerating cavities. The ILC has a total footprint of about 31 km and is designed for a peak luminosity of 2x10^34 cm^-2 s^-1. The complex includes a polarized electron source, an undulator-based positron source, two 6.7 km circumference damping rings, two-stage bunch compressors, two 11 km long main linacs and a 4.5 km long beam delivery system. This report is Volume III (Accelerator) of the four volume Reference Design Report, which describes the design and cost of the ILC.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.231805
2014
Cited 17 times
Search for<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:math>-Channel Single-Top-Quark Production in Events with Missing Energy Plus Jets in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo accent="true" stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mover></mml:mrow></mml:math>Collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="…
The first search for single-top-quark production from the exchange of an $s$-channel virtual $W$ boson using events with an imbalance in the total transverse energy, $b$-tagged jets, and no identified leptons is presented. Assuming the electroweak production of top quarks of mass $172.5\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/{\mathit{c}}^{2}$ in the $s$ channel, a cross section of $1.1{2}_{\ensuremath{-}0.57}^{+0.61}$ ($\text{stat}+\text{syst}$) pb with a significance of 1.9 standard deviations is measured. This measurement is combined with the result obtained from events with an imbalance in total transverse momentum, $b$-tagged jets, and exactly one identified lepton, yielding a cross section of $1.3{6}_{\ensuremath{-}0.32}^{+0.37}$ ($\text{stat}+\text{syst}$) pb, with a significance of 4.2 standard deviations.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.261804
2014
Cited 16 times
Measurement of the Single Top Quark Production Cross Section and|Vtb|in Events with One Charged Lepton, Large Missing Transverse Energy, and Jets at CDF
We report a measurement of single top quark production in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV using a data set corresponding to 7.5 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We select events consistent with the single top quark decay process t→Wb→ℓνb by requiring the presence of an electron or muon, a large imbalance of transverse momentum indicating the presence of a neutrino, and two or three jets including at least one originating from a bottom quark. An artificial neural network is used to discriminate the signal from backgrounds. We measure a single top quark production cross section of 3.04(-0.53)(+0.57) pb and set a lower limit on the magnitude of the coupling between the top quark and bottom quark |Vtb|>0.78 at the 95% credibility level.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.111803
2014
Cited 15 times
First Search for Exotic<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi></mml:math>Boson Decays into Photons and Neutral Pions in Hadron Collisions
A search for forbidden and exotic Z boson decays in the diphoton mass spectrum is presented for the first time in hadron collisions, based on data corresponding to 10.0 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity from proton-antiproton collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV collected by the CDF experiment. No evidence of signal is observed, and 95% credibility level Bayesian upper limits are set on the branching ratios of decays of the Z boson to a photon and neutral pion (which is detected as a photon), a pair of photons, and a pair of neutral pions. The observed branching ratio limits are 2.01 × 10(-5) for Z → π(0)γ, 1.46 × 10(-5) for Z → γγ, and 1.52 × 10(-5) for Z → π(0)π(0). The Z → π(0)γ and Z → γγ limits improve the most stringent results from other experiments by factors of 2.6 and 3.6, respectively. The Z → π(0)π(0) branching ratio limit is the first experimental result on this decay.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.94.094027
2016
Cited 14 times
Identification of high-momentum top quarks, Higgs bosons, and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi></mml:math> bosons using boosted event shapes
At the Large Hadron Collider, numerous physics processes expected within the standard model and theories beyond it give rise to very-high-momentum particles decaying to multihadronic final states. Development of algorithms for efficient identification of such ``boosted'' particles while rejecting the background from multihadron jets from light quarks and gluons can greatly aid in the sensitivity of measurements and new particle searches. This paper presents a new method for identifying boosted high-mass particles using event shapes in Lorentz-boosted reference frames. Variables calculated in these frames for multihadronic jets can then be used as input to a large artificial neural network to discriminate their origin.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.102.092013
2020
Cited 13 times
Measurement of the top quark Yukawa coupling from <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>t</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>t</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math> kinematic distributions in the dilepton final state in proton-proton collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>13</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:…
A measurement of the Higgs boson Yukawa coupling to the top quark is presented using proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb$^{-1}$, recorded with the CMS detector. The coupling strength with respect to the standard model value, $Y_\mathrm{t}$, is determined from kinematic distributions in $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ final states containing ee, $μμ$, or e$μ$ pairs. Variations of the Yukawa coupling strength lead to modified distributions for $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ production. In particular, the distributions of the mass of the $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ system and the rapidity difference of the top quark and antiquark are sensitive to the value of $Y_\mathrm{t}$. The measurement yields a best fit value of $Y_\mathrm{t} =$ 1.16 $^{+0.24}_{-0.35}$, bounding $Y_\mathrm{t}$ $\lt$ 1.54 at a 95% confidence level.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.71.092001
2005
Cited 26 times
Measurements of bottom-antibottom azimuthal production correlations in proton-antiproton collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.8</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>TeV</mml:mi></mml:math>
We have measured the azimuthal angular correlation of $b\overline{b}$ production, using $86.5\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{p}{\mathrm{b}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of data collected by Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.8\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ during 1994--1995. In high-energy $p\overline{p}$ collisions, such as at the Tevatron, $b\overline{b}$ production can be schematically categorized into three mechanisms. The leading-order (LO) process is ``flavor creation,'' where both $b$ and $\overline{b}$ quarks substantially participate in the hard scattering and result in a distinct back-to-back signal in final state. The ``flavor excitation'' and the ``gluon splitting'' processes, which appear at next-leading-order (NLO), are known to make a comparable contribution to total $b\overline{b}$ cross section, while providing very different opening angle distributions from the LO process. An azimuthal opening angle between bottom and antibottom, $\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\phi}$, has been used for the correlation measurement to probe the interaction creating $b\overline{b}$ pairs. The $\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\phi}$ distribution has been obtained from two different methods. One method measures the $\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\phi}$ between bottom hadrons using events with two reconstructed secondary vertex tags. The other method uses $b\overline{b}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}(J/\ensuremath{\psi}X)(\ensuremath{\ell}{X}^{\ensuremath{'}})$ events, where the charged lepton ($\ensuremath{\ell}$) is an electron ($e$) or a muon ($\ensuremath{\mu}$), to measure $\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\phi}$ between bottom quarks. The $b\overline{b}$ purity is determined as a function of $\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\phi}$ by fitting the decay length of the $J/\ensuremath{\psi}$ and the impact parameter of the $\ensuremath{\ell}$. Both methods quantify the contribution from higher-order production mechanisms by the fraction of the $b\overline{b}$ pairs produced in the same azimuthal hemisphere, ${f}_{\mathrm{toward}}$. The measured ${f}_{\mathrm{toward}}$ values are consistent with both parton shower Monte Carlo and NLO QCD predictions.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.71.031101
