- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Computational Physics and Python Applications
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
- Radiation Effects in Electronics
- Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Advanced Data Storage Technologies
- Superconducting and THz Device Technology
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
- International Science and Diplomacy
Austrian Academy of Sciences
2015-2024
Institute of High Energy Physics
2014-2024
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
2005-2024
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
2005-2023
Panjab University
2023
Austrian National Library
2022
University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
2016-2020
Princeton University
2020
Graz University of Technology
2020
Nippon Dental University
2019
Results are presented from searches for the standard model Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 and 8 TeV Compact Muon Solenoid experiment LHC, using data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of up 5.1 inverse femtobarns 5.3 TeV. The search is performed five decay modes: gamma gamma, ZZ, WW, tau tau, b b-bar. An excess events observed above expected background, with a local significance 5.0 deviations, mass near 125 GeV, signalling production new particle. that...
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector is described. operates at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) CERN. It was conceived to study proton-proton (and lead-lead) collisions a centre-of-mass energy of 14 TeV (5.5 nucleon-nucleon) and luminosities up 1034 cm−2 s−1 (1027 s−1). At core CMS sits high-magnetic-field large-bore superconducting solenoid surrounding an all-silicon pixel strip tracker, lead-tungstate scintillating-crystals electromagnetic calorimeter, brass-scintillator sampling hadron...
CMS is a general purpose experiment, designed to study the physics of pp collisions at 14 TeV Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It currently involves more than 2000 physicists from 150 institutes and 37 countries. The LHC will provide extraordinary opportunities for particle based on its unprecedented collision energy luminosity when it begins operation in 2007.
Results on two-particle angular correlations for charged particles emitted in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 0.9, 2.36, and 7 TeV are presented, using data collected with the CMS detector over a broad range pseudorapidity (eta) azimuthal angle (phi). Short-range Delta(eta), which studied minimum bias events, characterized simple "independent cluster" parametrization order to quantify their strength (cluster size) extent eta decay width). Long-range differentially as...
This paper describes the CMS trigger system and its performance during Run 1 of LHC. The consists two levels designed to select events potential physics interest from a GHz (MHz) interaction rate proton-proton (heavy ion) collisions. first level is implemented in hardware, selects containing detector signals consistent with an electron, photon, muon, τ lepton, jet, or missing transverse energy. A programmable menu up 128 object-based algorithms used for subsequent processing. thresholds are...
Combined results are reported from searches for the standard model Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV five decay modes: gamma pair, b-quark tau lepton W and Z pair. The explored mass range is 110-600 GeV. analysed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.6-4.8 inverse femtobarns. expected excluded absence 118-543 GeV 95% CL. observed exclude 127-600 CL, 129-525 99% An excess events above background low end making limits weaker than a signal. largest excess, with...
Jet production in PbPb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 2.76 TeV was studied with the CMS detector LHC, using data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity 6.7 inverse microbarns. Jets are reconstructed deposited calorimeters and as function collision centrality. With increasing centrality, striking imbalance dijet transverse momentum is observed, consistent jet quenching. The observed effect extends from lower cut-off used this study (jet = 120 GeV/c) up...
Results on two-particle angular correlations for charged particles emitted in pPb collisions at a nucleon–nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV are presented. The analysis uses two million collected with the CMS detector LHC. studied over broad range pseudorapidity, η, and full azimuth, ϕ, as function particle multiplicity transverse momentum, pT. In high-multiplicity events, long-range (2<|Δη|<4), near-side (Δϕ≈0) structure emerges Δη–Δϕ correlation functions. This is first observation...
A detailed description is reported of the analysis used by CMS Collaboration in search for standard model Higgs boson pp collisions at LHC, which led to observation a new boson. The data sample corresponds integrated luminosities up 5.1 inverse femtobarns sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, and 5.3 8 TeV. results five decay modes gamma gamma, ZZ, WW, tau tau, bb, show combined local significance 5 deviations near 125 GeV, are reviewed. fit invariant mass two high resolution channels, ZZ 4 ell, gives estimate...
The performance of muon reconstruction, identification, and triggering in CMS has been studied using 40 inverse picobarns data collected pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV the LHC 2010. A few benchmark sets selection criteria covering a wide range physics analysis needs have examined. For all considered selections, efficiency to reconstruct identify with transverse momentum pT larger than GeV is above 95% over whole region pseudorapidity covered by system, abs(eta) < 2.4, while probability...
Improved jet energy scale corrections, based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 inverse-femtobarns collected by the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass 8 TeV, are presented. The corrections as function pseudorapidity eta and transverse momentum pT extracted from simulated events combining several channels methods. They account successively for effects pileup, uniformity detector response, residual data-simulation differences. Further...
Charged-hadron transverse-momentum and pseudorapidity distributions in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ are measured with the inner tracking system of CMS detector LHC. The charged-hadron yield is obtained by counting number reconstructed hits, hit pairs, fully charged-particle tracks. combination three methods gives a multiplicity per unit...
