67 Search Results

A search for beyond-the-standard-model neutral Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of bottom quarks, and produced in association with at least one additional bottom quark, is performed with the CMS detector. The data were recorded in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the CERN LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36.7–126.9 fb⁻¹, depending on the probed mass range. No signal above the standard model background expectation is observed. Upper limits on the production cross section times branching fraction are set for Higgs bosons in the mass range of 125–1800 GeV. The results are interpretedmore » in benchmark scenarios of the minimal supersymmetric standard model, as well as suitable classes of two-Higgs-doublet models.« less

Production cross sections of Image 1, Image 2, and Image 3 states decaying into Image 4 in proton-lead ( $\mathrm{p}\mathrm{Pb}$ ) collisions are reported using data collected by the CMS experiment at $\sqrt{s_{{}_{\mathrm{NN}}}}=5.02\text{TeV}$ . A comparison is made with corresponding cross sections obtained with $\mathrm{p}\mathrm{p}$ data measured at the same collision energy and scaled by the Pb nucleus mass number. The nuclear modification factor for Image 1 ismore » found to be Image 5. Similar results for the excited states indicate a sequential suppression pattern, such that Image 6. The suppression of all states is much less pronounced in $\mathrm{p}\mathrm{Pb}$ than in PbPb collisions, and independent of transverse momentum Image 7 and center-of-mass rapidity Image 8 of the individual Image 9 state in the studied range Image 10 and Image 11. Models that incorporate final-state effects of bottomonia in pPb collisions are in better agreement with the data than those which only assume initial-state modifications.« less

The second-order Fourier coefficients ( $v_2$) characterizing the azimuthal distributions of Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) mesons produced in PbPb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{{}_{\mathrm{NN}}}}=5.02\text{TeV}$ are studied. The Υ mesons are reconstructed in their dimuon decay channel, as measured by the CMS detector. The collected data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $1.7{\text{nb}}^{-1}$. The scalar product method is used to extract the ${more »}_{}$ v 2 coefficients of the azimuthal distributions. Results are reported for the rapidity range $\left|y\right|<2.4$, in the transverse momentum interval $0<p_{\mathrm{T}}<50\text{GeV}/c$, and in three centrality ranges of 10–30%, 30–50% and 50–90%. In contrast to the $\mathrm{J}/\mathit{\psi }$ mesons, the measured $v_2$ values for the Image 5 mesons are found to be consistent with zero.« less

Jet production in lead-lead (PbPb) and proton-proton (pp) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV is studied with the CMS detector at the LHC, using PbPb and pp data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of 404 μb$$^{−1}$$ and 27.4 pb$$^{−1}$$, respectively. Jets with different areas are reconstructed using the anti-k$$_{T}$$ algorithm by varying the distance parameter R. The measurements are performed using jets with transverse momenta (p$$_{T}$$) greater than 200 GeV and in a pseudorapidity range of |η| < 2. To reveal the medium modification of the jet spectra in PbPb collisions, the properly normalized ratio of spectramore » from PbPb and pp data is used to extract jet nuclear modification factors as functions of the PbPb collision centrality, p$$_{T}$$ and, for the first time, as a function of R up to 1.0. For the most central collisions, a strong suppression is observed for high-p$$_{T}$$ jets reconstructed with all distance parameters, implying that a significant amount of jet energy is scattered to large angles. The dependence of jet suppression on R is expected to be sensitive to both the jet energy loss mechanism and the medium response, and so the data are compared to several modern event generators and analytic calculations. The models considered do not fully reproduce the data.[graphic not available: see fulltext]« less

We present the first study of charged-hadron production associated with jets originating from b quarks in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. The data sample used in this study was collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 27.4 pb$$^{−1}$$. To characterize the jet substructure, the differential jet shapes, defined as the normalized transverse momentum distribution of charged hadrons as a function of angular distance from the jet axis, are measured for b jets. In addition to the jet shapes, the per-jet yields of charged particles associated with bmore » jets are also quantified, again as a function of the angular distance with respect to the jet axis. Extracted jet shape and particle yield distributions for b jets are compared with results for inclusive jets, as well as with the predictions from the pythia and herwig++ event generators.[graphic not available: see fulltext]« less