2005
Cited 26 times
Measurement of the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math>boson polarization in top decay at CDF at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.8</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">T</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">e</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">V</mml:mi></mml:math>
The polarization of the $W$ boson in $t\ensuremath{\rightarrow}Wb$ decay is unambiguously predicted by the standard model of electroweak interactions and is a powerful test of our understanding of the $tbW$ vertex. We measure this polarization from the invariant mass of the $b$ quark from $t\ensuremath{\rightarrow}Wb$ and the lepton from $W\ensuremath{\rightarrow}l\ensuremath{\nu}$ whose momenta measure the $W$ decay angle and direction of motion, respectively. In this paper we present a measurement of the decay rate (${f}_{V+A}$) of the $W$ produced from the decay of the top quark in the hypothesis of $\mathrm{V}+\mathrm{A}$ structure of the $tWb$ vertex. We find no evidence for the nonstandard $\mathrm{V}+\mathrm{A}$ vertex and set a limit on ${f}_{V+A}$ $&lt;$ 0.80 at $95%$ confidence level. By combining this result with a complementary observable in the same data, we assign a limit on ${f}_{V+A}$ $&lt;$ 0.61 at $95%$ CL. This corresponds to a constraint on the right-handed helicity component of the W polarization of ${f}_{+}&lt;0.18$ at $95%$ CL. This limit is the first significant direct constraint on ${f}_{V+A}$ in top decay.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.93.112016
2016
Cited 13 times
Measurement of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>sin</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msup><mml:msubsup><mml:mi>θ</mml:mi><mml:mtext mathvariant="bold">eff</mml:mtext><mml:mtext mathvariant="bold">lept</mml:mtext></mml:msubsup></mml:math>using<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>e</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:msup><mml:mi>e</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math>…
At the Fermilab Tevatron proton-antiproton ($p\bar{p}$) collider, Drell-Yan lepton pairs are produced in the process $p \bar{p} \rightarrow e^+e^- + X$ through an intermediate $\gamma^*/Z$ boson. The forward-backward asymmetry in the polar-angle distribution of the $e^-$ as a function of the $e^+e^-$-pair mass is used to obtain $\sin^2\theta^{\rm lept}_{\rm eff}$, the effective leptonic determination of the electroweak-mixing parameter $\sin^2\theta_W$. The measurement sample, recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF), corresponds to 9.4~fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity from $p\bar{p}$ collisions at a center-of-momentum energy of 1.96 TeV, and is the full CDF Run II data set. The value of $\sin^2\theta^{\rm lept}_{\rm eff}$ is found to be $0.23248 \pm 0.00053$. The combination with the previous CDF measurement based on $\mu^+\mu^-$ pairs yields $\sin^2\theta^{\rm lept}_{\rm eff} = 0.23221 \pm 0.00046$. This result, when interpreted within the specified context of the standard model assuming $\sin^2 \theta_W = 1 - M_W^2/M_Z^2$ and that the $W$- and $Z$-boson masses are on-shell, yields $\sin^2\theta_W = 0.22400 \pm 0.00045$, or equivalently a $W$-boson mass of $80.328 \pm 0.024 \;{\rm GeV}/c^2$.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.72.052001
2005
Cited 21 times
<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mi>S</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msubsup></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>Λ</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msup></mml:math>production studies in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></…
We present a study of the production of ${K}_{S}^{0}$ and ${\ensuremath{\Lambda}}^{0}$ in inelastic $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1800$ and 630 GeV using data collected by the CDF experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron. Analyses of ${K}_{S}^{0}$ and ${\ensuremath{\Lambda}}^{0}$ multiplicity and transverse momentum distributions, as well as of the dependencies of the average number and $⟨{p}_{T}⟩$ of ${K}_{S}^{0}$ and ${\ensuremath{\Lambda}}^{0}$ on charged particle multiplicity, are reported. Systematic comparisons are performed for the full sample of inelastic collisions, and for the low and high momentum transfer subsamples, at the two energies. The ${p}_{T}$ distributions extend above $8\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/c$, showing a $⟨{p}_{T}⟩$ higher than previous measurements. The dependence of the mean ${K}_{S}^{0}({\ensuremath{\Lambda}}^{0})$ ${p}_{T}$ on the charged particle multiplicity for the three samples shows a behavior analogous to that of charged primary tracks.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.89.112001
2014
Cited 11 times
Measurement of the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>production cross section using the full CDF II data set
We present a measurement of the ZZ boson-pair production cross section in 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy ppbar collisions. We reconstruct final states incorporating four charged leptons or two charged leptons and two neutrinos from the full data set collected by the Collider Detector experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron, corresponding to 9.7 fb-1 of integrated luminosity. Combining the results obtained from each final state, we measure a cross section of 1.04(+0.32)(-0.25) pb, in good agreement with the standard model prediction at next-to-leading order in the strong-interaction coupling.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.89.091101
2014
Cited 10 times
Study of top quark production and decays involving a tau lepton at CDF and limits on a charged Higgs boson contribution
We present an analysis of top-antitop quark production and decay into a tau lepton, tau neutrino, and bottom quark using data from $9\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of integrated luminosity at the Collider Detector at Fermilab. Dilepton events, where one lepton is an energetic electron or muon and the other a hadronically decaying tau lepton, originating from proton-antiproton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$, are used. A top-antitop quark production cross section of $8.1\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}2.1\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{pb}$ is measured, assuming standard-model top quark decays. By separately identifying for the first time the single-tau and the ditau components, we measure the branching fraction of the top quark into the tau lepton, tau neutrino, and bottom quark to be $(9.6\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}2.8)%$. The branching fraction of top quark decays into a charged Higgs boson and a bottom quark, which would imply violation of lepton universality, is limited to be less than 5.9% at a 95% confidence level [for $\mathcal{B}({\mathrm{H}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\tau}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})=1$].
