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Exploring Higgs Triplet Models via Vector Boson Scattering at the LHC
We present the results of a study of Higgs triplet boson production arising
in the Littlest Higgs, Left-Right Symmetric, and Georgi-Machacek models in the
W^\pm W^\pm, W^\pm Z, W^+ W^-, and Z Z channels at the LHC. We focus on the
"gold-plated" purely leptonic decay modes and consider the irreducible
electroweak, QCD, and t-quark backgrounds, applying a combination of
forward-jet-tagging, central-jet-vetoing, and stringent leptonic cuts to
suppress the backgrounds. We find that, given the constraints on the triplet
vacuum expectation value (vev), considerable luminosity is required to observe
Higgs triplet bosons in vector boson scattering. Observing a Higgs triplet at
the LHC is most promising in the Georgi-Machacek model due to a weaker
constraint on the triplet vev. In this model, we find that a Higgs triplet
boson with a mass of 1.0 (1.5) TeV can be observed at the LHC with an
integrated luminosity as low as 41 (119) fb^{-1} in the W^\pm W^\pm channel and
as low as 171 (474) fb^{-1} in the W^\pm Z channel. Observation of Higgs
triplet bosons in these channels would help identify the underlying theory.Comment: 14 pages, 11 figures, references adde
Soft x-ray measurements of z
This article reports the experimental characterization of a z-pinch driven-vacuum hohlraum. The authors have measured soft x-ray fluxes of 5 x 10{sup 12} W/cm{sup 2} radiating from the walls of hohlraums which are 2.4--2.5 cm in diameter by 1 cm tall. The x-ray source used to drive these hohlraums was a z-pinch consisting of a 300 wire tungsten array driven by a 2 MA, 100 ns current pulse. In this hohlraum geometry, the z-pinch x-ray source can produce energies in excess of 800 kJ and powers in excess of 100 TW to drive these hohlraums. The x-rays released in these hohlraums represent greater than a factor of 25 in energy and more than a factor of three in x-ray power over previous laboratory-driven hohlraums
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Soft X-Ray Measurements of Z-Pinch-Driven Vacuum Hohlraums
This article reports the experimental characterization of a z-pinch driven-vacuum hohlraum. The authors have measured soft x-ray fluxes of 5 x 10{sup 12} W/cm{sup 2} radiating from the walls of hohlraums which are 2.4--2.5 cm in diameter by 1 cm tall. The x-ray source used to drive these hohlraums was a z-pinch consisting of a 300 wire tungsten array driven by a 2 MA, 100 ns current pulse. In this hohlraum geometry, the z-pinch x-ray source can produce energies in excess of 800 kJ and powers in excess of 100 TW to drive these hohlraums. The x-rays released in these hohlraums represent greater than a factor of 25 in energy and more than a factor of three in x-ray power over previous laboratory-driven hohlraums