This paper presents new sets of parameters (“tunes”) for the underlying-event model of the $${\textsc {herwig}} \,7$$ event generator. These parameters control the description of multiple-parton interactions (MPI) and colour reconnection in $${\textsc {herwig}} \,7$$, and are obtained from a fit to minimum-bias data collected by the CMS experiment at $$\sqrt{s}=0.9$$, 7, and $$13 \,\text {Te}\text {V} $$. The tunes are based on the NNPDF 3.1 next-to-next-to-leading-order parton distribution function (PDF) set for the parton shower, and either a leading-order or next-to-next-to-leading-order PDF set for the simulation of MPI and the beam remnants. Predictions utilizing the tunes are produced for eventmore » shape observables in electron-positron collisions, and for minimum-bias, inclusive jet, top quark pair, and Z and W boson events in proton-proton collisions, and are compared with data. Each of the new tunes describes the data at a reasonable level, and the tunes using a leading-order PDF for the simulation of MPI provide the best description of the data.« less

The CP -violating weak phase ${\varphi }_{\mathrm{s}}$ and the decay width difference $\mathrm{\Delta }{\mathrm{\Gamma }}_{\mathrm{s}}$ between the light and heavy ${\mathrm{B}}_s^0$ mass eigenstates are measured with the CMS detector at the LHC in a sample of $48500$ reconstructed ${\mathrm{B}}_s^0\to \mathrm{J}/\mathrm{\psi }\mathrm{\varphi }\left(1020\right)\to {\mathrm{\mu }}^{+more »}$ μ − K + K − events. The measurement is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $96.4{\text{fb}}^{-1}$ , collected in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\text{TeV}$ in 2017–2018. To extract the values of ${\varphi }_{\mathrm{s}}$ and $\mathrm{\Delta }{\mathrm{\Gamma }}_{\mathrm{s}}$ , a time-dependent and flavor-tagged angular analysis of the ${\mathrm{\mu }}^{+}{\mathrm{\mu }}^{-}{\mathrm{K}}^{+}{\mathrm{K}}^{-}$ final state is performed. The analysis employs a dedicated tagging trigger and a novel opposite-side muon flavor tagger based on machine learning techniques. The measurement yields ${\varphi }_{\mathrm{s}}=-11\pm 50\text{(stat)}\pm 10\text{(syst)}\text{mrad}$ and $\mathrm{\Delta }{\mathrm{\Gamma }}_{\mathrm{s}}=0.114\pm 0.014\text{(stat)}\pm 0.007\text{(syst)}{\text{ps}}^{-1}$ , in agreement with the standard model predictions. When combined with the previous CMS measurement at $\sqrt{s}=8\text{TeV}$ , the following values are obtained: ${\varphi }_{\mathrm{s}}=-21\pm 44\text{(stat)}\pm 10\text{(syst)}\text{mrad}$ , $\mathrm{\Delta }{\mathrm{\Gamma }}_{\mathrm{s}}=0.1032\pm 0.0095\text{(stat)}\pm 0.0048\text{(syst)}{\text{ps}}^{-1}$ , a significant improvement over the 8 TeV result.« less

Measurements of the fiducial inclusive and differential production cross sections of the Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV are performed using events where the Higgs boson decays into a pair of W bosons that subsequently decay into a final state with an electron, a muon, and a pair of neutrinos. The analysis is based on data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC during 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb$$^{−1}$$. Production cross sections are measured as a function of the transverse momentum of the Higgs boson and the associated jetmore » multiplicity. The Higgs boson signal is extracted and simultaneously unfolded to correct for selection efficiency and resolution effects using maximum-likelihood fits to the observed distributions in data. The integrated fiducial cross section is measured to be 86.5 ± 9.5 fb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation of 82.5 ± 4.2 fb. No significant deviation from the Standard Model expectations is observed in the differential measurements.[graphic not available: see fulltext]« less

The physics motivation, detector design, triggers, calibration, alignment, simulation, and overall performance of the very forward CASTOR calorimeter of the CMS experiment are reviewed. The CASTOR Cherenkov sampling calorimeter is located very close to the LHC beam line, at a radial distance of about 1 cm from the beam pipe, and at 14.4 m from the CMS interaction point, covering the pseudorapidity range of $$-$$6.6 $$\lt\eta\lt$$ $$-$$5.2. It was designed to withstand high ambient radiation and strong magnetic fields. The performance of the detector in measurements of forward energy density, jets, and processes characterized by rapidity gaps, is reviewed usingmore » data collected in proton and nuclear collisions at the LHC.« less

Results are reported from a search for the lepton flavor violating decay τ → 3μ in proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{\mathrm{s}} $$ = 13 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 33.2 fb$$^{−1}$$ recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016. The search exploits τ leptons produced in both W boson and heavy-flavor hadron decays. No significant excess above the expected background is observed. An upper limit on the branching fraction ℬ(τ → 3μ) of 8.0 × 10$$^{−8}$$ at 90% confidence level is obtained, with an expected upper limit of 6.9 × 10$$^{−8}$$.[graphic not available:more » see fulltext]« less