Jet energy scale setting with "Gamma+Jet" events at LHC energies. Detailed study of the background suppression

The possibilities of the background events suppression, based on the QCD subprocesses of qg-, gg-, qq- scattering with big cross sections, to the signal \gpj events are studied. Basing on the introduced selection criteria, the background suppression factors and signal events selection efficiencies and the number of the events, that can be collected at LHC with low luminosity L=10^{33}cm^2 s^{-1} during one month of continuous work, are determined.Comment: 23 pages, 9 figures, uses cernrep.cls style fil

Jet energy scale setting with "photon+Jet" events at LHC energies. Selection of events with a clean "photon+Jet" topology and photon Pt - jet Pt disbalance

It is shown in the paper that Pt activity limitation (modulus of the vector sum) of all particle beyond "photon+Jet" system Pt^out leads to the noticeable photon Pt - jet Pt disbalance decreasing. On a simultaneous restriction of the cluster Pt and Pt^out from above it is possible to reach an acceptable balance between photon Pt - jet Pt with a sufficient number of the photon Pt - jet Pt events for the jet energy scale setting and hadron calorimeter calibratiom of the CMS detector at LHC.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, uses cernrep.cls style fil

On the possibility of discrimination between π0,η,ω,Ks0\pi^0, \eta, \omega, K^0_s mesons and a photon based on the calorimeter information in the CMS detector

The possibility of separating the $\pi^0, \eta, \omega$ and $K^0_s$ meson background from the signal photons produced directly in $pp$ collisions is analyzed. The rejection factors for two pseudorapidity regions 0.4<\eta<1.0$and 1.6<\eta<2.0$ and six Et values, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 and 200 GeV, are calculated for a case when only the calorimeter information is used. The cases of $\eta, \omega$ and $K^0_s$ mesons decaying through the neutral and charged channels are considered separately.Comment: 17 pages, uses cernrep.cls style fil

"photon+Jet" events rate estimation for gluon distribution determination at LHC

It is shown that "photon+Jet" events, being collected at LHC, would provide us with the data sufficient for an extraction of gluon distribution function in a proton using valence and s quark distributions measured in the same experiment with another physical proces A new region of 10^{-4}< x < 10^{-1} with 1.6x10^3 photon +Jet events are also given.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, modified cernrep.cls fil

Performance of the CMS Cathode Strip Chambers with Cosmic Rays

The Cathode Strip Chambers (CSCs) constitute the primary muon tracking device in the CMS endcaps. Their performance has been evaluated using data taken during a cosmic ray run in fall 2008. Measured noise levels are low, with the number of noisy channels well below 1%. Coordinate resolution was measured for all types of chambers, and fall in the range 47 microns to 243 microns. The efficiencies for local charged track triggers, for hit and for segments reconstruction were measured, and are above 99%. The timing resolution per layer is approximately 5 ns

Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the H to ZZ to 2l 2nu channel in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

A search for the standard model Higgs boson in the H to ZZ to 2l 2nu decay channel, where l = e or mu, in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The data were collected at the LHC, with the CMS detector, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 inverse femtobarns. No significant excess is observed above the background expectation, and upper limits are set on the Higgs boson production cross section. The presence of the standard model Higgs boson with a mass in the 270-440 GeV range is excluded at 95% confidence level.Comment: Submitted to JHE

Performance and Operation of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter

The operation and general performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter using cosmic-ray muons are described. These muons were recorded after the closure of the CMS detector in late 2008. The calorimeter is made of lead tungstate crystals and the overall status of the 75848 channels corresponding to the barrel and endcap detectors is reported. The stability of crucial operational parameters, such as high voltage, temperature and electronic noise, is summarised and the performance of the light monitoring system is presented

Measurement of top quark–antiquark pair production in association with a W or Z boson in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

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Search for the production of dark matter in association with top-quark pairs in the single-lepton final state in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV

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Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its properties

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