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.92.032003
2015
Cited 9 times
Measurement of the top-quark mass in thett¯dilepton channel using the full CDF Run II data set
We present a measurement of the top-quark mass in events containing two leptons (electrons or muons) with a large transverse momentum, two or more energetic jets, and a transverse-momentum imbalance. We use the full proton-antiproton collision data set collected by the CDF experiment during the Fermilab Tevatron Run~II at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.1 fb$^{-1}$. A special observable is exploited for an optimal reduction of the dominant systematic uncertainty, associated with the knowledge of the absolute energy of the hadronic jets. The distribution of this observable in the selected events is compared to simulated distributions of ${t\bar{t}}$ dilepton signal and background.We measure a value for the top-quark mass of $171.5\pm 1.9~{\rm (stat)}\pm 2.5~{\rm (syst)}$ GeV/$c^2$.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2020.164104
2020
Cited 8 times
Performance of prototype GE1<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" id="d1e1083" altimg="si14.svg"><mml:mo>∕</mml:mo></mml:math>1 chambers for the CMS muon spectrometer upgrade
The high-luminosity phase of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) will result in ten times higher particle background than measured during the first phase of LHC operation. In order to fully exploit the highly-demanding operating conditions during HL-LHC, the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration will use Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector technology. The technology will be integrated into the innermost region of the forward muon spectrometer of CMS as an additional muon station called GE1∕1. The primary purpose of this auxiliary station is to help in muon reconstruction and to control level-1 muon trigger rates in the pseudo-rapidity region 1.6≤|η|≤2.2. The new station will contain trapezoidal-shaped GEM detectors called GE1∕1 chambers. The design of these chambers is finalized, and the installation is in progress during the Long Shutdown phase two (LS-2) that started in 2019. Several full-size prototypes were built and operated successfully in various test beams at CERN. We describe performance measurements such as gain, efficiency, and time resolution of these prototype chambers, developed after years of R&D, and summarize their behavior in different gas compositions as a function of the applied voltage.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.90.091101
2014
Cited 8 times
Measurement of the top-quark mass in the all-hadronic channel using the full CDF data set
The top-quark mass M_top is measured using top quark-antiquark pairs produced in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV and decaying into a fully hadronic final state. The full data set collected with the CDFII detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.3 fb-1, is used. Events are selected that have six to eight jets, at least one of which is identified as having originated from a b quark. In addition, a multivariate algorithm, containing multiple kinematic variables as inputs, is used to discriminate signal events from background events due to QCD multijet production. Templates for the reconstructed top-quark mass are combined in a likelihood fit to measure M_top with a simultaneous calibration of the jet-energy scale. A value of M_top = 175.07+- 1.19(stat)+1.55-1.58(syst) GeV/c^2 is obtained for the top-quark mass.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.93.052001
2016
Cited 8 times
Measurement of the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi>B</mml:mi><mml:mi>c</mml:mi><mml:mo>±</mml:mo></mml:msubsup></mml:math>production cross section in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:…
We describe a measurement of the ratio of the cross sections times branching fractions of the ${B}_{c}^{+}$ meson in the decay mode ${B}_{c}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$ to the ${B}^{+}$ meson in the decay mode ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{K}^{+}$ in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=1.96\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$. The measurement is based on the complete CDF Run II data set, which comes from an integrated luminosity of $8.7\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. The ratio of the production cross sections times branching fractions for ${B}_{c}^{+}$ and ${B}^{+}$ mesons with momentum transverse to the beam greater than $6\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/c$ and rapidity magnitude smaller than 0.6 is $0.211\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.012{(\mathrm{stat})}_{\ensuremath{-}0.020}^{+0.021}(\mathrm{syst})$. Using the known ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{K}^{+}$ branching fraction, the known ${B}^{+}$ production cross section, and a selection of the predicted ${B}_{c}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$ branching fractions, the range for the total ${B}_{c}^{+}$ production cross section is estimated.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.171802
2005
Cited 14 times
Measurement of Charged-Particle Multiplicities in Gluon and Quark Jets in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>Collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.8</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>TeV</mml:mi></mml:math>
We report the first largely model independent measurement of charged particle multiplicities in quark and gluon jets, ${N}_{q}$ and ${N}_{g}$, produced at the Fermilab Tevatron in $p\overline{p}$ collisions with a center-of-mass energy of 1.8 TeV and recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. The measurements are made for jets with average energies of 41 and 53 GeV by counting charged particle tracks in cones with opening angles of ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{c}=0.28$, 0.36, and 0.47 rad around the jet axis. The corresponding jet hardness $Q={E}_{\mathrm{jet}}{\ensuremath{\theta}}_{c}$ varies in the range from 12 to 25 GeV. At $Q=19.2\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$, the ratio of multiplicities $r={N}_{g}/{N}_{q}$ is found to be $1.64\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.17$, where statistical and systematic uncertainties are added in quadrature. The results are in agreement with resummed perturbative QCD calculations.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.051801
2005
Cited 13 times
Search for Higgs Bosons Decaying into<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>b</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>b</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>and Produced in Association with a Vector Boson in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>Collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/…
We present a new search for ${H}^{0}V$ production, where ${H}^{0}$ is a scalar Higgs boson decaying into $b\overline{b}$ with branching ratio $\ensuremath{\beta}$, and $V$ is a ${Z}^{0}$ boson decaying into ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, ${\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, or $\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$. This search is then combined with previous searches for ${H}^{0}V$ where $V$ is a ${W}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}$ boson or a hadronically decaying ${Z}^{0}$. The data sample consists of $106\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}4\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{pb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.8\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ accumulated by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. Observing no evidence of a signal, we set 95% Bayesian credibility level upper limits on $\ensuremath{\sigma}(p\overline{p}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{H}^{0}V)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}\ensuremath{\beta}$. For ${H}^{0}$ masses of 90, 110, and $130\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/{c}^{2}$, the limits are 7.8, 7.2, and 6.6 pb, respectively.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.91.052011
2015
Cited 7 times
Search for production of an<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Υ</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">S</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math>meson in association with a<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math>or<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="…
Production of the Upsilon(1S) meson in association with a vector boson is a rare process in the standard model with a cross section predicted to be below the sensitivity of the Tevatron. Observation of this process could signify contributions not described by the standard model or reveal limitations with the current non-relativistic quantum-chromodynamic models used to calculate the cross section. We perform a search for this process using the full Run II data set collected by the CDF II detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.4/fb. The search considers the Upsilon(1S) to di-muon decay and the decay of the W and Z bosons into muons and electrons. In these purely leptonic decay channels, we observe one Upsilon(1S)W candidate with an expected background of 1.2 +/- 0.5 events, and one Upsilon(1S)Z candidate with an expected background of 0.1 +/- 0.1 events. Both observations are consistent with the predicted background contributions. The resulting upper limits on the cross section for Upsilon(1S)+W/Z production are the most sensitive reported from a single experiment and place restrictions on potential contributions from non-standard-model physics.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.93.112005
2016
Cited 6 times
Measurement of the forward–backward asymmetry of top-quark and antiquark pairs using the full CDF Run II data set
We measure the forward--backward asymmetry of the production of top quark and antiquark pairs in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s} = 1.96~\mathrm{TeV}$ using the full data set collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) in Tevatron Run II corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9.1~\rm{fb}^{-1}$. The asymmetry is characterized by the rapidity difference between top quarks and antiquarks ($\Delta y$), and measured in the final state with two charged leptons (electrons and muons). The inclusive asymmetry, corrected to the entire phase space at parton level, is measured to be $A_{\text{FB}}^{t\bar{t}} = 0.12 \pm 0.13$, consistent with the expectations from the standard-model (SM) and previous CDF results in the final state with a single charged lepton. The combination of the CDF measurements of the inclusive $A_{\text{FB}}^{t\bar{t}}$ in both final states yields $A_{\text{FB}}^{t\bar{t}}=0.160\pm0.045$, which is consistent with the SM predictions. We also measure the differential asymmetry as a function of $\Delta y$. A linear fit to $A_{\text{FB}}^{t\bar{t}}(|\Delta y|)$, assuming zero asymmetry at $\Delta y=0$, yields a slope of $\alpha=0.14\pm0.15$, consistent with the SM prediction and the previous CDF determination in the final state with a single charged lepton. The combined slope of $A_{\text{FB}}^{t\bar{t}}(|\Delta y|)$ in the two final states is $\alpha=0.227\pm0.057$, which is $2.0\sigma$ larger than the SM prediction.