The properties of a Higgs boson candidate are measured in the $H\ensuremath{\rightarrow}ZZ\ensuremath{\rightarrow}4\ensuremath{\ell}$ decay channel, with $\ensuremath{\ell}=e$, $\ensuremath{\mu}$, using data from $pp$ collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity $5.1\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=7\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ and $19.7\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}\text{1}}$ $\sqrt{s}=8\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$, recorded CMS detector...
Measurements of two- and four-particle angular correlations for charged particles emitted in pPb collisions are presented over a wide range pseudorapidity full azimuth. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity approximately 31 inverse nanobarns, were collected during the 2013 LHC run at nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy 5.02 TeV by CMS experiment. results compared 2.76 semi-peripheral PbPb collision 2011 run, covering similar particle multiplicities. observed characterized...
The Belle detector at the KEKB electron-positron collider has collected almost 1 billion Y(4S) events in its decade of operation. Super-KEKB, an upgrade is under construction, to increase luminosity by two orders magnitude during a three-year shutdown, with ultimate goal 8E35 /cm^2 /s luminosity. To exploit increased luminosity, been proposed. A new international collaboration Belle-II, being formed. Technical Design Report presents physics motivation, basic methods accelerator upgrade, as...
Results are presented from a search for particle dark matter (DM), extra dimensions, and unparticles using events containing jet an imbalance in transverse momentum. The data were collected by the CMS detector proton-proton collisions at LHC correspond to integrated luminosity of 19.7 inverse femtobarns centre-of-mass energy 8 TeV. number observed is found be consistent with standard model prediction. Limits placed on DM-nucleon scattering cross section as function DM mass spin-dependent...
Measurements of two- and multi-particle angular correlations in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 5, 7, 13 TeV are presented as a function charged-particle multiplicity. The data, corresponding to integrated luminosities 1.0 inverse picobarn (5 TeV), 6.2 picobarns (7 0.7 (13 were collected using the CMS detector LHC. second-order (v[2]) third-order (v[3]) azimuthal anisotropy harmonics unidentified charged particles, well v[2] K0 short Lambda/anti-Lambda extracted from long-range two-particle...
A study is presented of the mass and spin-parity new boson recently observed at LHC a near 125 GeV. An integrated luminosity 17.3 fb(-1), collected by CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions center-of-mass energies 7 8 TeV, used. The measured ZZ channel, where both Z bosons decay to e or μ pairs, 126.2 ± 0.6(stat) 0.2(syst) angular distributions lepton pairs this channel are sensitive boson. Under assumption spin 0, present data consistent with pure scalar hypothesis, while disfavoring...
The study of the spin-parity and tensor structure interactions recently discovered Higgs boson is performed using H to ZZ, Z gamma*, gamma* 4 l, WW l nu nu, gamma decay modes. full dataset recorded by CMS experiment during LHC Run 1 used, corresponding an integrated luminosity up 5.1 inverse femtobarns at a center-of-mass energy 7 TeV 19.7 8 TeV. A wide range spin-two models excluded 99% confidence level or higher, 99.87% for minimal gravity-like couplings, regardless whether assumptions are...
Results are presented from a search for the rare decays ${B}_{s}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ 8 TeV, with data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of 5 $20\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$, respectively, collected by CMS experiment LHC. An unbinned maximum-likelihood fit dimuon...
A bstract search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a W-boson pair at LHC is reported. The event sample corresponds an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb −1 and 19.4 collected with CMS detector in pp collisions $ \sqrt{s} = 7 8 TeV, respectively. candidates are selected events two or three charged leptons. An excess above background observed, consistent expectation from mass around 125 GeV. probability observe equal larger than one seen, under background-only hypothesis,...
This report presents the capabilities of CMS experiment to explore rich heavy-ion physics programme offered by CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The collisions lead nuclei at energies , will probe quark and gluon matter unprecedented values energy density. prime goal this research is study fundamental theory strong interaction — Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in extreme conditions temperature, density parton momentum fraction (low-x).
A measurement of inclusive W and Z production cross sections in pp collisions at $ \sqrt {s} = 7 TeV is presented. The electron muon decay channels are analyzed a data sample collected with the CMS detector LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity 36 pb−1. measured σ(pp → WX) × \mathcal{B}\left( {{\text{W}} \to \ell \nu } \right) 10.31 ± 0.02 (stat.) 0.09 (syst.) 0.10 (th.) 0.41 (lumi.) nb ZX) {{\text{Z}} {\ell^{+} }{\ell^{-} }} 0.974 0.007 0.018 0.039 nb, limited dilepton invariant...
This paper presents a search for the pair production of top squarks in events with single isolated electron or muon, jets, large missing transverse momentum, and mass. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity 19.5 inverse femtobarns pp collisions collected 2012 by CMS experiment at LHC center-of-mass energy sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. No significant excess is observed above expectation from standard model processes. results are interpreted context supersymmetric models that decay either...
The suppression of the individual Upsilon(nS) states in PbPb collisions with respect to their yields pp data has been measured. and sets used analysis correspond integrated luminosities 150 inverse microbarns 230 nanobarns, respectively, collected 2011 by CMS experiment at LHC, a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair 2.76 TeV. are measured from dimuon invariant mass spectra. relative scaled number nucleon-nucleon collisions, R[AA], is as function collision centrality. Integrated over...