Recent Submissions

• Measurement of the production cross section ratio σ(χb2(1P))/σ(χb1(1P))in pp collisions at √s=8TeV ﻿

(Elsevier, 2015-02-24)
A measurement of the production cross section ratio σ(χb2(1P))/σ(χb1(1P))is presented. The χb1(1P)and χb2(1P)bottomonium states, promptly produced in pp collisions at √s=8TeV, are detected by the CMS experiment at the CERN ...
• Search for neutral color-octet weak-triplet scalar particles in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV ﻿

(Springer Verlag, 2015-09-29)
A 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 ...
• Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks in the tτ channel in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV ﻿

(Springer Verlag, 2015-07-09)
A search for pair production of third-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to top quark and τ lepton pairs is presented using proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of s√=8 TeV collected with the CMS ...
• The Solar Wind Charge-Exchange Production Factor Hydrogen ﻿

(American Astronomical Society, 2016)
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• Invited Article: First flight in space of a wide-field-of-view soft x-ray imager using lobster-eye optics: Instrument description and initial flight results ﻿

(AIP Publishing, 2015-07-28)
We describe the development, launch into space, and initial results from a prototype wide field-of-view soft X-ray imager that employs lobster-eye optics and targets heliophysics, planetary, and astrophysics science. The ...
• Suprathermal electron environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Geraimenko: Observations from the Rosetta Ion and Electron Sensor ﻿

(Hans Publishers, 2015-10-30)
CONTEXT. The Rosetta spacecraft is currently escorting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko until its perihelion approach at 1.2 AU. This mission has provided unprecedented views into the interaction of the solar wind and the ...
• Model insights into energetic photoelectrons measured at Mars by MAVEN ﻿

(American Geophysical Union, 2016-02-03)
Photoelectrons are important for heating, ionization, and airglow production in planetary atmospheres. Measured electron fluxes provide insight into the sources and sinks of energy in the Martian upper atmosphere. The Solar ...
• The Rosetta Ion and Electron Sensor (IES)measurement of the development of pickup ions from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ﻿

(American Geophysical Union, 2015-05-05)
The Rosetta Ion and Electron Sensor (IES) has been measuring solar wind ions intermittently since exiting from hibernation in May 2014. On 19 August, when Rosetta was ~80 km from the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which ...
• An empirical approach to modeling ion production rates in Titan's ionosphere II: Ion production rates on the nightside ﻿

(American Geophysical Union, 2015-02-03)
Ionization of neutrals by precipitating electrons and ions is the main source of Titan's nightside ionosphere. This paper has two goals: (1) characterization of the role of electron impact ionization on the nightside ...
• An empirical approach to modeling ion production rates in Titan’s ionosphere I: Ion production rates on the dayside and globally ﻿

(American Geophysical Union, 2015-02-03)
Titan's ionosphere is created when solar photons, energetic magnetospheric electrons or ions, and cosmic rays ionize the neutral atmosphere. Electron densities generated by current theoretical models are much larger than ...
• Nuclear effects on the transverse momentum spectra of charged particles in pPb collisions at sNN−−−√=5.02 TeV ﻿

(Springer Verlag, 2015-05-29)
Transverse momentum spectra of charged particles are measured by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in pPb collisions at sNN−−−√=5.02TeV, in the range 0.4<pT<120GeV/c and pseudorapidity |ηCM|<1.8 in the proton–nucleon ...
• Precise determination of the mass of the Higgs boson and tests of compatibility of its couplings with the standard model predictions using proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV ﻿

(Springer Verlag, 2015-05-15)
Properties of the Higgs boson with mass near 125GeV are measured in proton-proton collisions with the CMS experiment at the LHC. Comprehensive sets of production and decay measurements are combined. The decay channels ...
• Tevatron Combination of Single-Top-Quark Cross Sections and Determination of the Magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa Matrix Element Vtb ﻿

(American Physical Society, 2015-10-07)
We present the final combination of CDF and D0 measurements of cross sections for single-top-quark production in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The data correspond to total integrated ...
• Search for Displaced Supersymmetry in Events with an Electron and a Muon with Large Impact Parameters ﻿

(American Physical Society, 2015-02-13)
A search for new long-lived particles decaying to leptons is presented using proton-proton collisions produced by the LHC at s√=8  TeV. Data used for the analysis were collected by the CMS detector and correspond to an ...
• Study of Vector Boson Scattering and Search for New Physics in Events with Two Same-Sign Leptons and Two Jets ﻿

(American Physical Society, 2015-02-02)
A study of vector boson scattering in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.4  fb−1 collected with the CMS detector. Candidate events ...
• Simultaneous measurement of forward-backward asymmetry and top polarization in dilepton final states from t¯t production at the Tevatron ﻿

(American Physical Society, 2015-09-22)
We present a simultaneous measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry and the top-quark polarization in tt¯ production in dilepton final states using 9.7  fb−1 of proton-antiproton collisions at s√=1.96  TeV with the D0 ...
• Search for supersymmetry using razor variables in events with b-tagged jets in pp collisions at s√=8  TeV ﻿

(American Physical Society, 2015-03-23)
An inclusive search for supersymmetry in events with at least one b-tagged jet is performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment in 2012 at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data set size ...
• Search for long-lived neutral particles decaying to quark-antiquark pairs in proton-proton collisions at ffisffi s√=8  TeV ﻿

(American Physical Society, 2015-01-20)
A search is performed for long-lived massive neutral particles decaying to quark-antiquark pairs. The experimental signature is a distinctive topology of a pair of jets, originating at a secondary vertex. Events were ...
• Search for diphoton resonances in the mass range from 150 to 850 GeV in pp collisions at s√=8  TeV ﻿

(Elsevier, 2015-11-12)
Results are presented of a search for heavy particles decaying into two photons. The analysis is based on a View the MathML source19.7fb−1 sample of proton–proton collisions at View the MathML sources=8TeV collected with ...
• Measurement of the Z boson differential cross section in transverse momentum and rapidity in proton–proton collisions at 8 TeV ﻿

(Elsevier, 2015-10-07)
We present a measurement of the Z boson differential cross section in rapidity and transverse momentum using a data sample of pp collision events at a centre-of-mass energy View the MathML sources=8 TeV, corresponding to ...

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