Search for High Mass Resonances in Dilepton, Dijet and Diboson Final States at the Tevatron

Search for High Mass Resonances in Dilepton, Dijet and Diboson Final States at the Tevatron
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At hadron colliders, new massive particles can be searched for by the observation of high transverse momentum objects forming high-mass resonances. Searches for additional massive vector bosons (W(prime), Z(prime)), Randall-Sundrum gravitons and sneutrinos in R-parity violating scenarios are performed in dilepton, dijets and diboson final states. The most recent results from the CDF and D0 experiments at the Tevatron are presented corresponding to integrated luminosities between 1 and 4 fb−1.

Search for Resonances in the Dijet Mass Spectrum from 7 TeV Pp Collisions at CMS.

Search for Resonances in the Dijet Mass Spectrum from 7 TeV Pp Collisions at CMS.
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Release: 2011
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A search for narrow resonances with a mass of at least 1 TeV in the dijet mass spectrum is performed using pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1 inverse femtobarn, collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. No resonances are observed. Upper limits at the 95% confidence level are presented on the product of the resonance cross section, branching fraction into dijets, and acceptance, separately for decays into quark-quark, quark-gluon, and gluon-gluon pairs. The data exclude new particles predicted in the following models at the 95% confidence level: string resonances with mass less than 4.00 TeV, E6 diquarks with mass less than 3.52 TeV, excited quarks with mass less than 2.49 TeV, axigluons and colorons with mass less than 2.47 TeV, and W' bosons with mass less than 1.51 TeV.

Searches for Extra Dimensions and for Heavy Resonances in Dilepton, Diphoton, Electron + Photon and Electron + Missing E(T) Final States with the D0 Detector

Searches for Extra Dimensions and for Heavy Resonances in Dilepton, Diphoton, Electron + Photon and Electron + Missing E(T) Final States with the D0 Detector
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The high mass spectrum of lepton and photon pairs is sensitive to a broad array of new physics. Examples include searches for extra dimensions in the dielectron and diphoton channels. A direct search for electron compositeness is possible in the production of excited electrons decaying into an electron and a photon. In addition, the electron plus missing transverse energy data sample can be searched for a W' boson. Latest results in searches in the high mass dielectron, diphoton, electron plus photon, and electron plus missing transverse energy channels obtained by the D0 experiment at the Tevatron are reported, using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 1 inverse femtobarn. Since no significant excess is observed in the data in all cases, limits are set which improve on previous searches.

Search for Dijet Resonances in 7 TeV Pp Collisions at CMS.

Search for Dijet Resonances in 7 TeV Pp Collisions at CMS.
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A search for narrow resonances in the dijet mass spectrum is performed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.9 inverse pb collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. Upper limits at the 95% confidence level (CL) are presented on the product of the resonance cross section, branching fraction into dijets, and acceptance, separately for decays into quark-quark, quark-gluon, or gluon-gluon pairs. The data exclude new particles predicted in the following models at the 95% CL: string resonances, with mass less than 2.50 TeV, excited quarks, with mass less than 1.58 TeV, and axigluons, colorons, and E_6 diquarks, in specific mass intervals. This extends previously published limits on these models.

Particle Physics in the LHC Era

Particle Physics in the LHC Era
Author: Giles Barr
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2016-01-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0191065455

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This text gives an introduction to particle physics at a level accessible to advanced undergraduate students. It is based on lectures given to 4th year physics students over a number of years, and reflects the feedback from the students. The aim is to explain the theoretical and experimental basis of the Standard Model (SM) of Particle Physics with the simplest mathematical treatment possible. All the experimental discoveries that led to the understanding of the SM relied on particle detectors and most of them required advanced particle accelerators. A unique feature of this book is that it gives a serious introduction to the fundamental accelerator and detector physics, which is currently only available in advanced graduate textbooks. The mathematical tools that are required such as group theory are covered in one chapter. A modern treatment of the Dirac equation is given in which the free particle Dirac equation is seen as being equivalent to the Lorentz transformation. The idea of generating the SM interactions from fundamental gauge symmetries is explained. The core of the book covers the SM. The tools developed are used to explain its theoretical basis and a clear discussion is given of the critical experimental evidence which underpins it. A thorough account is given of quark flavour and neutrino oscillations based on published experimental results, including some from running experiments. A simple introduction to the Higgs sector of the SM is given. This explains the key idea of how spontaneous symmetry breaking can generate particle masses without violating the underlying gauge symmetry. A key feature of this book is that it gives an accessible explanation of the discovery of the Higgs boson, including the advanced statistical techniques required. The final chapter gives an introduction to LHC physics beyond the standard model and the techniques used in searches for new physics. There is an outline of the shortcomings of the SM and a discussion of possible solutions and future experiments to resolve these outstanding questions. For updates, new results, useful links as well as corrections to errata in this book, please see the book website maintained by the authors: https://pplhcera.physics.ox.ac.uk/

A Search for New Diboson Resonances in the Boosted Semi-leptonic Final State at √s

A Search for New Diboson Resonances in the Boosted Semi-leptonic Final State at √s
Author: Ryne Michael Carbone
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Release: 2017
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Models of a neutral, narrow scalar boson (spin-0), charged and neutral vector bosons (spin-1) coupling to the Standard Model gauge bosons, and a neutral Randall-Sundrum bulk graviton (spin-2) are considered. The search significantly improves the limits produced in recent searches.

Search for Low-mass and High-mass Narrow Dijet Resonances with the CMS Detector at Sqrt(s)

Search for Low-mass and High-mass Narrow Dijet Resonances with the CMS Detector at Sqrt(s)
Author: David Gruft Sheffield
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Total Pages: 131
Release: 2017
Genre: Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)
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A search for narrow resonances decaying to the dijet final state at the CMS experiment. The data consists of 12.9 fb^( -1) of proton-proton collisions. Data scouting is used to extend the search to lower masses. The dijet mass spectra at low and high masses are well parametrized by smoothly falling functions. No significant evidence of a resonance is observed. Upper limits on the product of cross section, branching fraction, and experimental acceptance at the 95% confidence level are set on resonances with masses between 0.6 and 7.5 TeV. The limits exclude benchmark models for string resonances below 7.4 TeV, scalar diquarks below 6.9 TeV, axigluons and colorons below 5.5 TeV, excited quarks below 5.4 TeV, color-octet scalars below 3.0 TeV, W' bosons below 2.7 TeV, Z' bosons below 2.1 TeV and from 2.3 to 2.6 TeV, vector and axial-vector DM mediators below 2.0 TeV, and RS gravitons below 1.9 TeV. These limits expand the excluded region beyond past searches and are the first limits set on DM mediators by the dijet channel.

A Search for New Resonant Phenomena in Dijet Final States With the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider

A Search for New Resonant Phenomena in Dijet Final States With the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider
Author: Brian Clark
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Release: 2016
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This dissertation describes a model-agnostic search for new resonant phenomena decaying to two jets (dijets) in 3.6 fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energy sqrt(s)=13 TeV. The collisions were produced by the Large Hadron Collider and recorded by the ATLAS detector in 2015. A dijet invariant mass spectrum is examined for local excesses above a data-driven background estimation accounting for Standard Model production. No statistically significant excess is observed. New physics models are excluded at 95% credibility-level for quantum black holes with production mass thresholds below 5.3 TeV, 8.1 TeV, and 8.3 TeV for three different production scenarios and for excited quarks of masses less than 5.2 TeV. Furthermore, limits are provided on generic Gaussian signal shapes for additional generalization of the 2015 dijet resonant analysis search results.