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Performance of the CMS missing transverse momentum reconstruction in pp data at root s=8 TeV
(2015)Journal of InstrumentationThe performance of missing transverse energy reconstruction algorithms is presented using √s=8 TeV proton-proton (pp) data collected with the CMS detector. Events with anomalous missing transverse energy are studied, and the performance of algorithms used to identify and remove these events is presented. The scale and resolution for missing transverse energy, including the effects of multiple pp interactions (pileup), are measured using ...Journal Article -
Constraints on the spin-parity and anomalous HVV couplings of the Higgs boson in proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV
(2015)Physical Review DThe study of the spin-parity and tensor structure of the interactions of the recently discovered Higgs boson is performed using the H→ZZ,Zγ∗,γ∗γ∗→4ℓ, H→WW→ℓνℓν, and H→γγ decay modes. The full data set recorded by the CMS experiment during the LHC run 1 is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to 5.1 fb−1 at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and up to 19.7 fb−1 at 8 TeV. A wide range of spin-two models is excluded at a 99% ...Journal Article -
Search for resonances and quantum black holes using dijet mass spectra in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV
(2015)Physical Review DA search for resonances and quantum black holes is performed using the dijet mass spectra measured in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. In a search for narrow resonances that couple to quark-quark, quark-gluon, or gluon-gluon pairs, model-independent upper limits, at 95% confidence level, are obtained on the production cross section ...Journal Article -
Study of final-state radiation in decays of Z bosons produced in pp collisions at 7 TeV
(2015)Physical Review DThe differential cross sections for the production of photons in Z→μ+μ−γ decays are presented as a function of the transverse energy of the photon and its separation from the nearest muon. The data for these measurements are collected with the CMS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb−1 of pp collisions at √s=7 TeV delivered by the CERN LHC. The cross sections are compared to simulations with powheg and pythia, ...Journal Article -
Performance of Photon Reconstruction and Identification with the CMS Detector in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 8 TeV
(2015)Journal of InstrumentationA description is provided of the performance of the CMS detector for photon reconstruction and identification in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV at the CERN LHC. Details are given on the reconstruction of photons from energy deposits in the electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) and the extraction of photon energy estimates. The reconstruction of electron tracks from photons that convert to electrons in the CMS ...Journal Article -
Searches for third-generation squark production in fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV
(2015)Journal of High Energy PhysicsSearches for third-generation squarks in fully hadronic final states are presented using data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of 19.4 or 19.7 fb−1, collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. Three mutually exclusive searches are presented, each optimized for a different decay topology. They include a multijet search requiring one fully reconstructed top quark, a dijet search requiring ...Journal Article -
Production of leading charged particles and leading charged-particle jets at small transverse momenta pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
(2015)Physical Review DThe per-event yield of the highest transverse momentum charged particle and charged-particle jet, integrated above a given pminT threshold starting at pminT=0.8 and 1 GeV, respectively, is studied in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV. The particles and the jets are measured in the pseudorapidity ranges |η|<2.4 and 1.9, respectively. The data are sensitive to the momentum scale at which parton densities saturate in the proton, to multiple partonic ...Journal Article -
Limits on the Higgs boson lifetime and width from its decay to four charged leptons
(2015)Physical Review DConstraints on the lifetime and width of the Higgs boson are obtained from H→ZZ→4ℓ events using data recorded by the CMS experiment during the LHC run 1 with an integrated luminosity of 5.1 and 19.7 fb−1 at a center-of-mass energy of 7 and 8 TeV, respectively. The measurement of the Higgs boson lifetime is derived from its flight distance in the CMS detector with an upper bound of τH<1.9×10−13 s at the 95% confidence level (C.L.), ...Journal Article -
Search for neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV
(2015)Journal of High Energy PhysicsA search for pair production of neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles (Θ0) is performed in processes where one Θ0 decays to a pair of b quark jets and the other to a Z boson plus a jet, with the Z boson decaying to a pair of electrons or muons. The search is performed with data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV. The ...Journal Article -
Performance of electron reconstruction and selection with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV
(2015)Journal of InstrumentationThe performance and strategies used in electron reconstruction and selection at CMS are presented based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1, collected in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV at the CERN LHC. The paper focuses on prompt isolated electrons with transverse momenta ranging from about 5 to a few 100 GeV. A detailed description is given of the algorithms used to cluster energy in the electromagnetic ...Journal Article