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2110.05916
2021
Cited 6 times
First search for exclusive diphoton production at high mass with tagged protons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV
A search for exclusive two-photon production via photon exchange in proton-proton collisions, pp $\to$ p$γγ$p with intact protons, is presented. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 9.4 fb$^{-1}$ collected in 2016 using the CMS and TOTEM detectors at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the LHC. Events are selected with a diphoton invariant mass above 350 GeV and with both protons intact in the final state, to reduce backgrounds from strong interactions. The events of interest are those where the invariant mass and rapidity calculated from the momentum losses of the forward-moving protons matches the mass and rapidity of the central, two-photon system. No events are found that satisfy this condition. Interpreting this result in an effective dimension-8 extension of the standard model, the first limits are set on the two anomalous four-photon coupling parameters. If the other parameter is constrained to its standard model value, the limits at 95% CL are $\lvertζ_1\rvert$ $\lt$ 2.9 $\times$ 10$^{-13}$ GeV$^{-4}$ and $\lvertζ_2\rvert$ $\lt$ 6.0 $\times$ 10$^{-13}$ GeV$^{-4}$.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.73.052002
2006
Cited 11 times
Measurement of the azimuthal angle distribution of leptons from<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math>boson decays as a function of the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math>transverse momentum in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math…
We present the first measurement of the A_2 and A_3 angular coefficients of the W boson produced in proton-antiproton collisions. We study W-> e+nu and W-> mu+nu candidate events produced in association with at least one jet at CDF, during Run Ia and Run Ib of the Tevatron at sqrt(s)=1.8 TeV. The corresponding integrated luminosity was 110 pb^-1. The jet balances the transverse momentum of the W and introduces QCD effects in W boson production. The extraction of the angular coefficients is achieved through the direct measurement of the azimuthal angle of the charged lepton in the Collins-Soper rest-frame of the W boson. The angular coefficients are measured as a function of the transverse momentum of the W boson. The electron, muon, and combined results are in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction, up to order alpha_s^2 in QCD.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.70.032004
2004
Cited 11 times
Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from<i>W</i>boson decay as a function of the<i>W</i>transverse momentum in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mover><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>¯</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:mover></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mrow><mml:mi>s</mml:…
We present a measurement of the coefficient alpha_2 of the leptonic polar-angle distribution from W boson decays, as a function of the W transverse momentum. The measurement uses an 80+/-4 pb^{-1} sample of proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt{s}=1.8 TeV collected by the CDF detector and includes data from both the W->e+nu and W->mu+nu decay channels. We fit the W boson transverse mass distribution to a set of templates from a Monte Carlo event generator and detector simulation in several ranges of the W transverse momentum. The measurement agrees with the Standard Model expectation, whereby the ratio of longitudinally to transversely polarized W bosons, in the Collins-Soper W rest frame, increases with the W transverse momentum at a rate of approximately 15% per 10 GeV/c.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.89.092001
2014
Cited 6 times
Invariant-mass distribution of jet pairs produced in association with a<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math>boson in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo accent="true" stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><…
We report on a study of the dijet invariant-mass distribution in events with one identified lepton, a significant imbalance in the total event transverse momentum, and two jets. This distribution is sensitive to the possible production of a new particle in association with a $W$ boson, where the boson decays leptonically. We use the full data set of proton-antiproton collisions at 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy collected by the Collider Detector at the Fermilab Tevatron, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $8.9\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. The data are found to be consistent with standard model expectations, and a 95% confidence level upper limit is set on the production cross section of a $W$ boson in association with a new particle decaying into two jets.
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2022.897719
2022
Cited 3 times
Jets and Jet Substructure at Future Colliders
Even though jet substructure was not an original design consideration for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments, it has emerged as an essential tool for the current physics program. We examine the role of jet substructure on the motivation for and design of future energy Frontier colliders. In particular, we discuss the need for a vibrant theory and experimental research and development program to extend jet substructure physics into the new regimes probed by future colliders. Jet substructure has organically evolved with a close connection between theorists and experimentalists and has catalyzed exciting innovations in both communities. We expect such developments will play an important role in the future energy Frontier physics program.
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(99)00589-4
1999
Cited 14 times
Inclusive hadron photoproduction from longitudinally polarized protons and deuterons
We report measurements of the asymmetry A‖ for inclusive hadron production on longitudinally polarized proton and deuteron targets by circularly polarized photons. The photons were produced via internal and external bremsstrahlung from an electron beam of 48.35 GeV. Asymmetries for both positive and negative signed hadrons, and a subset of identified pions, were measured in the momentum range 10<P<30 GeV at 2.75° and 5.5°. Small non-zero asymmetries are observed for the proton, while the deuteron results are consistent with zero. Recent calculations do not describe the data well.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.061802
2004
Cited 10 times
Inclusive Search for Anomalous Production of High-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mi>T</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math>Like-Sign Lepton Pairs in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="true">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>Collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><…
We report on a search for anomalous production of events with at least two charged, isolated, like-sign leptons, each with pT > 11 GeV/c using a 107 pb(-1) sample of 1.8 TeV pp collisions collected by the CDF detector. We define a signal region containing low background from standard model processes. To avoid bias, we fix the final cuts before examining the event yield in the signal region using control regions to test the Monte Carlo predictions. We observe no events in the signal region, consistent with an expectation of 0.63(+0.84)(-0.07) events. We present 95% confidence level limits on new physics processes in both a signature-based context as well as within a representative minimal supergravity (tanbeta = 3) model.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.72.072004
2005
Cited 9 times
Search for supersymmetric Higgs bosons in the di-tau decay mode in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.8</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>TeV</mml:mi></mml:math>
A search for the direct production of Higgs bosons in the di-tau decay mode is performed with 86.3±3.5 pb−1 of data collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab during the 1994–1995 data taking period of the Tevatron. We search for events where one tau decays to an electron plus neutrinos and the other tau decays hadronically. We perform a counting experiment and set limits on the cross section for supersymmetric Higgs boson production where tanβ is large and mA is small. For a benchmark parameter space point where mA0=100 GeV/c2 and tanβ=50, we limit the production cross section multiplied by the branching ratio to be less than 77.9 pb at the 95% confidence level compared to the theoretically predicted value of 11.0 pb. This is the first search for Higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs at a hadron collider.5 MoreReceived 13 June 2005DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.072004©2005 American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.88.092002
2013
Cited 5 times
Search for the production of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi></mml:math>boson pairs decaying into charged leptons and jets in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:…
We present a measurement of the production cross section for ZW and ZZ boson pairs in final states with a pair of charged leptons, from the decay of a Z boson, and at least two jets, from the decay of a W or Z boson, using the full sample of proton-antiproton collisions recorded with the CDF II detector at the Tevatron, corresponding to 8.9 fb^(-1) of integrated luminosity. We increase the sensitivity to vector boson decays into pairs of quarks using a neural network discriminant that exploits the differences between the spatial spread of energy depositions and charged-particle momenta contained within the jet of particles originating from quarks and gluons. Additionally, we employ new jet energy corrections to Monte Carlo simulations that account for differences in the observed energy scales for quark and gluon jets. The number of signal events is extracted through a simultaneous fit to the dijet mass spectrum in three classes of events: events likely to contain jets with a heavy-quark decay, events likely to contain jets originating from light quarks, and events that fail these identification criteria. We determine the production cross section to be 2.5 +2.0 -1.0 pb (< 6.1 pb at the 95% confidence level), consistent with the standard model prediction of 5.1 pb.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.91.111101
2015
Cited 5 times
Measurement of the production and differential cross sections of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>bosons in association with jets in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:…
We present a measurement of the $W$-boson-pair production cross section in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy and the first measurement of the differential cross section as a function of jet multiplicity and leading-jet energy. The $W^{+}W^{-}$ cross section is measured in the final state comprising two charged leptons and neutrinos, where either charged lepton can be an electron or a muon. Using data collected by the CDF experiment corresponding to $9.7~\rm{fb}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity, a total of $3027$ collision events consistent with $W^{+}W^{-}$ production are observed with an estimated background contribution of $1790\pm190$ events. The measured total cross section is $\sigma(p\bar{p} \rightarrow W^{+}W^{-}) = 14.0 \pm 0.6~(\rm{stat})^{+1.2}_{-1.0}~(\rm{syst})\pm0.8~(\rm{lumi})$ pb, consistent with the standard model prediction.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.93.032011
2016
Cited 5 times
Measurement of the single top quark production cross section and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mo stretchy="false">|</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mi>V</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>t</mml:mi><mml:mi>b</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mo stretchy="false">|</mml:mo></mml:math>in 1.96 TeV<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo accent="true" stretchy="false…
An updated measurement of the single top quark production cross section is presented using the full data set collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) and corresponding to 9.5 fb${}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity from proton-antiproton collisions at 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy. The events selected contain an imbalance in the total transverse energy, jets identified as originating from $b$ quarks, and no identified leptons. The sum of the $s$- and $t$-channel single top quark cross sections is measured to be $3.53_{-1.16}^{+1.25}$ pb and a lower limit on $V_{tb}$ of 0.63 is obtained at the 95% credibility level. These measurements are combined with previously reported CDF results obtained from events with an imbalance in total transverse energy, jets identified as originating from $b$ quarks, and exactly one identified lepton. The combined cross section is measured to be $3.02_{-0.48}^{+0.49}$ pb and a lower limit on $V{tb}$ of 0.84 is obtained at the 95% credibility level.
