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    Search for new physics in top events with the D0 detector

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    This review is focused on the search for new processes, performed with top quark events in D{\O}. It presents four updated or new D{\O} results. The two first analyses deal with top production properties: they search for a new heavy resonance decaying to top-antitop. The two last results concern top decay properties: the measurement of the WW helicity as a probe of the tWbtWb coupling structure, and the top quark branching ratio to WbWb. Neither of these measurements reveal any deviation with respect to the standard model predictions.Comment: Submitted for the SUSY07 conference proceeding. 4 pages, LateX, 6 eps figures, 2 LateX style file

    Transverse-momentum and pseudorapidity distributions of charged hadrons in pp collisions at √s=0.9 and 2.36 TeV

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    Measurements of inclusive charged-hadron transverse-momentum and pseudorapidity distributions are presented for proton-proton collisions at root s = 0.9 and 2.36 TeV. The data were collected with the CMS detector during the LHC commissioning in December 2009. For non-single-diffractive interactions, the average charged-hadron transverse momentum is measured to be 0.46 +/- 0.01 (stat.) +/- 0.01 (syst.) GeV/c at 0.9 TeV and 0.50 +/- 0.01 (stat.) +/- 0.01 (syst.) GeV/c at 2.36 TeV, for pseudorapidities between -2.4 and +2.4. At these energies, the measured pseudorapidity densities in the central region, dN(ch)/d eta vertical bar(vertical bar eta vertical bar and pp collisions. The results at 2.36 TeV represent the highest-energy measurements at a particle collider to date

    First look at CKM parameters from early Belle II data

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    International audienceAfter its commissioning in 2018, the Belle II experiment has started registering first physics data delivered by SuperKEKB in 2019. The Belle II physics program focuses on the search for physics beyond the standard model with precise measurements in the flavour sector. The huge targeted dataset and the B-factory particular collision scheme will help to significantly improve the experimental precision on the three angles of the bd CKM unitarity triangle. These measurements are based on time-dependent CP asymmetry analyses for the angles phi1 and phi2, and on the reconstruction of many B and D hadronic decay modes for phi3. In this proceeding article are reported the first look at these ingredients reconstructed with early Belle II data, and the expected Belle II sensitivity on phi1, phi2 and phi3 with more data

    Recherche du boson de Higgs standard lÊger dans le canal WH avec la statistique finale de l'expÊrience DØ au Tevatron

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    Le mÊcanisme de Higgs, introduit en 1964, propose une solution à un problème majeur du modèle standard de la physique des particules : l'origine de la masse. Ce mÊcanisme prÊdit l'existence d'un boson scalaire, de masse non prÊdite par la thÊorie et qui n'a encore jamais ÊtÊ observÊ expÊrimentalement (Juin 2012). Le Tevatron, un accÊlÊrateur hadronique basÊ à Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory près de Chicago, a permis la prise de donnÊes à l'aide des deux dÊtecteurs CDF et DØ depuis 1983 jusqu'en septembre 2011. Accumulant une statistique de près de 10fb-1 à analyser. La production associÊe du Higgs et d'un boson vecteur est le canal principal de recherche pour un Higgs standard lÊger. A l'aide des donnÊes collectÊes par DØ, nous recherchons ce mode de production. La production du boson de Higgs Êtant très rare, nous avons dÊveloppÊ des techniques sophistiquÊes de manière à amÊliorer la sensibilitÊ au signal, telles que l'identification des jets de quarks beaux ou encore des mÊthodes basÊes sur des discriminants multivariÊs. Au final, une approche statistique nous permet de poser une limite supÊrieure sur le taux de production du Higgs observÊ (resp. attendu) rapportÊ aux prÊdictions du modèle standard. Les rÊsultats obtenus dans le canal WH avec la statistique finale de l'expÊrience DØ au Tevatron sont de 3.15 (resp. 3.97) pour un boson de Higgs de 115 GeV/C2.Higgs mechanism, introduced in 1964, gives a satisfactory solution to a major problem of the standard model of elementary particles: the origin of the mass. It predicts the existence of the Higgs scalar boson, which mass is not defined by the theory and which has not been discovered experimentally yet (June 2012). The Tevatron, a hadron accelerator based at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago, took data with its two multi-purpose detectors CDF and DØ since 1983 up to september 2011. Leaving about 10 fb-1 of statistics to analyze. Associated production of Higgs and vector gauge boson is the main search channel for a light standard Higgs boson. Using data collected by DØ, we are looking for this production mode taking advantage of sophisticated techniques to improve the signal sensitivity like b-jet identification and multivariate discriminants. In the end, a statistical approach allows us to set an upper limit on the ratio between the observed (resp. expected) Higgs production and its theoretical cross section. The results obtained in the WH channel using 9.7 fb-1 at DØ is 3;15 (resp. 3.96) for a 115 GeV/c2 Higgs boson.STRASBOURG-Bib.electronique 063 (674829902) / SudocSudocFranceF

    Etude du couplage top-W-b par la mesure de l'hÊlicitÊ du boson W dans l'expÊrience Dø

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    Measurements of Beam Backgrounds in SuperKEKB Phase 2

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    The high design luminosity of the SuperKEKB electron-positron collider will result in challenging levels of beam-induced backgro unds in the interaction region. Understanding and mitigating these backgrounds is critical to the success of the Belle~II experi ment. We report on the first background measurements performed after roll-in of the Belle II detector, a period known as SuperKE KB Phase 2, utilizing both the BEAST II system of dedicated background detectors and the Belle II detector itself. We also repor t on first revisions to the background simulation made in response to our findings. Backgrounds measured include contributions f rom synchrotron radiation, beam-gas, Touschek, and injection backgrounds. At the end of Phase 2, single-beam backgrounds origina ting from the 4 GeV positron Low Energy Ring (LER) agree reasonably well with simulation, while backgrounds from the 7 GeV elect ron High Energy Ring (HER) are approximately one order of magnitude higher than simulation. We extrapolate these backgrounds for ward and conclude it is safe to install the Belle II vertex detector
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