Search for top squark production in fully-hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV

The CMS collaboration Sirunyan, Albert M ; Tumasyan, Armen ; Adam, Wolfgang ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 104 (2021) 052001, 2021.
Inspire Record 1849522 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.103065

A search for production of the supersymmetric partners of the top quark, top squarks, is presented. The search is based on proton-proton collision events containing multiple jets, no leptons, and large transverse momentum imbalance. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb$^{-1}$. The targeted signal production scenarios are direct and gluino-mediated top squark production, including scenarios in which the top squark and neutralino masses are nearly degenerate. The search utilizes novel algorithms based on deep neural networks that identify hadronically decaying top quarks and W bosons, which are expected in many of the targeted signal models. No statistically significant excess of events is observed relative to the expectation from the standard model, and limits on the top squark production cross section are obtained in the context of simplified supersymmetric models for various production and decay modes. Exclusion limits as high as 1310 GeV are established at the 95% confidence level on the mass of the top squark for direct top squark production models, and as high as 2260 GeV on the mass of the gluino for gluino-mediated top squark production models. These results represent a significant improvement over the results of previous searches for supersymmetry by CMS in the same final state.

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Top quark tagging efficiencies are shown as a function of the generator-level top quark $p_T$ for the merged tagging algorithm and resolved tagging algorithm described in the paper. This plot shows the efficiencies as calculated in a sample of simulated $t\bar{t}$ events in which one top quark decays leptonically, while the other decays hadronically. In addition to the individual algorithms shown as orange squares (boosted top quarks) and green inverted triangles (resolved top quarks), the total top quark tagging efficiency (blue dots) is also shown.

W boson tagging efficiencies are shown as a function of the generator-level W boson $p_T$ for the merged tagging algorithm described in the paper. This plot shows the W boson tagging efficiency when calculated in a sample of simulated WW events.

Comparison between data and simulation in the high $\Delta$m portion of the $\ell+\text{jets}$ control region as a function of $p_T^{miss}$ after scaling the simulation to match the total yield in data. The hatched region indicates the total shape uncertainty in the simulation.

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Search for resonances decaying into photon pairs in 139 fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Braden Keim ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 822 (2021) 136651, 2021.
Inspire Record 1849059 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.100161

Searches for new resonances in the diphoton final state, with spin 0 as predicted by theories with an extended Higgs sector and with spin 2 using a warped extra-dimension benchmark model, are presented using 139 fb$^{-1}$ of $\sqrt{s} = $ 13 TeV $pp$ collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. No significant deviation from the Standard Model is observed and upper limits are placed on the production cross-section times branching ratio to two photons as a function of the resonance mass.

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The expected and observed upper limits at 95\% CL on the fiducial cross-section times branching ratio to two photons of a narrow-width (Γ_X = 4 MeV) spin-0 resonance as a function of its mass m_X. For masses greater than 1000 GeV, pseudo-experiments are used to verify the expected and observed limits, and used in place of the asymptotic limit when differences are observed.

The expected and observed upper limits at 95\% CL on the fiducial cross-section times branching ratio to two photons of a narrow-width (Γ_X = 4 MeV) spin-0 resonance as a function of its mass m_X. For masses greater than 1000 GeV, pseudo-experiments are used to verify the expected and observed limits, and used in place of the asymptotic limit when differences are observed.

The expected and observed upper limits at 95\% CL on the production cross-section times branching ratio to two photons of the lightest KK graviton as a function of its mass for k/Mpl=0.10. For masses greater than 1000 GeV, pseudo-experiments are used to verify the expected and observed limits, and used in place of the asymptotic limit when differences are observed.

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Study of Drell-Yan dimuon production in proton-lead collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}} =$ 8.16 TeV

The CMS collaboration Sirunyan, Albert M ; Tumasyan, Armen ; Adam, Wolfgang ; et al.
JHEP 05 (2021) 182, 2021.
Inspire Record 1849180 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.88292

Differential cross sections for the Drell-Yan process, including Z boson production, using the dimuon decay channel are measured in proton-lead (pPb) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of 8.16 TeV. A data sample recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 173 nb$^{-1}$. The differential cross section as a function of the dimuon mass is measured in the range 15-600 GeV, for the first time in proton-nucleus collisions. It is also reported as a function of dimuon rapidity over the mass ranges 15-60 GeV and 60-120 GeV, and ratios for the p-going over the Pb-going beam directions are built. In both mass ranges, the differential cross sections as functions of the dimuon transverse momentum $p_\mathrm{T}$ and of a geometric variable $\phi^*$ are measured, where $\phi^*$ highly correlates with $p_\mathrm{T}$ but is determined with higher precision. In the Z mass region, the rapidity dependence of the data indicate a modification of the distribution of partons within a lead nucleus as compared to the proton case. The data are more precise than predictions based upon current models of parton distributions.