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1336-0
2010
Cited 5 times
Study of multi-muon events produced in $p\bar{p}$ interactions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV
We report the results of a study of multi-muon events produced at the Fermilab Tevatron collider and acquired with the CDF II detector using a dedicated dimuon trigger. The production cross section and kinematics of events in which both muon candidates are produced inside the beam pipe of radius 1.5 cm are successfully modeled by known processes which include heavy flavor production. In contrast, we are presently unable to fully account for the number and properties of the remaining events, in which at least one muon candidate is produced outside of the beam pipe, in terms of the same understanding of the CDF II detector, trigger, and event reconstruction.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.93.052012
2016
Cited 4 times
Measurement of vector boson plus<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>D</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>*</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo><mml:mn>2010</mml:mn><mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>meson production in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="…
A measurement of vector boson ($V$) production in conjunction with a $D^{*}(2010)^+$ meson is presented. Using a data sample corresponding to $9.7\, {\rm fb}^{-1}$ of ^Mproton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=1.96\rm~ TeV$ produced by the Fermilab Tevatron, we reconstruct $V+D^{*+}$ samples with the CDF~II detector. The $D^{*+}$ is fully reconstructed in the $D^{*}(2010)^+ \rightarrow D^{0}(\to K^-\pi^+)\pi^+$ decay mode. This technique is sensitive to the associated production of vector boson plus charm or bottom mesons. We measure the ratio of production cross sections $\sigma(W+D^{*})/\sigma(W)$ = $[1.75\pm 0.13 {\rm (stat)}\pm 0.09 {\rm (syst)}]\% $ and $\sigma(Z+D^{*})/\sigma(Z)$ = $[1.5\pm 0.4 {\rm (stat)} \pm 0.2 {\rm (syst)}]\% $ and perform a differential measurement of $d\sigma(W+D^{*})/dp_T(D^{*})$. Event properties are utilized to determine the fraction of $V+D^{*}(2010)^+$ events originating from different production processes. The results are in agreement with the predictions obtained with the {\sc pythia} program, limiting possible contribution from non-standard-model physics processes.
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/p11014
2021
Cited 4 times
Performance of a triple-GEM demonstrator in pp collisions at the CMS detector
After the Phase-2 high-luminosity upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the collision rate and therefore the background rate will significantly increase, particularly in the high $\eta$ region. To improve both the tracking and triggering of muons, the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration plans to install triple-layer Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors in the CMS muon endcaps. Demonstrator GEM detectors were installed in CMS during 2017 to gain operational experience and perform a preliminary investigation of detector performance. We present the results of triple-GEM detector performance studies performed in situ during normal CMS and LHC operations in 2018. The distribution of cluster size and the efficiency to reconstruct high $p_T$ muons in proton--proton collisions are presented as well as the measurement of the environmental background rate to produce hits in the GEM detector.
DOI: 10.2172/922303
2007
Cited 6 times
Model-Independent Global Search for New High-pT Physics at CDF
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/05/p05023
2020
Cited 4 times
Detector Control System for the GE1/1 slice test
Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) technology, in particular triple-GEM, was selected for the upgrade of the CMS endcap muon system following several years of intense effort on R&D. The triple-GEM chambers (GE1/1) are being installed at station 1 during the second long shutdown with the goal of reducing the Level-1 muon trigger rate and improving the tracking performance in the harsh radiation environment foreseen in the future LHC operation [1]. A first installation of a demonstrator system started at the beginning of 2017: 10 triple-GEM detectors were installed in the CMS muon system with the aim of gaining operational experience and demonstrating the integration of the GE1/1 system into the trigger. In this context, a dedicated Detector Control System (DCS) has been developed, to control and monitor the detectors installed and integrating them into the CMS operation. This paper presents the slice test DCS, describing in detail the different parts of the system and their implementation.
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/p10013
2020
Cited 4 times
Triple-GEM discharge probability studies at CHARM: simulations and experimental results
The CMS muon system in the region with 2.03<|η|<2.82 is characterized by a very harsh radiation environment which can generate hit rates up to 144 kHz/cm2 and an integrated charge of 8 C/cm2 over ten years of operation. In order to increase the detector performance and acceptance for physics events including muons, a new muon station (ME0) has been proposed for installation in that region. The technology proposed is Triple—Gas Electron Multiplier (Triple-GEM), which has already been qualified for the operation in the CMS muon system. However, an additional set of studies focused on the discharge probability is necessary for the ME0 station, because of the large radiation environment mentioned above. A test was carried out in 2017 at the Cern High energy AcceleRator Mixed (CHARM) facility, with the aim of giving an estimation of the discharge probability of Triple-GEM detectors in a very intense radiation field environment, similar to the one of the CMS muon system. A dedicated standalone Geant4 simulation was performed simultaneously, to evaluate the behavior expected in the detector exposed to the CHARM field. The geometry of the detector has been carefully reproduced, as well as the background field present in the facility. This paper presents the results obtained from the Geant4 simulation, in terms of sensitivity of the detector to the CHARM environment, together with the analysis of the energy deposited in the gaps and of the processes developed inside the detector. The discharge probability test performed at CHARM will be presented, with a complete discussion of the results obtained, which turn out to be consistent with measurements performed by other groups.
