122754792
Search for new physics with long-lived particles decaying to photons and missing energy in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ TeV
A bstractA search is performed for long-lived neutral particles decaying into a photon and invisible particles. An example of such a signature is the decay of the lightest neutralino with nonzero lifetime into a gravitino and a photon in gauge-mediated supersymmetry, with the neutralino as the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and the gravitino as the lightest. The search uses events containing photons, missing transverse energy, and jets. The impact parameter of the photon relative to the beam-beam collision point can be reconstructed using converted photons. The method is sensitive to lifetimes of the order of 0.1 to 1 ns. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.23 fb−1 in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ TeV, recorded in the first part of 2011 by the CMS experiment at the LHC. Cross-section limits are presented on pair production for such particles, each of which decays into a photon and invisible particles. The observed 95% confidence level limits vary between 0.11 and 0.21 pb, depending on the neutral particle lifetime.
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Study of the mass and spin-parity of the Higgs boson candidate via its decays to Z boson pairs.
A study is presented of the mass and spin-parity of the new boson recently observed at the LHC at a mass near 125 GeV. An integrated luminosity of 17.3 fb(-1), collected by the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, is used. The measured mass in the ZZ channel, where both Z bosons decay to e or μ pairs, is 126.2 ± 0.6(stat) ± 0.2(syst) GeV. The angular distributions of the lepton pairs in this channel are sensitive to the spin-parity of the boson. Under the assumption of spin 0, the present data are consistent with the pure scalar hypothesis, while disfavoring the pure pseudoscalar hypothesis.
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Search for Microscopic Black Hole Signatures at the Large Hadron Collider
A search for microscopic black hole production and decay in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV has been conducted by the CMS Collaboration at the LHC, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35 inverse picobarns. Events with large total transverse energy are analyzed for the presence of multiple high-energy jets, leptons, and photons, typical of a signal expected from a microscopic black hole. Good agreement with the expected standard model backgrounds, dominated by QCD multijet production, is observed for various final-state multiplicities. Limits on the minimum black hole mass are set, in the range 3.5 -- 4.5 TeV, for a variety of parameters in a model with large extra dimensions, along with model-independent limits on new physics in these final states. These are the first direct limits on black hole production at a particle accelerator.
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The BABAR detector: Upgrades, operation and performance
The BaBar detector operated successfully at the PEP-II asymmetric e +e- collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory from 1999 to 2008. This report covers upgrades, operation, and performance of the collider and the detector systems, as well as the trigger, online and offline computing, and aspects of event reconstruction since the beginning of data taking.
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Precise measurement of the e+e- --> pi+pi-(gamma) cross section with the initial state radiation method at BABAR.
A precise measurement of the cross section of the process e(+)e(-) --> pi(+)pi(-)(gamma) from threshold to an energy of 3 GeV is obtained with the initial state radiation (ISR) method using 232 fb(-1) of data collected with the BABAR detector at e(+)e(-) center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV. The ISR luminosity is determined from a study of the leptonic process e(+)e(-) --> mu(+)mu(-)gamma(gamma). The leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly calculated using the pipi cross section measured from threshold to 1.8 GeV is (514.1 +/- 2.2(stat) +/- 3.1(syst)) x 10(-10).
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Search for di-muon decays of a low-mass Higgs boson in radiative decays of the Υ(1S)
We search for di-muon decays of a low-mass Higgs boson (A^0) produced in radiative Υ(1S) decays. The Υ(1S) sample is selected by tagging the pion pair in the Υ(2S,3S) → π^+ π^-Υ(1S) transitions, using a data sample of 92.8 × 10^6 Υ(2S) and 116.8 × 10^6 Υ(3S) events collected by the BABAR detector. We find no evidence for A^0 production and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product branching fraction B(Υ(1S) → γA^0) × B(A^0 → μ^ +μ^-) in the range of (0.28-9.7) × 10^(-6) for 0.212 ≤ m_A^0 ≤ 9.20  GeV/c^2. The results are combined with our previous measurements of Υ(2S,3S) → γA^0, A^0 → μ^+μ^- to set limits on the effective coupling of the b quark to the A^0.