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Differential fiducial cross section (without the acceptance correction) for the DY process measured in the muon channel, as a function of dimuon invariant mass. The quoted error is the quadratic sum of the statistical and systematic uncertainties. The global normalisation uncertainty of 3.5% is listed separately.

Differential fiducial cross section (without the acceptance correction) for the DY process measured in the muon channel, as a function of rapidity in the centre-of-mass frame for $15<m_{\mu\mu}<60$ GeV. The quoted error is the quadratic sum of the statistical and systematic uncertainties. The global normalisation uncertainty of 3.5% is listed separately.

Differential fiducial cross section (without the acceptance correction) for the DY process measured in the muon channel, as a function of rapidity in the centre-of-mass frame for $60<m_{\mu\mu}<120$ GeV. The quoted error is the quadratic sum of the statistical and systematic uncertainties. The global normalisation uncertainty of 3.5% is listed separately.

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Probing gluon spin-momentum correlations in transversely polarized protons through midrapidity isolated direct photons in $p^\uparrow+p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV

The PHENIX collaboration Acharya, U.A. ; Aidala, C. ; Akiba, Y. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 127 (2021) 162001, 2021.
Inspire Record 1848987 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.131760

Studying spin-momentum correlations in hadronic collisions offers a glimpse into a three-dimensional picture of proton structure. The transverse single-spin asymmetry for midrapidity isolated direct photons in $p^\uparrow+p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV is measured with the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Because direct photons in particular are produced from the hard scattering and do not interact via the strong force, this measurement is a clean probe of initial-state spin-momentum correlations inside the proton and is in particular sensitive to gluon interference effects within the proton. This is the first time direct photons have been used as a probe of spin-momentum correlations at RHIC. The uncertainties on the results are a fifty-fold improvement with respect to those of the one prior measurement for the same observable, from the Fermilab E704 experiment. These results constrain gluon spin-momentum correlations in transversely polarized protons.

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The direct photon background fraction from Figure 1. This is the estimated fraction of photons in the isolated direct photon sample that came from either $\pi^0 \rightarrow \gamma \gamma$ or $\eta \rightarrow \gamma \gamma$ decays but the second decay photon is not measured and so these background photons are not eliminated by the tagging cut. These fractions are calculated for the PHENIX EMCal during the 2015 $p$+$p$ run

The transverse single-spin asymmetry of isolated direct photons for $|\eta|<0.35$ in $p^\uparrow$$+$$p$ collisions with $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV. This data appears in both Figure 2 and Table I. An additional scale uncertainty of 3.4% due to the polarization uncertainty is not included.


Evidence for X(3872) in PbPb collisions and studies of its prompt production at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=$ 5.02 TeV

The CMS collaboration Sirunyan, Albert M. ; Tumasyan, Armen ; Adam, Wolfgang ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 128 (2022) 032001, 2022.
Inspire Record 1848438 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.93882

The first evidence for X(3872) production in relativistic heavy ion collisions is reported. The X(3872) production is studied in lead-lead (PbPb) collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}} =$ 5.02 TeV per nucleon pair, using the decay chain X(3872) $\to$ J$/\psi\, \pi^+\pi^- \to$ $\mu^+\mu^-\pi^+\pi^-$. The data were recorded with the CMS detector in 2018 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 nb$^{-1}$. The measurement is performed in the rapidity and transverse momentum ranges $|y|$ $\lt$ 1.6 and 15 $\lt$ $p_\mathrm{T}$ $\lt$ 50 GeV$/c$. The significance of the inclusive X(3872) signal is 4.2 standard deviations. The prompt X(3872) to $\psi$(2S) yield ratio is found to be $\rho^\mathrm{PbPb} = $ 1.08 $\pm$ 0.49 (stat) $\pm$ 0.52 (syst), to be compared with typical values of 0.1 for pp collisions. This result provides a unique experimental input to theoretical models of the X(3872) production mechanism, and of the nature of this exotic state.