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-2018-224141
2018
Cited 4 times
Measurement of normalized differential tt¯ cross sections in the dilepton channel from pp collisions at s√=13 TeV
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.93.112010
2016
Cited 3 times
Search for a low-mass neutral Higgs boson with suppressed couplings to fermions using events with multiphoton final states
A search for a Higgs boson with suppressed couplings to fermions, ${h}_{f}$, assumed to be the neutral, lower-mass partner of the Higgs boson discovered at the Large Hadron Collider, is reported. Such a Higgs boson could exist in extensions of the standard model with two Higgs doublets, and could be produced via $p\overline{p}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{H}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}{h}_{f}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{W}^{*}{h}_{f}{h}_{f}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}4\ensuremath{\gamma}+X$, where ${H}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}$ is a charged Higgs boson. This analysis uses all events with at least three photons in the final state from proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9.2\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. No evidence of a signal is observed in the data. Values of Higgs-boson masses between 10 and $100\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/{c}^{2}$ are excluded at 95% Bayesian credibility.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.94.032008
2016
Cited 3 times
Measurement of the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi></mml:math>production cross section using final states with a charged lepton and heavy-flavor jets in the full CDF Run II data set
We present a measurement of the total {\it WW} and {\it WZ} production cross sections in $p\bar{p}$ collision at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV, in a final state consistent with leptonic $W$ boson decay and jets originating from heavy-flavor quarks from either a $W$ or a $Z$ boson decay. This analysis uses the full data set collected with the CDF II detector during Run II of the Tevatron collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.4 fb$^{-1}$. An analysis of the dijet mass spectrum provides $3.7\sigma$ evidence of the summed production processes of either {\it WW} or {\it WZ} bosons with a measured total cross section of $\sigma_{WW+WZ} = 13.7\pm 3.9$~pb. Independent measurements of the {\it WW} and {\it WZ} production cross sections are allowed by the different heavy-flavor decay-patterns of the $W$ and $Z$ bosons and by the analysis of secondary-decay vertices reconstructed within heavy-flavor jets. The productions of {\it WW} and of {\it WZ} dibosons are independently seen with significances of $2.9\sigma$ and $2.1\sigma$, respectively, with total cross sections of $\sigma_{WW}= 9.4\pm 4.2$~pb and $\sigma_{WZ}=3.7^{+2.5}_{-2.2}$~pb. The measurements are consistent with standard-model predictions.
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1401.6081
2014
Cited 3 times
Planning the Future of U.S. Particle Physics (Snowmass 2013): Chapter 3: Energy Frontier
These reports present the results of the 2013 Community Summer Study of the APS Division of Particles and Fields ("Snowmass 2013") on the future program of particle physics in the U.S. Chapter 3, on the Energy Frontier, discusses the program of research with high-energy colliders. This area includes experiments on the Higgs boson, the electroweak and strong interactions, and the top quark. It also encompasses direct searches for new particles and interactions at high energy.
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1307.6908
2013
Cited 3 times
Reconstructing top quarks at the upgraded LHC and at future accelerators
This report describes the studies performed for the Snowmass "Top algorithms and detectors" High Energy Frontier Study Group.
DOI: 10.1109/tns.2018.2871428
2018
Cited 3 times
Operational Experience With the GEM Detector Assembly Lines for the CMS Forward Muon Upgrade
The CMS Collaboration has been developing large-area triple-gas electron multiplier (GEM) detectors to be installed in the muon Endcap regions of the CMS experiment in 2019 to maintain forward muon trigger and tracking performance at the High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC); 10 preproduction detectors were built at CERN to commission the first assembly line and the quality controls (QCs). These were installed in the CMS detector in early 2017 and participated in the 2017 LHC run. The collaboration has prepared several additional assembly and QC lines for distributed mass production of 160 GEM detectors at various sites worldwide. In 2017, these additional production sites have optimized construction techniques and QC procedures and validated them against common specifications by constructing additional preproduction detectors. Using the specific experience from one production site as an example, we discuss how the QCs make use of independent hardware and trained personnel to ensure fast and reliable production. Preliminary results on the construction status of CMS GEM detectors are presented with details of the assembly sites involvement.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.71.032002
2005
Cited 4 times
Comparison of three-jet events in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="true">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.8</mml:mn></mml:math>TeV to predictions from a next-to-leading order QCD calculation
The properties of three-jet events with total transverse energy greater than 320 GeV and individual jet energy greater than 20 GeV have been analyzed and compared to absolute predictions from a next-to-leading order (NLO) perturbative QCD calculation. These data, of integrated luminosity 86 pb^-1, were recorded by the CDF Experiment for proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt{s}=1.8 TeV. This study tests a model of higher order QCD processes that result in gluon emission and can be used to estimate the magnitude of the contribution of processes higher than NLO. The total cross section is measured to be 466 +/- 3(stat.)^{+207}_{-70}(syst.) pb. The differential cross section is furthermore measured for all kinematically accessible regions of the Dalitz plane, including those for which the theoretical prediction is unreliable. While the measured cross section is consistent with the theoretical prediction in magnitude, the two differ somewhat in shape in the Dalitz plane.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.032
2007
Cited 3 times
The CDF II eXtremely Fast Tracker Upgrade
The CDF II eXtremely Fast Tracker (XFT) is the trigger processor which reconstructs charged particle tracks in the CDF II central outer tracking chamber. The XFT tracks are also extrapolated to the electromagnetic calorimeter and muon chambers and are associated to electromagnetic clusters and muon stubs to generate trigger electron and muon candidates. The steady increase of the Tevatron instantaneous luminosity and the resulting higher occupancy of the chamber demanded an upgrade of the original system, which performed tracking only in the transverse plane of the chamber and was consequently affected by a significant level of fake tracks. In the upgraded XFT, tracking is reinforced by using additional data from the stereo layers of the chamber to reduce the level of fake tracks and to perform three-dimensional track reconstruction. A review of this upgrade is presented.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.90.012011
2014
Search for new physics in trilepton events and limits on the associated chargino-neutralino production at CDF
We perform a search for new physics using final states consisting of three leptons and a large imbalance in transverse momentum resulting from proton-antiproton collisions at 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy. We use data corresponding to 5.8 fb-1 of integrated luminosity recorded by the CDF II detector at the Tevatron collider. Our main objective is to investigate possible new low-momentum (down to 5 GeV/c) multi-leptonic final states not investigated by LHC experiments. Relative to previous CDF analyses, we expand the geometric and kinematic coverage of electrons and muons and utilize tau leptons that decay hadronically. Inclusion of tau leptons is particularly important for supersymmetry (SUSY) searches. The results are consistent with standard-model predictions. By optimizing our event selection to increase sensitivity to the minimal supergravity (mSUGRA) SUSY model, we set limits on the associated production of chargino and neutralino, the SUSY partners of the electroweak gauge bosons. We exclude cross sections up to 0.1 pb and chargino masses up to 168 GeV/c^2 at 95% CL, for a suited set of mSUGRA parameters. We also exclude a region of the two-dimensional space of the masses of the neutralino and the supersymmetric partner of the tau lepton, not previously excluded at the Tevatron.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.88.092004
2013
Search for a dijet resonance in events with jets and missing transverse energy in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.96</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>TeV</mml:mi></mml:…
We report on a search for a dijet resonance in events with only two or three jets and a large imbalance in the total event transverse momentum. This search is sensitive to the possible production of a new particle in association with a $W$ or $Z$ boson, where the boson decays leptonically with one or more neutrinos in the final state. We use the full data set collected by the CDF II detector at the Tevatron collider at a proton-antiproton center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. These data correspond to an integrated luminosity of $9.1\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. We study the invariant mass distribution of the two jets with highest transverse energy. We find good agreement between data and standard model background expectations and measure the combined cross section for $WW$, $WZ$, and $ZZ$ production to be ${13.8}_{\ensuremath{-}2.7}^{+3.0}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{pb}$. No significant anomalies are observed in the mass spectrum, and 95% credibility level upper limits are set on the production rates of a potential new particle in association with a $W$ or $Z$ boson.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168723
2023
Production and validation of industrially produced large-sized GEM foils for the Phase-2 upgrade of the CMS muon spectrometer
The upgrade of the CMS detector for the high luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) will include gas electron multiplier (GEM) detectors in the end-cap muon spectrometer. Due to the limited supply of large area GEM detectors, the Korean CMS (KCMS) collaboration had formed a consortium with Mecaro Co., Ltd. to serve as a supplier of GEM foils with area of approximately 0.6 m2. The consortium has developed a double-mask etching technique for production of these large-sized GEM foils. This article describes the production, quality control, and quality assessment (QA/QC) procedures and the mass production status for the GEM foils. Validation procedures indicate that the structure of the Korean foils are in the designed range. Detectors employing the Korean foils satisfy the requirements of the HL-LHC in terms of the effective gain, response uniformity, rate capability, discharge probability, and hardness against discharges. No aging phenomena were observed with a charge collection of 82 mC cm−2. Mass production of KCMS GEM foils is currently in progress.
