Search for High-mass Z Gamma Resonances at Sqrt(s)

Search for High-mass Z Gamma Resonances at Sqrt(s)
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A search for massive resonances decaying to a Z boson and a photon is performed in events with a hadronically decaying Z boson candidate, separately in light-quark and b quark decay modes, identified using jet substructure and advanced b tagging techniques. Results are based on samples of proton-proton collisions collected with the CMS detector at the LHC at center-of-mass energies of 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 19.7 and 2.7 inverse femtobarns, respectively. The results of the search are combined with those of a similar search in the leptonic decay modes of the Z boson, based on the same data sets. Spin-0 resonances with various widths and with masses in a range between 0.2 and 3.0 TeV are considered. No significant excess is observed either in the individual analyses or the combination. The results are presented in terms of upper limits on the production cross section of such resonances and constitute the most stringent limits to date for a wide range of masses.

Search for High-mass Z$\gamma$ Resonances in $\mathrm{ E }^{+}\mathrm{ E }^{-}\gamma $ and $ \mu^{+}\mu^{-}\gamma$ Final States in Proton-proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$

Search for High-mass Z$\gamma$ Resonances in $\mathrm{ E }^{+}\mathrm{ E }^{-}\gamma $ and $ \mu^{+}\mu^{-}\gamma$ Final States in Proton-proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$
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This paper describes the search for a high-mass narrow-width scalar particle decaying into a Z boson and a photon. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC at center-of-mass energies of 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 19.7 and 2.7 inverse femtobarns, respectively. The Z bosons are reconstructed from opposite-sign electron or muon pairs. No statistically significant deviation from the standard model predictions has been found in the 200-2000 GeV mass range. Upper limits at 95% confidence level have been derived on the product of the scalar particle production cross section and the branching fraction of the Z decaying into electrons or muons, which range from 280 to 20 fb for resonance masses between 200 and 2000 GeV.

Search for Excited Quarks in the ?+jet Final State in Proton{u2013}proton Collisions at {u221A}s

Search for Excited Quarks in the ?+jet Final State in Proton{u2013}proton Collisions at {u221A}s
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A search for excited quarks decaying into the ?+jet final state is presented. The analysis is based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1 collected by the CMS experiment in proton–proton collisions at √s =8 TeV at the LHC. Events with photons and jets with high transverse momenta are selected and the ?+jet invariant mass distribution is studied to search for a resonance peak. The 95% confidence level upper limits on the product of cross section and branching fraction are evaluated as a function of the excited quark mass. Limits on excited quarks are presented as a function of their mass and coupling strength; masses below 3.5 TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level for unit couplings to their standard model partners.

Search for High Mass Photon Pairs in P[anti P] Collisions At[radical]

Search for High Mass Photon Pairs in P[anti P] Collisions At[radical]
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The authors present results of a search for diphoton resonances produced inclusively and in association with a vector boson using 100 pb[sup[minus]1] of p[anti p] collisions using the CDF detector. They set upper limits on the product of cross section times branching ratio for p[anti p][r-arrow][gamma][gamma][r-arrow] X and p[anti p][r-arrow][gamma][gamma][r-arrow] W/Z. Using a NLO prediction for associated production cross section of a Higgs with a vector boson (W or Z), they set an upper limit on the branching ratio for H[r-arrow][gamma][gamma]. They set a lower limit on the mass of a'bosophilic' Higgs boson (e.g. one which couples only to[gamma], W, and Z bosons with Standard Model couplings) of 82 GeV/c[sup 2] at 95% C.L.

Searching for Dark Matter with Cosmic Gamma Rays

Searching for Dark Matter with Cosmic Gamma Rays
Author: Andrea Albert
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1681742691

Searching for Dark Matter with Cosmic Gamma Rays summarizes the evidence for dark matter and what we can learn about its particle nature using cosmic gamma rays. It has almost been 100 years since Fritz Zwicky first detected hints that most of the matter in the Universe that doesn't directly emit or reflect light. Since then, the observational evidence for dark matter has continued to grow. Dark matter may be a new kind of particle that is governed by physics beyond our Standard Model of particle physics. In many models, dark matter annihilation or decay produces gamma rays. There are a variety of instruments observing the gamma-ray sky from tens of MeV to hundreds of TeV. Some make deep, focused observations of small regions, while others provide coverage of the entire sky. Each experiment offers complementary sensitivity to dark matter searches in a variety of target sizes, locations, and dark matter mass scales. We review results from recent gamma-ray experiments including anomalies some have attributed to dark matter. We also discuss how our gamma-ray observations complement other dark matter searches and the prospects for future experiments.