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The yield ratio $\rho^{\mathrm{PbPb}}$ of prompt X(3872) over $\psi(\mathrm{2S})$ production in PbPb collisions at 5.02 TeV


First measurement of large area jet transverse momentum spectra in heavy-ion collisions

The CMS collaboration Sirunyan, Albert M ; Tumasyan, Armen ; Adam, Wolfgang ; et al.
JHEP 05 (2021) 284, 2021.
Inspire Record 1848440 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.93881

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 $\mu$b$^{-1}$ and 27.4 pb$^{-1}$, respectively. Jets with different areas are reconstructed using the anti-$k_\mathrm{T}$ algorithm by varying the distance parameter $R$. The measurements are performed using jets with transverse momenta ($p_\mathrm{T}$) greater than 200 GeV and in a pseudorapidity range of $|\eta|$$\lt$ 2. To reveal the medium modification of the jet spectra in PbPb collisions, the properly normalized ratio of spectra from PbPb and pp data is used to extract jet nuclear modification factors as functions of the PbPb collision centrality, $p_\mathrm{T}$ 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-$p_\mathrm{T}$ 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.

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Spectra of jets with |eta jet| < 2.0 for R = 0.2, for pp collisions and different centrality classes of PbPb collisions.

Spectra of jets with |eta jet| < 2.0 for R = 0.3, for pp collisions and different centrality classes of PbPb collisions.

Spectra of jets with |eta jet| < 2.0 for R = 0.4, for pp collisions and different centrality classes of PbPb collisions.

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Search for new phenomena in events with an energetic jet and missing transverse momentum in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; Abbott, Dale Charles ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 103 (2021) 112006, 2021.
Inspire Record 1847779 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.102093

Results of a search for new physics in final states with an energetic jet and large missing transverse momentum are reported. The search uses proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb$^{-1}$ at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected in the period 2015-2018 with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Compared to previous publications, in addition to an increase of almost a factor of four in the data size, the analysis implements a number of improvements in the signal selection and the background determination leading to enhanced sensitivity. Events are required to have at least one jet with transverse momentum above 150 GeV and no reconstructed leptons ($e$, $\mu$ or $\tau$) or photons. Several signal regions are considered with increasing requirements on the missing transverse momentum starting at 200 GeV. Overall agreement is observed between the number of events in data and the Standard Model predictions. Model-independent 95 % confidence-level limits on visible cross sections for new processes are obtained in the range between 736 fb and 0.3 fb with increasing missing transverse momentum. Results are also translated into improved exclusion limits in models with pair-produced weakly interacting dark-matter candidates, large extra spatial dimensions, supersymmetric particles in several compressed scenarios, axion-like particles, and new scalar particles in dark-energy-inspired models. In addition, the data are translated into bounds on the invisible branching ratio of the Higgs boson.

