11042709
Direct measurement of the W boson width.
We present a direct measurement of the width of the W boson using the shape of the transverse mass distribution of W --> enu candidate events. Data from approximately 1 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity recorded at square root of s = 1.96 TeV by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron pp collider are analyzed. We use the same methods and data sample that were used for our recently published W boson mass measurement, except for the modeling of the recoil, which is done with a new method based on a recoil library. Our result, 2.028 +/- 0.072 GeV, is in agreement with the predictions of the standard model.
208869198
Measurement of angular correlations of jets at s=1.96 TeV and determination of the strong coupling at high momentum transfers
We present a measurement of the average value of a new observable at hadron colliders that is sensitive to QCD dynamics and to the strong coupling constant, while being only weakly sensitive to parton distribution functions. The observable measures the angular correlations of jets and is defined as the number of neighboring jets above a given transverse momentum threshold which accompany a given jet within a given distance Delta-R in the plane of rapidity and azimuthal angle. The ensemble average over all jets in an inclusive jet sample is measured and the results are presented as a function of transverse momentum of the inclusive jets, in different regions of Delta-R and for different transverse momentum requirements for the neighboring jets. The measurement is based on a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.7 fb-1 collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider in pp-bar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 The results are well described by a perturbative QCD calculation in next-to-leading order in the strong coupling constant, corrected for non-perturbative effects. From these results, we extract the strong coupling and test the QCD predictions for its running over a range of momentum transfers of 50-400 GeV.
15350493
Search for long-lived particles decaying into electron or photon pairs with the D0 detector.
In this Letter we report on a search for long-lived particles that decay into final states with two electrons or photons. Such long-lived particles arise in a variety of theoretical models, such as hidden valleys and supersymmetry with gauge-mediated breaking. By precisely reconstructing the direction of the electromagnetic shower we are able to probe much longer lifetimes than previously explored. We see no evidence of the existence of such long-lived particles and interpret this search as a quasi model-independent limit on their production cross section, as well as a limit on a long-lived fourth generation quark.
12834301
Jet energy scale determination in the D0 experiment
The calibration of jet energy measured in the DO detector is presented, based on p (p) over bar collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron collider, jet energies are measured using a sampling calorimeter composed of uranium and liquid argon as the passive and active media, respectively. This paper describes the energy calibration of jets performed with gamma+jet, Z+jet and dilet events, with jet transverse momentum p(T) > 6 GeV and pseudorapidity range vertical bar eta vertical bar < 3.6, The corrections are measured separately for data and simulation, achieving a precision of 1.4-1.8% for jets in the central part of the calorimeter ancl up to 3.5% for the jets with pseudorapidity vertical bar eta vertical bar = 3.0. Specific corrections are extracted to enhance the description of jet energy in simulation and in particular of the effects due to the flavor of the parton originating the jet, correcting biases up to 3-4% in jets with low PT originating from gluons and up to 6-8% in jets from b quarks. Published by Elsevier B.V.
195944
Precision measurement of the top quark mass in lepton + jets final States.
We measure the mass of the top quark in lepton+jets final states using the full sample of pp collision data collected by the D0 experiment in Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron Collider at sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV, corresponding to 9.7 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity. We use a matrix element technique that calculates the probabilities for each event to result from tt production or background. The overall jet energy scale is constrained in situ by the mass of the W boson. We measure m(t) = 174.98 ± 0.76 GeV. This constitutes the most precise single measurement of the top-quark mass.
8445306
Search for techniparticles in e+jets events at D0.
We search for the technicolor process pp-->rhoT/omegaT-->WpiT in events containing one electron and two jets, in data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 390 pb(-1), recorded by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron. Technicolor predicts that technipions pi(T) decay dominantly into bb, bc, or bc, depending on their charge. In these events b and c quarks are identified by their secondary decay vertices within jets. Two analysis methods based on topological variables are presented. Since no excess above the standard model prediction was found, the result is presented as an exclusion in the pi(T) vs rho(T) mass plane for a given set of model parameters.
119209387
Yang-Mills fields in flux compactifications on homogeneous manifolds with SU(4)-structure
A bstractThe Spin(7)-instanton equations are natural BPS equations for instantons on 8-manifolds. We study these equations on nearly Kähler and Calabi-Yau torsion manifolds of the form M × G/H, with G/H a coset space and M a product of a torus with Euclidean space. By imposing G-invariance the instanton equations reduce to interesting equations on M ; for example, equations used by Kapustin and Witten in the geometric Langlands program arise in this way. We carry out reductions in a number of examples, and where possible present simple solutions.
116993797
Reductions of a Lax pair for selfduality equations of the Yang-Mills model
15062455
Supertwistors and cubic string field theory for open N=2 strings
Abstract The known Lorentz invariant string field theory for open N = 2 strings is combined with a generalization of the twistor description of anti-self-dual (super-)Yang–Mills theories. We introduce a Chern–Simons-type Lagrangian containing twistor variables and derive the Berkovits–Siegel covariant string field equations of motion via the twistor correspondence. Both the purely bosonic and the maximally space–time supersymmetric cases are considered.
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Dimensional reduction method and meson mass spectrum in unified multidimensional field theory
A new method is suggested for dimensional reduction of a langrangian defined in a 4+N-dimensional spacetime fiber bundle into a four-dimensional “effective” langrangian. The method is considered for the particular case of N=4. Mass formulas are obtained for mesons with charge, isospin etc., mass splitting of meson multiplets neglected. Taking the mass of the pion as an input, other mesons' masses are computed. The masses predicted are in good agreement with the experiment (Δm/m<0.04).
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Neutron star's initial spin period distribution
We analyze different possibilities to explain the wide initial spin period distribution of radio pulsars presented by Noutsos et al. (2013). With a population synthesis modeling we demonstrate that magnetic field decay can be used to interpret the d ifference between the recent results by Noutsos et al. (2013) and those by Popov & Turolla (2012), where a much younger population of NSs associated with supernova remnants with known ages has been studied. In particular, an exponential field decay with τmag = 5 Myrs can produce a “tail” in the reconstructed initial spin period distribution (as obtained by N outsos et al. 2013) up to P0 > 1 s starting with a standard gaussian withh P0i= 0.3 s andσP = 0.15 s. Another option to explain the difference between initial spin period distributions from Noutsos et al. (2013) and Popov & Turolla (2012) — the emerging magnetic field — is also b riefly discussed.