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/11/p11029
2023
Impact of magnetic field on the stability of the CMS GE1/1 GEM detector operation
Abstract The Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors of the GE1/1 station of the CMS experiment have been operated in the CMS magnetic field for the first time on the 7 th of October 2021. During the magnetic field ramps, several discharge phenomena were observed, leading to instability in the GEM High Voltage (HV) power system. In order to reproduce the behavior, it was decided to conduct a dedicated test at the CERN North Area with the Goliath magnet, using four GE1/1 spare chambers. The test consisted in studying the characteristics of discharge events that occurred in different detector configurations and external conditions. Multiple magnetic field ramps were performed in sequence: patterns in the evolution of the discharge rates were observed with these data. The goal of this test is the understanding of the experimental conditions inducing discharges and short circuits in a GEM foil. The results of this test lead to the development of procedure for the optimal operation and performance of GEM detectors in the CMS experiment during the magnet ramps. Another important result is the estimation of the probability of short circuit generation, at 68 % confidence level, p short HV OFF = 0.42 -0.35 +0.94 % with detector HV OFF and p short HV OFF &lt; 0.49% with the HV ON. These numbers are specific for the detectors used during this test, but they provide a first quantitative indication on the phenomenon, and a point of comparison for future studies adopting the same procedure.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.95.092006
2017
Measurement of the D+ -meson production cross section at low transverse momentum in pp¯ collisions at s=1.96 TeV
We report on a measurement of the $D^{+}$-meson production cross section as a function of transverse momentum ($p_T$) in proton-antiproton ($p\bar{p}$) collisions at 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy, using the full data set collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab in Tevatron Run II and corresponding to 10 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. We use $D^{+} \to K^-\pi^+\pi^+$ decays fully reconstructed in the central rapidity region $|y|<1$ with transverse momentum down to 1.5 GeV/$c$, a range previously unexplored in $p\bar{p}$ collisions. Inelastic $p\bar{p}$-scattering events are selected online using minimally-biasing requirements followed by an optimized offline selection. The $K^-\pi^+\pi^+$ mass distribution is used to identify the $D^+$ signal, and the $D^+$ transverse impact-parameter distribution is used to separate prompt production, occurring directly in the hard scattering process, from secondary production from $b$-hadron decays. We obtain a prompt $D^+$ signal of 2950 candidates corresponding to a total cross section $\sigma(D^+, 1.5 < p_T < 14.5~\mbox{GeV/}c, |y|<1) = 71.9 \pm 6.8 (\mbox{stat}) \pm 9.3 (\mbox{syst})~\mu$b. While the measured cross sections are consistent with theoretical estimates in each $p_T$ bin, the shape of the observed $p_T$ spectrum is softer than the expectation from quantum chromodynamics. The results are unique in $p\bar{p}$ collisions and can improve the shape and uncertainties of future predictions.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.96.092003
2017
Measurement of the inclusive-isolated prompt-photon cross section in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math> collisions using the full CDF data set
A measurement of the inclusive production cross section of isolated prompt photons in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}$=1.96TeV is presented. The results are obtained using the full Run II data sample collected with the Collider Detector at the Fermilab Tevatron, which corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 9.5fb$^{-1}$. The cross section is measured as a function of photon transverse energy, $E_T^{\gamma}$, in the range 30$ < E_T^{\gamma} <$500GeV and in the pseudorapidity region $|\eta^{\gamma}|<$1.0. The results are compared with predictions from parton-shower Monte Carlo models at leading order in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and from next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations. The latter show good agreement with the measured cross section.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.71.059901
2005
Cited 3 times
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2021
Search for long-lived particles produced in association with a Z boson in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV
A search for long-lived particles (LLPs) produced in association with a Z boson is presented. The study is performed using data from proton-proton collisions with a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded by the CMS experiment during 2016-2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 117 fb$^{-1}$. The LLPs are assumed to decay to a pair of standard model quarks that are identified as displaced jets within the CMS tracker system. Triggers and selections based on Z boson decays to electron or muon pairs improve the sensitivity to light LLPs (down to 15 GeV). This search provides sensitivity to beyond the standard model scenarios which predict LLPs produced in association with a Z boson. In particular, the results are interpreted in the context of exotic decays of the Higgs boson to a pair of scalar LLPs (H $\to$ SS). The Higgs boson decay branching fraction is constrained to values less than 6% for proper decay lengths of 10-100 mm and for LLP masses between 40 and 55 GeV. In the case of low-mass ($\approx$15 GeV) scalar particles that subsequently decay to a pair of b quarks, the search is sensitive to branching fractions $\mathcal{B}$(H $\to$ SS) $\lt$ 20% for proper decay lengths of 10-50 mm. The use of associated production with a Z boson increases the sensitivity to low-mass LLPs of this analysis with respect to gluon fusion searches. In the case of 15 GeV scalar LLPs, the improvement corresponds to a factor of 2 at a proper decay length of 30 mm.
2021
Measurement of double-parton scattering in inclusive production of four jets with low transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = $ 13 TeV
A measurement of inclusive four-jet production in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13\TeV is presented. The transverse momenta of jets within $\lvert\eta\rvert \lt$ 4.7 reach down to 35, 30, 25, and 20 GeV for the first-, second-, third-, and fourth-leading jet, respectively. Differential cross sections are measured as functions of the jet transverse momentum, jet pseudorapidity, and several other observables that describe the angular correlations between the jets. The measured distributions show sensitivity to different aspects of the underlying event, parton shower, and matrix element calculations. In particular, the interplay between angular correlations caused by parton shower and double-parton scattering contributions is shown to be important. The double-parton scattering contribution is extracted by means of a template fit to the data, using distributions for single-parton scattering obtained from Monte Carlo event generators and a double-parton scattering distribution constructed from inclusive single-jet events in data. The effective double-parton scattering cross section is calculated and discussed in view of previous measurements and of its dependence on the models used to describe the single-parton scattering background.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.93.112003
2016
Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in low-mass bottom-quark pairs produced in proton-antiproton collisions
We report a measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry, ${A}_{\mathrm{FB}}$, in $b\overline{b}$ pairs produced in proton-antiproton collisions and identified by muons from semileptonic $b$-hadron decays. The event sample is collected at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=1.96\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ with the CDF II detector and corresponds to $6.9\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of integrated luminosity. We obtain an integrated asymmetry of ${A}_{\mathrm{FB}}(b\overline{b})=(1.2\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.7)%$ at the particle level for $b$-quark pairs with invariant mass, ${m}_{b\overline{b}}$, down to $40\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/{c}^{2}$ and measure the dependence of ${A}_{\mathrm{FB}}(b\overline{b})$ on ${m}_{b\overline{b}}$. The results are compatible with expectations from the standard model.