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- - - - - - - - Overview of HEPData Record - - - - - - - - <br/><br/> <b>Post-fit $p_{\mathrm{T}}^{\mathrm{recoil}}$ distribution:</b> <ul> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=HistogramCR1mu0b">CR1mu0b</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=HistogramCR1e0b">CR1e0b</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=HistogramCR1L1b">CR1L1b</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=HistogramCR2mu">CR2mu</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=HistogramCR2e">CR2e</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=HistogramSR">SR</a> </ul> <b>Exclusion contours:</b> <ul> <li>Dark Matter axial-vector mediator: <ul> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourobsDMA">observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourobs_p1DMA">+1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourobs_m1DMA">-1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourexpDMA">expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_p1DMA">+1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_m1DMA">-1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_p2DMA">+2 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_m2DMA">-2 $\sigma$ expected</a> </ul> <li>Dark Matter pseudo-scalar mediator: <ul> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourobsDMP">observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourobs_p1DMP">+1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourobs_m1DMP">-1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourexpDMP">expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_p1DMP">+1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_m1DMP">-1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_p2DMP">+2 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_m2DMP">-2 $\sigma$ expected</a> </ul> <li>Dark Matter vector mediator: <ul> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourobsDMV">observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourobs_p1DMV">+1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourobs_m1DMV">-1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourexpDMV">expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_p1DMV">+1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_m1DMV">-1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_p2DMV">+2 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourexp_m2DMV">-2 $\sigma$ expected</a> </ul> <li>Dark Matter spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon scattering cross-section: <a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourSDneutron">observed</a> <li>Dark Matter spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering cross-section: <a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourSInucleon">observed</a> <li>Dark Matter WIMP annihilation rate: <a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourID">observed</a> <li>SUSY stop pair production: <ul> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obsTT_directCC">observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obs_p1TT_directCC">+1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obs_m1TT_directCC">-1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_expTT_directCC">expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_p1TT_directCC">+1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_m1TT_directCC">-1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_p2TT_directCC">+2 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_m2TT_directCC">-2 $\sigma$ expected</a> </ul> <li>SUSY stop pair production (4-body decay): <ul> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obsTT_bffN">observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obs_p1TT_bffN">+1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obs_m1TT_bffN">-1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_expTT_bffN">expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_p1TT_bffN">+1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_m1TT_bffN">-1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_p2TT_bffN">+2 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_m2TT_bffN">-2 $\sigma$ expected</a> </ul> <li>SUSY sbottom pair production: <ul> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obsBB">observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obs_p1BB">+1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obs_m1BB">-1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_expBB">expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_p1BB">+1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_m1BB">-1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_p2BB">+2 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_m2BB">-2 $\sigma$ expected</a> </ul> <li>SUSY squark pair production: <ul> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obsSS">observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obs_p1SS">+1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_obs_m1SS">-1 $\sigma_{\mathrm{theory}}^{\mathrm{PDF+scale}}$ observed</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_expSS">expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_p1SS">+1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_m1SS">-1 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_p2SS">+2 $\sigma$ expected</a> <li><a href="102093?version=1&table=Contourg_exp_m2SS">-2 $\sigma$ expected</a> </ul> <li>Dark energy: <a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourDE">observed and expected</a> <li>ADD: <a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourADD">observed and expected</a> <li>Axion-like particles: <a href="102093?version=1&table=ContourALPs">observed and expected</a> </ul> <b>Impact of systematic uncertainties:</b> <a href="102093?version=1&table=Tablesystimpacts">Table</a><br/><br/> <b>Yields of exclusive regions:</b> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM0">EM0</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM1">EM1</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM2">EM2</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM3">EM3</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM4">EM4</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM5">EM5</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM6">EM6</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM7">EM7</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM8">EM8</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM9">EM9</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM10">EM10</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM11">EM11</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsEM12">EM12</a><br/><br/> <b>Yields of inclusive regions:</b> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM0">IM0</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM1">IM1</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM2">IM2</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM3">IM3</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM4">IM4</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM5">IM5</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM6">IM6</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM7">IM7</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM8">IM8</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM9">IM9</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM10">IM10</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM11">IM11</a> <a href="102093?version=1&table=TableyieldsIM12">IM12</a><br/><br/> <b>Cutflows:</b><br/><br/> Signals filtered with a truth $E_\mathrm{T}^\mathrm{miss}$ cut at: <ul> <li> <a href="102093?version=1&table=Tablecutflows150GeV">150 GeV</a> <li> <a href="102093?version=1&table=Tablecutflows350GeV">350 GeV</a> </ul>

The measured $p_{\mathrm{T}}^{\mathrm{recoil}}$ distributions in the $W \rightarrow \mu \nu $ control region, compared with the background predictions as estimated after the simultaneous, binned background-only fit to the data in the control regions. The last bin of the distribution contains overflows.

The measured $p_{\mathrm{T}}^{\mathrm{recoil}}$ distributions in the $W \rightarrow e \nu$ control region, compared with the background predictions as estimated after the simultaneous, binned background-only fit to the data in the control regions. The last bin of the distribution contains overflows.

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Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying into a top quark and a bottom quark at $\sqrt{s}$=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Braden Keim ; Abbott, Dale ; et al.
JHEP 06 (2021) 145, 2021.
Inspire Record 1847643 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.100427

A search for charged Higgs bosons decaying into a top quark and a bottom quark is presented. The data analysed correspond to 139 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=13TeV, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The production of a heavy charged Higgs boson in association with a top quark and a bottom quark, $pp\rightarrow tbH^{+}\rightarrow tbtb$, is explored in the $H^+$ mass range from 200 to 2000 GeV using final states with jets and one electron or muon. Events are categorised according to the multiplicity of jets and $b$-tagged jets, and multivariate analysis techniques are used to discriminate between signal and background events. No significant excess above the background-only hypothesis is observed and exclusion limits are derived for the production cross-section times branching ratio of a charged Higgs boson as a function of its mass; they range from 3.6 pb at 200 GeV to 0.036 pb at 2000 GeV at 95% confidence level. The results are interpreted in the hMSSM and $M_h^{125}$ scenarios.

