Structural characterization and biological activities of terpenic and phenolic compounds isolated from Euphorbia lagascae and Euphorbia tuckeyana

Tese de doutoramento em Farmácia (Química Farmacêutica), apresentada à Universidade de Lisboa através da Faculdade de Farmácia, 200

Fast Reconstruction and Data Scouting

Data scouting, introduced by CMS in 2011, is the use of specialized data streams based on reduced event content, enabling LHC experiments to record unprecedented numbers of proton-proton collision events that would otherwise be rejected by the usual filters. These streams were created to maintain sensitivity to new light resonances decaying to jets or muons, while requiring minimal online and offline resources, and taking advantage of the fast and accurate online reconstruction algorithms of the high-level trigger. The viability of this technique was demonstrated by CMS in 2012, when 18.8 fb$^{-1}$ of collision data at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV were collected and analyzed. For LHC Run 2, CMS, ATLAS, and LHCb implemented or expanded similar reduced-content data streams, promoting the concept to an essential and flexible discovery tool for the LHC.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures; submitted to proceedings of Connecting the Dots 201

Search for natural Supersymmetry in events with 1 b-tagged jet using razor variables at 8 TeV

We discuss a search for natural Supersymmetry in events with at least one bottom-quark jet using razor variables in proton-proton collisions at 8 TeV with the CMS detector. The event distribution in the plane defined by the razor variables $R^2$ and $M_R$ is studied, searching for a peaking signal on top of a smoothly falling standard model background. The data are consistent with the expected background, modeled by a template function. The 95% C.L. exclusion limit on the masses of the gluino and lightest supersymmetric particle in a benchmark simplified model is presented. For a lightest supersymmetric particle mass of 100 GeV, the pair production of gluinos in a multi-bottom final state is excluded for gluino masses up to 1375 GeV.Comment: LHCP Conference 201

Micropattern gas detector technologies and applications, the work of the RD51 collaboration

The RD51 collaboration was founded in April 2008 to coordinate and facilitate efforts for development of micropattern gaseous detectors (MPGDs). The 75 institutes from 25 countries bundle their effort, experience and resources to develop these emerging micropattern technologies. MPGDs are already employed in several nuclear and high-energy physics experiments, medical imaging instruments and photodetection applications; many more applications are foreseen. They outperform traditional wire chambers in terms of rate capability, time and position resolution, granularity, stability and radiation hardness. RD51 supports efforts to make MPGDs also suitable for large areas, increase cost-efficiency, develop portable detectors and improve ease-of-use. The collaboration is organized in working groups which develop detectors with new geometries, study and simulate their properties, and design optimized electronics. Among the common supported projects are creation of test infrastructure such as beam test and irradiation facilities, and the production workshop.Comment: Submitted to the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium 2010 Conference Recor