Search for new particles in events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

A search is presented for new particles produced at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV, using events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 101 fb(-1), collected in 2017-2018 with the CMS detector. Machine learning techniques are used to define separate categories for events with narrow jets from initial-state radiation and events with large-radius jets consistent with a hadronic decay of a W or Z boson. A statistical combination is made with an earlier search based on a data sample of 36 fb(-1), collected in 2016. No significant excess of events is observed with respect to the standard model background expectation determined from control samples in data. The results are interpreted in terms of limits on the branching fraction of an invisible decay of the Higgs boson, as well as constraints on simplified models of dark matter, on first-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to quarks and neutrinos, and on models with large extra dimensions. Several of the new limits, specifically for spin-1 dark matter mediators, pseudoscalar mediators, colored mediators, and leptoquarks, are the most restrictive to date.Peer reviewe

Combined searches for the production of supersymmetric top quark partners in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

A combination of searches for top squark pair production using proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1) collected by the CMS experiment, is presented. Signatures with at least 2 jets and large missing transverse momentum are categorized into events with 0, 1, or 2 leptons. New results for regions of parameter space where the kinematical properties of top squark pair production and top quark pair production are very similar are presented. Depending on themodel, the combined result excludes a top squarkmass up to 1325 GeV for amassless neutralino, and a neutralinomass up to 700 GeV for a top squarkmass of 1150 GeV. Top squarks with masses from 145 to 295 GeV, for neutralino masses from 0 to 100 GeV, with a mass difference between the top squark and the neutralino in a window of 30 GeV around the mass of the top quark, are excluded for the first time with CMS data. The results of theses searches are also interpreted in an alternative signal model of dark matter production via a spin-0 mediator in association with a top quark pair. Upper limits are set on the cross section for mediator particle masses of up to 420 GeV

Probing effective field theory operators in the associated production of top quarks with a Z boson in multilepton final states at root s=13 TeV

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Observation of tW production in the single-lepton channel in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV

A measurement of the cross section of the associated production of a single top quark and a W boson in final states with a muon or electron and jets in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV is presented. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36 fb(-1) collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2016. A boosted decision tree is used to separate the tW signal from the dominant t (t) over bar background, whilst the subleading W+jets and multijet backgrounds are constrained using data-based estimates. This result is the first observation of the tW process in final states containing a muon or electron and jets, with a significance exceeding 5 standard deviations. The cross section is determined to be 89 +/- 4 (stat) +/- 12 (syst) pb, consistent with the standard model.Peer reviewe

Measurement of the top quark mass using events with a single reconstructed top quark in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV

Abstract:A measurement of the top quark mass is performed using a data sample en-riched with single top quark events produced in thetchannel. The study is based on proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1, recorded at√s= 13TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016. Candidate events are selectedby requiring an isolated high-momentum lepton (muon or electron) and exactly two jets,of which one is identified as originating from a bottom quark. Multivariate discriminantsare designed to separate the signal from the background. Optimized thresholds are placedon the discriminant outputs to obtain an event sample with high signal purity. The topquark mass is found to be172.13+0.76−0.77GeV, where the uncertainty includes both the sta-tistical and systematic components, reaching sub-GeV precision for the first time in thisevent topology. The masses of the top quark and antiquark are also determined separatelyusing the lepton charge in the final state, from which the mass ratio and difference aredetermined to be0.9952+0.0079−0.0104and0.83+1.79−1.35GeV, respectively. The results are consistentwithCPTinvariance

Search for a heavy Higgs boson decaying into two lighter Higgs bosons in the tau tau bb final state at 13 TeV

A search for a heavy Higgs boson H decaying into the observed Higgs boson h with a mass of 125 GeV and another Higgs boson h(S) is presented. The h and h(S) bosons are required to decay into a pair of tau leptons and a pair of b quarks, respectively. The search uses a sample of proton-proton collisions collected with the CMS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1). Mass ranges of 240-3000 GeV for m(H) and 60-2800 GeV for m(hS) are explored in the search. No signal has been observed. Model independent 95% confidence level upper limits on the product of the production cross section and the branching fractions of the signal process are set with a sensitivity ranging from 125 fb (for m(H) = 240 GeV) to 2.7 fb (for m(H) = 1000 GeV). These limits are compared to maximally allowed products of the production cross section and the branching fractions of the signal process in the next-to-minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model.Peer reviewe

Relative contribution of yield components for grain production in soybean

Seis genótipos de soja foram estudados com o objetivo de identificar a contribuição relativa dos componentes do rendimento para a produção final de grãos. O experimento foi conduzido no ano agrícola 1996/97 na EEA/UFRGS, Eldorado do Sul, RS. As avaliações foram realizadas em plantas individuais e se estenderam desde o estádio de floração até o de maturação. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que a importância relativa de cada componente do rendimento variou conforme a cultivar. As cultivares FT-2003 e RS 9-Itaúba foram significativamente superiores às demais com relação à produção de grãos por planta, com exceção da RS 7-Jacuí. Elas se caracterizaram por elevado número de nós férteis nos ramos e elevada produção nos mesmos, enquanto a RS 7-Jacuí apresentou elevado peso de 100 grãos e alto número de legumes com três grãos. A cultivar CEP 20-Guajuvira apresentou alta porcentagem de fixação de legumes. O peso de 100 grãos é um componente importante na produção de grãos da cultivar BR 16. Na cultivar OCEPAR 14, a produção de grãos decorre da alta produção de ramos e do número de nós férteis nos ramos.Six soybean genotypes were studied with the objective of identifying the relative contribution of the yield components to the final grain production. The experiment was conducted during the 1996/97 growing season in the EEA/UFRGS, Eldorado do Sul, RS, Brazil. Plants were evaluated individually from flowering until maturity. Results obtained demonstrate that the relative importance of each yield component varied according to the cultivar. Cultivars FT-2003 and RS 9-Itaúba were significantly superior to the others with regard to grain production per plant, the exception was RS 7-Jacuí. They were characterized by a high number of fertile nodes in the branches and high production in them, while RS 7-Jacuí had high 100 grains weight and high number of pods with three grains. CEP 20-Guajuvira presented high fixation percentage of legumes. One hundred grains weight is an important component in the production of the cultivar BR 16. In the cultivar OCEPAR 14 the production is the result of a high production of branches and of a high number of fertile nodes in them

Contribuição relativa dos componentes do rendimento para produção de grãos em soja

Seis genótipos de soja foram estudados com o objetivo de identificar a contribuição relativa dos componentes do rendimento para a produção final de grãos. O experimento foi conduzido no ano agrícola 1996/97 na EEA/UFRGS, Eldorado do Sul, RS. As avaliações foram realizadas em plantas individuais e se estenderam desde o estádio de floração até o de maturação. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que a importância relativa de cada componente do rendimento variou conforme a cultivar. As cultivares FT-2003 e RS 9-Itaúba foram significativamente superiores às demais com relação à produção de grãos por planta, com exceção da RS 7-Jacuí. Elas se caracterizaram por elevado número de nós férteis nos ramos e elevada produção nos mesmos, enquanto a RS 7-Jacuí apresentou elevado peso de 100 grãos e alto número de legumes com três grãos. A cultivar CEP 20-Guajuvira apresentou alta porcentagem de fixação de legumes. O peso de 100 grãos é um componente importante na produção de grãos da cultivar BR 16. Na cultivar OCEPAR 14, a produção de grãos decorre da alta produção de ramos e do número de nós férteis nos ramos