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Measurement of the cosmic ray antiproton/proton flux ratio at TeV energies with the ARGO-YBJ detector
B. Bartoli, 2 P. Bernardini, 4 X.J. Bi, C. Bleve, 4 I. Bolognino, 7 P. Branchini, A. Budano, A.K. Calabrese Melcarne, P. Camarri, 11 Z. Cao, R. Cardarelli, S. Catalanotti, 2 C. Cattaneo, S.Z. Chen, T.L. Chen, Y. Chen, P. Creti, S.W. Cui, B.Z. Dai, G. D’Aĺı Staiti, 16 Danzengluobu, I. De Mitri, 4 B. D’Ettorre Piazzoli, 2 T. Di Girolamo, 2 X.H. Ding, G. Di Sciascio, ∗ C.F. Feng, Zhaoyang Feng, Zhenyong Feng, E. Giroletti, 7 Q.B. Gou, Y.Q. Guo, H.H. He, Haibing Hu, Hongbo Hu, Q. Huang, M. Iacovacci, 2 R. Iuppa, 11, † I. James, 19 H.Y. Jia, Labaciren, H.J. Li, J.Y. Li, X.X. Li, G. Liguori, 7 C. Liu, C.Q. Liu, J. Liu, M.Y. Liu, H. Lu, X.H. Ma, G. Mancarella, 4 S.M. Mari, 19 G. Marsella, 20 D. Martello, 4 S. Mastroianni, P. Montini, 19 C.C. Ning, A. Pagliaro, M. Panareo, B. Panico, 11 L. Perrone, P. Pistilli, 19 X.B. Qu, F. Ruggieri, P. Salvini, R. Santonico, 11 P.R. Shen, X.D. Sheng, F. Shi, C. Stanescu, A. Surdo, Y.H. Tan, P. Vallania, 23 S. Vernetto, 23 C. Vigorito, 24 B. Wang, H. Wang, C.Y. Wu, H.R. Wu, B. Xu, L. Xue, Y.X. Yan, Q.Y. Yang, X.C. Yang, Z.G. Yao, A.F. Yuan, M. Zha, H.M. Zhang, Jilong Zhang, Jianli Zhang, L. Zhang, P. Zhang, X.Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, X.X. Zhou, F.R. Zhu, Q.Q. Zhu, and G. Zizzi
18558674
Spread theory of the special theory of relativity
The transformation of space-time $x_{\mu}$ and ${x_{\mu}}^{\prime}$ in the two inertial reference frames $\sum$ and 
${\sum}^{\prime}$ in which their relative velocity is less than light speed, and the relation of a particle mass $m$ with its movement velocity 
$v$ and so on are expatiated by Einstein's special theory of relativity. 
In this paper, we set forth a new transformation of space-time $x_{\mu}$ and ${x_{\mu}}^{\prime}$ in two inertial reference frames in which their relative velocity is equal to or more than light speed, the new relation of a particle mass $m$ and energy $E$ with its velocity $v$ $(v \geq c)$, the new mass-energy equation and the new dynamics equation of a particle.
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Exact half-BPS string-junction solutions in six-dimensional supergravity
A bstractWe construct SO(2, 1) × SO(3)-invariant half-BPS solutions in six-dimensional (0,4) supergravity with m tensor multiplets. The space-time manifold of each one of these solutions consists of an AdS2 × S2 warped over a Riemann surface Σ with boundary. The most general local solution is parametrized by one real harmonic function, and m + 2 holomorphic functions which are subject to a quadratic constraint and a hermitian inequality, both of which are manifestly SO(2, m) invariant. Imposing suitable conditions on these harmonic and holomorphic functions, we construct globally regular supergravity solutions with N distinct AdS3 × S3 asymptotic regions and contractible Σ. These solutions have an intricate moduli space, whose dimension equals 2(m + 1)N − m − 2 and matches the counting of three-form charge vectors and un-attracted scalars of the tensor multiplet. Exact explicit formulas for all supergravity fields are obtained in terms of the moduli.Our solutions give the near-horizon geometries for junctions of N self-dual strings in six dimensions, and are holographic duals to CFTs defined on N half-planes which share a common interface line. For m = 5, the solutions lift to quarter-BPS solutions for sixdimensional (4,4) supergravity.