New Physics Contribution to Neutral Trilinear Gauge Boson Couplings

We study the one loop new physics effects to the CP even triple neutral gauge boson vertices $\gamma^\star \gamma Z$, $\gamma^\star Z Z$, $Z^\star Z \gamma$ and $Z^\star Z Z$ in the context of Little Higgs models. We compute the contribution of the additional fermions in Littles Higgs model in the framework of direct product groups where $[SU(2)\times U(1)]^2$ gauge symmetry is embedded in SU(5) global symmetry and also in the framework of simple group where $SU(N)\times U(1)$ gauge symmetry breaks down to $SU(2)_L\times U(1)$. We calculate the contribution of the fermions to these couplings when $T$ parity is invoked. In addition, we re-examine the MSSM contribution at the chosen point of SPS1a' and compare with the SM and Little Higgs models.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figures, 3 table

Efeito de fertilizantes nitrogenados na produtividade de melão

Em Petrolina, PE, foi realizado um estudo com a cultura do melão (Cucumis melo L.), Valenciano Amarelo, num Latossolo, para avaliar o efeito de fontes de fertilizantes nitrogenados e de suas combinações. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos casualizados com arranjo em faixa, com quatro repetições e nove tratamentos englobando a testemunha e os fertilizantes nitrogenados na dose de 80 kg/ha de N, aplicados no solo e, ou, via água de irrigação, por um período de 42 dias após a germinação. Esses tratamentos foram: Uréia e Sulfato de Amônio isolados; Uréia (15 dias) + Nitrato de Potássio (16-42 dias); Uréia (15 dias) + Sulfato de Amônio (16-42 dias); Uréia (30 dias) + Nitrato de Potássio (31-42 dias); Uréia (15 dias) + Sulfato de Amônio (16-30 dias) + Nitrato de Potássio (31-42 dias). A uréia aplicada via fertirrigação até 42 dias proporcionou maior rendimento (31,14 t/ha), embora não estatisticamente diferente dos demais tratamentos. A testemunha e o sulfato de amônio mostraram-se menos produtivos, com rendimentos de 25,06 e 24,65 t/ha, respectivamente. O peso médio do fruto variou de 1,63 a 1,84 kg/fruto, e o teor de sólidos solúveis totais, de 12,1 a 13,1 ºBrix; não se verificaram diferenças estatísticas

Measurements of differential production cross sections for a Z boson in association with jets in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV

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Search for the associated production of the Higgs boson with a top-quark pair

A search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair t t ¯ H (tt¯H) is presented, using data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of up to 5.1 fb −1 and 19.7 fb −1 collected in pp collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 TeV and 8 TeV respectively. The search is based on the following signatures of the Higgs boson decay: H → hadrons, H → photons, and H → leptons. The results are characterized by an observed t t ¯ H tt¯H signal strength relative to the standard model cross section, μ = σ/σ SM ,under the assumption that the Higgs boson decays as expected in the standard model. The best fit value is μ = 2.8 ± 1.0 for a Higgs boson mass of 125.6 GeV

Measurement of prompt Jψ\psi pair production in pp collisions at \sqrt s = 7 Tev

Production of prompt J/ ψ meson pairs in proton-proton collisions at s s√ = 7 TeV is measured with the CMS experiment at the LHC in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 4.7 fb −1 . The two J/ ψ mesons are fully reconstructed via their decays into μ + μ − pairs. This observation provides for the first time access to the high-transverse-momentum region of J/ ψ pair production where model predictions are not yet established. The total and differential cross sections are measured in a phase space defined by the individual J/ ψ transverse momentum ( p T J/ ψ ) and rapidity (| y J/ ψ |): | y J/ ψ | 6.5 GeV/ c ; 1.2 4.5 GeV/ c . The total cross section, assuming unpolarized prompt J/ ψ pair production is 1.49 ± 0.07 (stat) ±0.13 (syst) nb. Different assumptions about the J/ ψ polarization imply modifications to the cross section ranging from −31% to +27%