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Observation of double phi-meson production in 400-GeV/c proton-nucleon interactions.
The production of phi-meson pairs has been observed in 400-GeV/c proton-nucleon interactions at the Fermilab multiparticle spectrometer in the inclusive reaction pN..-->..phiphi+X, where each phi decays to a K/sup +/K/sup -/ pair. A fast (200 nsec)= high-level processor was used to selectively trigger on events containing two pairs of oppositely charged kaons having low invariant masses. The experimental apparatus and trigger processor are described. The cross section for phiphi production and an upper limit for eta/sub c/ production are presented.
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Physics impact of the SDC endcap hadronic cracks
The SDC calorimeter has a set of design requirements. Among them is the need for ``hermeticity.`` The calorimeter should not register particle energies which are so badly mismeasured as to induce a significant missing energy. Such a mismeasure would mimic the existence of a neutrino in the event. The extreme case of a catastrophic mismeasure Of particle energy is the total failure to register the energy of a particle due to its loss in a crack or ``dead`` region of the calorimeter. The baseline design of the SDC endcap calorimeter consists of a crackless, monolithic electromagnetic (EM) compartment, followed by an azimuthal array of 1/16 ``wedge`` hadronic (HAD) modules. Of necessity, tolerances in construction lead to azimuthal cracks between adjacent wedge modules. The purpose of this note is to examine the Physics impact of these cracks, and to examine, in detail, their allowable extent.
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Dijet spectroscopy at high luminosity
A study of the dijet mass resolution has been made appropriate to high luminosity operation. As a benchmark, the mass resolution of W {yields} jj for a Higgs boson of 800 GeV has been optimized for no, eight, and sixteen overlapping minbias events. A factor of 2.5 degradation in M{sub jj} width is seen. 6 refs., 10 figs.
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The status of the CMS experiment
The CMS experiment was completely assembled in the fall of 2008 after a decade of design, construction and installation. During the last two years, cosmic ray data were taken on a regular basis. These data have enabled CMS to align the detector components, both spatially and temporally. Initial use of muons has also established the relative alignment of the CMS tracking and muon systems. In addition, the CMS calorimetry has been crosschecked with test beam data, thus providing an initial energy calibration of CMS calorimetry to about 5%. The CMS magnet has been powered and field mapped. The trigger and data acquisition systems have been installed and run at full speed. The tiered data analysis system has been exercised at full design bandwidth for Tier0, Tier1 and Tier2 sites. Monte Carlo simulation of the CMS detector has been constructed at a detailed geometric level and has been tuned to test beam and other production data to provide a realistic model of the CMS detector prior to first collisions.
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A system of PWC electronics for high rate situations
A system of low cost proportional wire chamber electronics is described which is designed to be used in experimental situations with single wire rates up to 4 MHz.
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Vector Boson Fusion Higgs Production at the LHC - Mass Variables
There exist substantial backgrounds to the vector boson fusion production of Higgs at the LHC. Mass variables are studied which may alleviate the need to assume a spin zero WW resonance in order to achieve a sufficient signal to noise ratio in the two jet plus two lepton and missing energy final state.
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Conditions for successful extended inflation.
We investigate, in a model-independent way, the conditions required to obtain a satisfactory model of extended inflation in which inflation is brought to an end by a first-order phase transition. The constraints are that the correct present strength of the gravitational coupling is obtained, that the present theory of gravity is satisfactorily close to general relativity, that the perturbation spectra from inflation are compatible with large scale structure observations, and that the bubble spectrum produced at the phase transition does not conflict with the observed level of microwave background anisotropies. We demonstrate that these constraints can be summarized in terms of the behavior in the conformally related Einstein frame, and can be compactly illustrated graphically. We confirm the failure of existing models including the original extended inflation model, and construct models, albeit rather contrived ones, which satisfy all existing constraints.