SUSY searches with Opposite Sign Dileptons at CMS

A full simulation study with the detector CMS is presented. The Leptons + Jets + Missing Energy (l = e,$\mu$) final state for SUSY events is investigated at mSUGRA benchmark point LM1. The end point in the dilepton pair invariant mass distribution is reconstructed and a scan of the $\left(m_{0},\, m_{1/2}\right)$ plane is performed in order to determine the observability reach

Aligning the CMS muon chambers with the muon alignment system during an extended cosmic ray run

The alignment system for the muon spectrometer of the CMS detector comprises three independent subsystems of optical and analog position sensors. It aligns muon chambers with respect to each other and to the central silicon tracker. System commissioning at full magnetic field began in 2008 during an extended cosmic ray run. The system succeeded in tracking muon detector movements of up to 18mm and rotations of several milliradians under magnetic forces. Depending on coordinate and subsystem, the system achieved chamber alignment precisions of 140–350 µm and 30–200 µrad, close to the precision requirements of the experiment. Systematic errors on absolute positions are estimated to be 340–590 µm based on comparisons with independent photogrammetry measurements