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Observed and expected upper limits for the production of $H^+\rightarrow tb$ in association with a top quark and a bottom quark. The bands surrounding the expected limit show the 68% and 95% confidence intervals. The red lines show the observed and expected 95% CL exclusion limits obtained with the 36 fb$^{-1}$ data sample. Theory predictions are shown for two representative values of $\tan\beta$ in the hMSSM benchmark scenario. Uncertainties in the predicted $H^+$ cross-sections or branching ratios are not considered.

Observed and expected limits on $\tan\beta$ as a function of $m_{H^+}$ in the hMSSM scenario. Limits are shown for $\tan\beta$ values in the range of 0.5-60 due to the availability of the model prediction. The bands surrounding the expected limits show the 68% and 95% confidence intervals. Uncertainties in the predicted $H^+$ cross-sections or branching ratios are not considered.

Observed and expected limits on $\tan\beta$ as a function of $m_{H^+}$ in the $M_h^{125}$ scenario. Limits are shown for $\tan\beta$ values in the range of 0.5-60 due to the availability of the model prediction. The bands surrounding the expected limits show the 68% and 95% confidence intervals. Uncertainties in the predicted $H^+$ cross-sections or branching ratios are not considered.

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Measurements of angular distance and momentum ratio distributions in three-jet and Z + two-jet final states in pp collisions

The CMS collaboration Sirunyan, Albert M ; Tumasyan, Armen ; Adam, Wolfgang ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 81 (2021) 852, 2021.
Inspire Record 1847230 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.106642

Collinear (small-angle) and large-angle, as well as soft and hard radiations are investigated in three-jet and Z + two-jet events collected in proton-proton collisions at the LHC. The normalized production cross sections are measured as a function of the ratio of transverse momenta of two jets and their angular separation. The measurements in the three-jet and Z + two-jet events are based on data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.8 fb$^{-1}$. The Z + two-jet events are reconstructed in the dimuon decay channel of the Z boson. The three-jet measurement is extended to include $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb$^{-1}$. The results are compared to predictions from event generators that include parton showers, multiple parton interactions, and hadronization. The collinear and soft regions are in general well described by parton showers, whereas the regions of large angular separation are often best described by calculations using higher-order matrix elements.

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Three-jet events $p_{\mathrm{T}3}/p_{\mathrm{T}2}$ for small-angle radiation ($\Delta R_{23}$ < 1.0)

Three-jet events $p_{\mathrm{T}3}/p_{\mathrm{T}2}$ for small-angle radiation ($\Delta R_{23}$ < 1.0)

Three-jet events $p_{\mathrm{T}3}/p_{\mathrm{T}2}$ for large-angle radiation ($\Delta R_{23}$ > 1.0)

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Search for a heavy vector resonance decaying to a Z boson and a Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = $ 13 TeV

The CMS collaboration Sirunyan, Albert M ; Tumasyan, Armen ; Adam, Wolfgang ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 81 (2021) 688, 2021.
Inspire Record 1846987 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.101374

A search is presented for a heavy vector resonance decaying into a Z boson and the standard model Higgs boson, where the Z boson is identified through its leptonic decays to electrons, muons, or neutrinos, and the Higgs boson is identified through its hadronic decays. The search is performed in a Lorentz-boosted regime and is based on data collected from 2016 to 2018 at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb$^{-1}$. Upper limits are derived on the production of a narrow heavy resonance Z', and a mass below 3.5 and 3.7 TeV is excluded at 95% confidence level in models where the heavy vector boson couples exclusively to fermions and to bosons, respectively. These are the most stringent limits placed on the Heavy Vector Triplet Z' model to date. If the heavy vector boson couples exclusively to standard model bosons, upper limits on the product of the cross section and branching fraction are set between 23 and 0.3 fb for a Z' mass between 0.8 and 4.6 TeV, respectively. This is the first limit set on a heavy vector boson coupling exclusively to standard model bosons in its production and decay.

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The product of signal acceptance and efficiency in the 0l categories for the signal produced via qqbar annihilation.

The product of signal acceptance and efficiency in the 2l categories for the signal produced via qqbar annihilation.

The product of signal acceptance and efficiency in the 0l categories for the signal produced via vector boson fusion.

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