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The study of lepton flavor universality violation (LFUV) in semitauonic b-hadron decays has become increasingly important in light of long-standing anomalies in their measured branching fractions, and the large datasets anticipated from the LHC experiments and Belle II. Here, in this review, a comprehensive survey of the experimental environments and methodologies for semitauonic LFUV measurements at the B factories and LHCb is undertaken, along with an overview of the theoretical foundations and predictions for a wide range of semileptonic decay observables. The future prospects of controlling systematic uncertainties down to the percent level, matching the precision of standard model (SM)more » predictions, are examined. Furthermore, new perspectives and caveats on combinations of the LFUV data are discussed and the world averages for the R(D(*)) ratios are revisited. Here it is demonstrated that different treatments for the correlations of uncertainties from D** excited states can vary the current 3σ tension with the SM within a 1σ range. Prior experimental overestimates of D**τν contributions may further exacerbate this. The precision of future measurements is also estimated; their power to exploit full differential information, and solutions to the inherent difficulties in self-consistent new physics interpretations of LFUV observables, are explored.« less

Measurements are presented of the single-diffractive dijet cross section and the diffractive cross section as a function of the proton fractional momentum loss $$\xi $$ and the four-momentum transfer squared t. Both processes $${\text{ p }{}{}} {\text{ p }{}{}} \rightarrow {\text{ p }{}{}} {\text{ X }} $$ and $${\text{ p }{}{}} {\text{ p }{}{}} \rightarrow {\text{ X }} {\text{ p }{}{}} $$, i.e. with the proton scattering to either side of the interaction point, are measured, where $${\text{ X }} $$ includes at least two jets; the results of the two processes are averaged. The analyses are based on datamore » collected simultaneously with the CMS and TOTEM detectors at the LHC in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 8\,\text {Te}\text {V} $$ during a dedicated run with $$\beta ^{*} = 90\,\text {m} $$ at low instantaneous luminosity and correspond to an integrated luminosity of $$37.5{\,\text {nb}^{-1}} $$. The single-diffractive dijet cross section $$\sigma ^{{\text{ p }{}{}} {\text{ X }}}_{\mathrm {jj}}$$, in the kinematic region $$\xi < 0.1$$, $$0.03< |t | < 1\,\text {Ge}\text {V} ^2$$, with at least two jets with transverse momentum $$p_{\mathrm {T}} > 40\,\text {Ge}\text {V} $$, and pseudorapidity $$|\eta | < 4.4$$, is $$21.7 \pm 0.9\,\text {(stat)} \,^{+3.0}_{-3.3}\,\text {(syst)} \pm 0.9\,\text {(lumi)} \,\text {nb} $$. The ratio of the single-diffractive to inclusive dijet yields, normalised per unit of $$\xi $$, is presented as a function of x, the longitudinal momentum fraction of the proton carried by the struck parton. The ratio in the kinematic region defined above, for x values in the range $$-2.9 \le \log _{10} x \le -1.6$$, is $$R = (\sigma ^{{\text{ p }{}{}} {\text{ X }}}_{\mathrm {jj}}/\Delta \xi )/\sigma _{\mathrm {jj}} = 0.025 \pm 0.001\,\text {(stat)} \pm 0.003\,\text {(syst)} $$, where $$\sigma ^{{\text{ p }{}{}} {\text{ X }}}_{\mathrm {jj}}$$ and $$\sigma _{\mathrm {jj}}$$ are the single-diffractive and inclusive dijet cross sections, respectively. The results are compared with predictions from models of diffractive and nondiffractive interactions. Monte Carlo predictions based on the HERA diffractive parton distribution functions agree well with the data when corrected for the effect of soft rescattering between the spectator partons.« less

The dependence of inclusive jet production in proton-proton collisions with a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV on the distance parameter R of the anti-k$$_{T}$$ algorithm is studied using data corresponding to integrated luminosities up to 35.9 fb$$^{−1}$$ collected by the CMS experiment in 2016. The ratios of the inclusive cross sections as functions of transverse momentum p$$_{T}$$ and rapidity y, for R in the range 0.1 to 1.2 to those using R = 0.4 are presented in the region 84 < p$$_{T}$$< 1588 GeV and |y|< 2.0. The results are compared to calculations at leading and next-to-leading order in themore » strong coupling constant using different parton shower models. The variation of the ratio of cross sections with R is well described by calculations including a parton shower model, but not by a leading-order quantum chromodynamics calculation including nonperturbative effects. The agreement between the data and the theoretical predictions for the ratios of cross sections is significantly improved when next-to-leading order calculations with nonperturbative effects are used.[graphic not available: see fulltext]« less

We describe a method to obtain point and dispersion estimates for the energies of jets arising from b quarks produced in proton–proton collisions at an energy of $$\sqrt{s}=13\,\text {TeV} $$ at the CERN LHC. The algorithm is trained on a large sample of simulated b jets and validated on data recorded by the CMS detector in 2017 corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 41 $$\,\text {fb}^{-1}$$. A multivariate regression algorithm based on a deep feed-forward neural network employs jet composition and shape information, and the properties of reconstructed secondary vertices associated with the jet. The results of the algorithm aremore » used to improve the sensitivity of analyses that make use of b jets in the final state, such as the observation of Higgs boson decay to $$\hbox {b}\bar{\hbox {b}}$$.« less

