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Massively Parallel Computing at the Large Hadron Collider up to the HL-LHC
As the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) continues its upward progression in energy
and luminosity towards the planned High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) in 2025, the
challenges of the experiments in processing increasingly complex events will
also continue to increase. Improvements in computing technologies and
algorithms will be a key part of the advances necessary to meet this challenge.
Parallel computing techniques, especially those using massively parallel
computing (MPC), promise to be a significant part of this effort. In these
proceedings, we discuss these algorithms in the specific context of a
particularly important problem: the reconstruction of charged particle tracks
in the trigger algorithms in an experiment, in which high computing performance
is critical for executing the track reconstruction in the available time. We
discuss some areas where parallel computing has already shown benefits to the
LHC experiments, and also demonstrate how a MPC-based trigger at the CMS
experiment could not only improve performance, but also extend the reach of the
CMS trigger system to capture events which are currently not practical to
reconstruct at the trigger level.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures. Proceedings of 2nd International Summer School
on Intelligent Signal Processing for Frontier Research and Industry
(INFIERI2014), to appear in JINST. Revised version in response to referee
comment
Search for long-lived particles at CMS
The most recent searches for long-lived particles at CMS are presented.
Searches for displaced jets, displaced leptons, displaced stops, and heavy
stable charged particles are among those discussed. A variety of models are
constrained by these searches, ranging from hidden valleys to split
supersymmetry.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures. Proceedings of the 37th International Conference
on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2014), July 2-9, 2014, Valencia, Spai
Data Driven Search in the Displaced Pair Channel for a Higgs Boson Decaying to Long-Lived Neutral Particles
This article presents a proposal for a new search channel for the Higgs boson
decaying to two long-lived neutral particles, each of which decays to
at a displaced vertex. The decay length considered is such that the decay takes
place within the LHC beampipe. We present a new data-driven analysis using jet
substructure and properties of the tracks from the highly-displaced vertices.
We consider a model with a 125 GeV Higgs boson with a significant branching
fraction to decay via this mode, with the long-lived neutral particle having a
mass in the range of 15--40 GeV and a decay length commensurate with the beam
pipe radius.
Such a signal can be readily observed with an integrated luminosity of 19.5
fb at 8TeV at the LHC.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures, Submitted to JHE
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Precision measurement of the top quark mass in the lepton + jets channel using a matrix element method with Quasi-Monte Carlo integration
This thesis presents a measurement of the top quark mass obtained from p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron using the CDF II detector. The measurement uses a matrix element integration method to calculate a t{bar t} likelihood, employing a Quasi-Monte Carlo integration, which enables us to take into account effects due to finite detector angular resolution and quark mass effects. We calculate a t{bar t} likelihood as a 2-D function of the top pole mass m{sub t} and {Delta}{sub JES}, where {Delta}{sub JES} parameterizes the uncertainty in our knowledge of the jet energy scale; it is a shift applied to all jet energies in units of the jet-dependent systematic error. By introducing {Delta}{sub JES} into the likelihood, we can use the information contained in W boson decays to constrain {Delta}{sub JES} and reduce error due to this uncertainty. We use a neural network discriminant to identify events likely to be background, and apply a cut on the peak value of individual event likelihoods to reduce the effect of badly reconstructed events. This measurement uses a total of 4.3 fb{sup -1} of integrated luminosity, requiring events with a lepton, large E{sub T}, and exactly four high-energy jets in the pseudorapidity range |{eta}| < 2.0, of which at least one must be tagged as coming from a b quark. In total, we observe 738 events before and 630 events after applying the likelihood cut, and measure m{sub t} = 172.6 {+-} 0.9 (stat.) {+-} 0.7 (JES) {+-} 1.1 (syst.) GeV/c{sup 2}, or m{sub t} = 172.6 {+-} 1.6 (tot.) GeV/c{sup 2}
A Simple Sign for Recognizing Off-Axis OCT Measurement Beam Placement in the Context of Multicentre Studies
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) allows quantification of the thickness of the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness, a potential biomarker for neurodegeneration. The estimated annual RNFL loss in multiple sclerosis amounts to 2 μm using time domain OCT. The recognition of measurement artifacts exceeding this limit is relevant for the successful use of OCT as a secondary outcome measure in clinical trials
Plasma microRNAs as biomarkers of pancreatic cancer risk in a prospective cohort study
Accepted manuscript version. Published version available in International Journal of Cancer 2017, 141 (5):905–915 .Noninvasive biomarkers for early pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) diagnosis and disease risk stratification are greatly needed. We conducted a nested case-control study within the Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort to evaluate prediagnostic microRNAs (miRs) as biomarkers of subsequent PDAC risk. A panel of eight miRs (miR-10a, -10b, -21-3p, -21-5p, -30c, -106b, -155 and -212) based on previous evidence from our group was evaluated in 225 microscopically confirmed PDAC cases and 225 controls matched on center, sex, fasting status and age/date/time of blood collection. MiR levels in prediagnostic plasma samples were determined by quantitative RT-PCR. Logistic regression was used to model levels and PDAC risk, adjusting for covariates and to estimate area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC). Plasma miR-10b, -21-5p, -30c and -106b levels were significantly higher in cases diagnosed within 2 years of blood collection compared to matched controls (all p-values <0.04). Based on adjusted logistic regression models, levels for six miRs (miR-10a, -10b, -21-5p, -30c, -155 and -212) overall, and for four miRs (-10a, -10b, -21-5p and -30c) at shorter follow-up time between blood collection and diagnosis (≤5 yr, ≤2 yr), were statistically significantly associated with risk. A score based on the panel showed a linear dose-response trend with risk (p-value = 0.0006). For shorter follow-up (≤5 yr), AUC for the score was 0.73, and for individual miRs ranged from 0.73 (miR-212) to 0.79 (miR-21-5p)
Management of intra-abdominal infections : recommendations by the WSES 2016 consensus conference
This paper reports on the consensus conference on the management of intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) which was held on July 23, 2016, in Dublin, Ireland, as a part of the annual World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) meeting. This document covers all aspects of the management of IAIs. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation recommendation is used, and this document represents the executive summary of the consensus conference findings.Peer reviewe
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