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2203.07462
2022
Jets and Jet Substructure at Future Colliders
Even though jet substructure was not an original design consideration for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments, it has emerged as an essential tool for the current physics program. We examine the role of jet substructure on the motivation for and design of future energy frontier colliders. In particular, we discuss the need for a vibrant theory and experimental research and development program to extend jet substructure physics into the new regimes probed by future colliders. Jet substructure has organically evolved with a close connection between theorists and experimentalists and has catalyzed exciting innovations in both communities. We expect such developments will play an important role in the future energy frontier physics program.
2014
Performance of the missing transverse energy reconstruction by the CMS experiment in sqrt(s) = 8 TeV pp data
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.141802
2015
Constraints on Models of the Higgs Boson with Exotic Spin and Parity using Decays to Bottom-Antibottom Quarks in the Full CDF Data Set
A search for particles with the same mass and couplings as those of the standard model Higgs boson but different spin and parity quantum numbers is presented. We test two specific alternative Higgs boson hypotheses: a pseudoscalar Higgs boson with spin-parity J^{P}=0^{-} and a gravitonlike Higgs boson with J^{P}=2^{+}, assuming for both a mass of 125 GeV/c^{2}. We search for these exotic states produced in association with a vector boson and decaying into a bottom-antibottom quark pair. The vector boson is reconstructed through its decay into an electron or muon pair, or an electron or muon and a neutrino, or it is inferred from an imbalance in total transverse momentum. We use expected kinematic differences between events containing exotic Higgs bosons and those containing standard model Higgs bosons. The data were collected by the CDF experiment at the Tevatron proton-antiproton collider, operating at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 9.45 fb^{-1}. We exclude deviations from the predictions of the standard model with a Higgs boson of mass 125 GeV/c^{2} at the level of 5 standard deviations, assuming signal strengths for exotic boson production equal to the prediction for the standard model Higgs boson, and set upper limits of approximately 30% relative to the standard model rate on the possible rate of production of each exotic state.
DOI: 10.1109/rtc.2007.4382819
2007
The CDF II 3D-Track Level 2 Trigger Upgrade
The CDF II level 1 track trigger system reconstructs charged tracks in the plane transverse to the beam direction. The track trigger electronics uses the hit data from the 4 axial layers of the CDF II central outer tracking chamber, and has been recently upgraded to include the complementary information from the 3 stereo layers. Together with the existing system it provides improved fake track rejection at level 1. In addition, the high resolution segment information is delivered to the Level 2 processors, where software algorithms perform three-dimensional stereo track reconstruction. The 3D-tracks are further extrapolated to the electromagnetic calorimeter towers and muon chambers to generate trigger electron and muon candidates. The invariant mass of track pairs and track isolations are also calculated and used in the level 2 trigger decision. We describe the hardware and software for the level 2 part of the track trigger upgrade as well as the performance of the new track trigger algorithms.
2019
Study of J/$\psi$ meson production from jet fragmentation in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 8 TeV
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1561/1/012006
2020
Two years’ test of a temperature sensing system based on fibre Bragg grating technology for the CMS GE1/1 detectors
Abstract A temperature monitoring system based on fibre Bragg grating (FBG) fibre optic sensors has been developed for the gas electron multiplier (GEM) chambers of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector. The monitoring system was tested in prototype chambers undergoing a general test of the various technological solutions adopted for their construction. The test lasted about two years and was conducted with the chambers being installed in the CMS detector and operated during regular experimental running. In this paper, we present test results that address the choice of materials and procedures for the production and installation of the FBG temperature monitoring system in the final GEM chambers.
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/12/p12019
2020
Interstrip capacitances of the readout board used in large triple-GEM detectors for the CMS Muon Upgrade
We present analytical calculations, Finite Element Analysis modelling, and physical measurements of the interstrip capacitances for different potential strip geometries and dimensions of the readout boards for the GE2/1 triple-Gas Electron Multiplier detector in the CMS muon system upgrade. The main goal of the study is to find configurations that minimize the interstrip capacitances and consequently maximize the signal-to-noise ratio for the detector. We find agreement at the 1.5–4.8% level between the two methods of calculations and on the average at the 17% level between calculations and measurements. A configuration with halved strip lengths and doubled strip widths results in a measured 27–29% reduction over the original configuration while leaving the total number of strips unchanged. We have now adopted this design modification for all eight module types of the GE2/1 detector and will produce the final detector with this new strip design.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.73.012001
2006
Search for<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>W</mml:mi></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi></mml:math>bosons in the reaction<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="true">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>→</mml:mo><mml:mi>two</mml:mi><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>jets</…
We present a study of the dijet invariant mass distribution for the reaction $\pbp \to 2 $jets$+\gamma+X$, at a center of mass energy of 1.8 TeV, using data collected by the CDF experiment. We compare the data to predictions for the production of a photon with two jets, together with the resonant processes $\pbp \to W/Z+\gamma+X$, in which the $W$ and $Z$ bosons decay hadronically. A fit is made to the dijet invariant mass distribution combining the non-resonant background and resonant processes. We use the result to establish a limit for the inclusive production cross section of $W/Z+\gamma$ with hadronic decay of the $W$ and $Z$ bosons.
2021
arXiv : Modeling the triple-GEM detector response to background particles for the CMS Experiment
An estimate of environmental background hit rate on triple-GEM chambers is performed using Monte Carlo (MC) simulation and compared to data taken by test chambers installed in the CMS experiment (GE1/1) during Run-2 at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The hit rate is measured using data collected with proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV and a luminosity of 1.5$\times10^{34}$ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. The simulation framework uses a combination of the FLUKA and Geant4 packages to obtain the hit rate. FLUKA provides the radiation environment around the GE1/1 chambers, which is comprised of the particle flux with momentum direction and energy spectra ranging from $10^{-11}$ to $10^{4}$ MeV for neutrons, $10^{-3}$ to $10^{4}$ MeV for $\gamma$'s, $10^{-2}$ to $10^{4}$ MeV for $e^{\pm}$, and $10^{-1}$ to $10^{4}$ MeV for charged hadrons. Geant4 provides an estimate of detector response (sensitivity) based on an accurate description of detector geometry, material composition and interaction of particles with the various detector layers. The MC simulated hit rate is estimated as a function of the perpendicular distance from the beam line and agrees with data within the assigned uncertainties of 10-14.5%. This simulation framework can be used to obtain a reliable estimate of background rates expected at the High Luminosity LHC.