With increasing instantaneous luminosity at the LHC come additional reconstruction challenges. At high luminosity, many collisions occur simultaneously within one proton-proton bunch crossing. The isolation of an interesting collision from the additional “pileup” collisions is needed for effective physics performance. In the CMS Collaboration, several techniques capable of mitigating the impact of these pileup collisions have been developed. Such methods include charged-hadron subtraction, pileup jet identification, isospin-based neutral particle “δβ” correction, and, most recently, pileup per particle identification. This paper surveys the performance of these techniques for jet and missing transverse momentum reconstruction, as well as muon isolation. The analysismore » makes use of data corresponding to 35.9 fb−1 collected with the CMS experiment in 2016 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The performance of each algorithm is discussed for up to 70 simultaneous collisions per bunch crossing. Significant improvements are found in the identification of pileup jets, the jet energy, mass, and angular resolution, missing transverse momentum resolution, and muon isolation when using pileup per particle identification.« less

Ratios of cross sections, σ(Z+c  jets)/σ(Z+jets), σ(Z+b  jets)/σ(Z+jets), and σ(Z+c  jets)/σ(Z+b  jets) in the associated production of a Z boson with at least one charm or bottom quark jet are measured in proton-proton collisions at s=13  TeV. The data sample, collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9  fb-1, with a fiducial volume of pT>30  GeV and |η|<2.4 for the jets, where pT and η represent transverse momentum and pseudorapidity, respectively. The Z boson candidates come from leptonic decays into electrons or muons with pT>25  GeV and |η|<2.4, and the dilepton mass satisfies 71

A data sample of events from proton-proton collisions with at least two jets, and two isolated same-sign or three or more charged leptons, is studied in a search for signatures of new physics phenomena. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of $$137{\,{\text {fb}}^{-1}} $$ at a center-of-mass energy of $$13\,{\text {TeV}} $$, collected in 2016–2018 by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The search is performed using a total of 168 signal regions defined using several kinematic variables. The properties of the events are found to be consistent with the expectations from standard model processes. Exclusion limits at 95%more » confidence level are set on cross sections for the pair production of gluinos or squarks for various decay scenarios in the context of supersymmetric models conserving or violating R parity. The observed lower mass limits are as large as $$2.1\,{\text {TeV}} $$ for gluinos and $$0.9\,{\text {TeV}} $$ for top and bottom squarks. To facilitate reinterpretations, model-independent limits are provided in a set of simplified signal regions.« less

Central exclusive and semiexclusive production of pairs is measured with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at the LHC at center-of-mass energies of 5.02 and 13TeV. The theoretical description of these nonperturbative processes, which have not yet been measured in detail at the LHC, poses a significant challenge to models. The two pions are measured and identified in the CMS silicon tracker based on specific energy loss, whereas the absence of other particles is ensured by calorimeter information. The total and differential cross sections of exclusive and semiexclusive central production are measured as functions of invariant mass, transverse momentum, andmore » rapidity of the system in the fiducial region defined as transverse momentum and pseudorapidity . The production cross sections for the four resonant channels [inline-graphic not available: see fulltext], , [inline-graphic not available: see fulltext], and [inline-graphic not available: see fulltext]are extracted using a simple model. These results represent the first measurement of this process at the LHC collision energies of 5.02 and 13TeV.« less

A search for charged Higgs bosons (H$$^{±}$$) decaying into a top and a bottom quark in the all-jet final state is presented. The analysis uses LHC proton-proton collision data recorded with the CMS detector in 2016 at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$$^{−1}$$. No significant excess is observed above the expected background. Model-independent upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of the H$$^{±}$$ production cross section and branching fraction in two scenarios. For production in association with a top quark, limits of 21.3 to 0.007 pb are obtainedmore » for H$$^{±}$$ masses in the range of 0.2 to 3 TeV. Combining this with a search in leptonic final states results in improved limits of 9.25 to 0.005 pb. The complementary s-channel production of an H$$^{±}$$ is investigated in the mass range of 0.8 to 3 TeV and the corresponding upper limits are 4.5 to 0.023 pb. These results are interpreted using different minimal supersymmetric extensions of the standard model.[graphic not available: see fulltext]« less

Measurements of the cross section for the production of top quark pairs in association with a pair of jets from bottom quarks $$ \left({\sigma}_{\mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}}\mathrm{b}\overline{\mathrm{b}}}\right) $$ and in association with a pair of jets from quarks of any flavor or gluons $$ \left({\sigma}_{\mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}}\mathrm{jj}}\right) $$ and their ratio are presented. The data were collected in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$$^{−1}$$. The measurements are performed in a fiducial phase space and extrapolated to the full phase space, separately for the dileptonmore » and lepton+jets channels, where lepton corresponds to either an electron or a muon. The results of the measurements in the fiducial phase space for the dilepton and lepton+jets channels, respectively, are $$ {\sigma}_{\mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}}\mathrm{jj}} $$ = 2.36±0.02 (stat)±0.20 (syst) pb and 31.0±0.2 (stat)±2.9 (syst) pb, and for the cross section ratio 0.017 ± 0.001 (stat) ± 0.001 (syst) and 0.020 ± 0.001 (stat) ± 0.001 (syst). The values of $$ {\sigma}_{\mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}}\mathrm{b}\overline{\mathrm{b}}} $$ are determined from the product of the $$ {\sigma}_{\mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}}\mathrm{jj}} $$ and the cross section ratio, obtaining, respectively, 0.040±0.002 (stat)±0.005 (syst) pb and 0.62±0.03 (stat)±0.07 (syst) pb. These measurements are the most precise to date and are consistent, within the uncertainties, with the standard model expectations obtained using a matrix element calculation at next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics matched to a parton shower.[graphic not available: see fulltext]« less