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hep-lat2016★ 24 cited

Composite Higgs Dynamics on the Lattice

Claudio Pica, Vincent Drach, Martin Hansen +1

We investigate the spectrum of the SU(2) gauge theory with = 2 flavors of fermions in the fundamental representation, in the continuum, using lattice simulations. This model…

physics.ins-det2016★ 52 cited

Highly-sensitive superconducting circuits at ~700 kHz with tunable quality factors for image-current detection of single trapped antiprotons

H. Nagahama, G. Schneider, A. Mooser +14

We developed highly-sensitive image-current detection systems based on superconducting toroidal coils and ultra-low noise amplifiers for non-destructive measurements of the axial f…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 51 cited

Constraints on violation of Lorentz invariance from atmospheric showers initiated by multi-TeV photons

Grigory Rubtsov, Petr Satunin, Sergey Sibiryakov

We discuss the effect of hypothetical violation of Lorentz invariance at high energies on the formation of atmospheric showers by very-high-energy gamma rays. In the scenario where…

hep-ph2016★ 1 cited

Triple parton scatterings in proton-nucleus collisions at high energies

David d'Enterria, Alexander M. Snigirev

A generic expression to compute triple parton scattering (TPS) cross sections in high-energy proton-nucleus (pA) collisions is derived as a function of the corresponding single-par…

hep-ph2016★ 854 cited

Multiquark Resonances

A. Esposito, A. Pilloni, A. D. Polosa

Multiquark resonances are undoubtedly experimentally observed. The number of states and the amount of details on their properties has been growing over the years. It is very recent…

hep-ex2016★ 66 cited

Measurement of the CKM angle from a combination of LHCb results

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +765

A combination of measurements sensitive to the CKM angle from LHCb is performed. The inputs are from analyses of time-integrated , $B^{0} \rightarrow D K…

hep-ph2016★ 1 cited

PSL(2,7) Representations and their relevance to Neutrino Physics

G. Aliferis, G. K. Leontaris, N. D. Vlachos

The investigation of the role of finite groups in flavor physics and particularly, in the interpretation of the neutrino data has been the subject of intensive research. Motivated…

physics.ins-det2016★ 8 cited

Measurement of parameters of scintillating bars with wavelength-shifting fibres and silicon photomultiplier readout for the SHiP Muon Detector

W. Baldini, A. Blondel, A. Calcaterra +11

The light yield and the time resolution of different types of 3 m long scintillating bars instrumented with wavelength shifting fibres and read out by different models of silicon p…

hep-ph2016★ 60 cited

Triple parton scatterings in high-energy proton-proton collisions

David d'Enterria, Alexander M. Snigirev

A generic expression to compute triple parton scattering (TPS) cross sections in high-energy proton-proton (pp) collisions is presented as a function of the corresponding single-pa…

hep-ph2016★ 36 cited

Likelihood Analysis of the Minimal AMSB Model

E. Bagnaschi, M. Borsato, K. Sakurai +17

We perform a likelihood analysis of the minimal Anomaly-Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking (mAMSB) model using constraints from cosmology and accelerator experiments. We find that a w…

hep-th2016★ 4 cited

Wilson Loop Form Factors: A New Duality

Dmitry Chicherin, Paul Heslop, Gregory P. Korchemsky +1

We find a new duality for form factors of lightlike Wilson loops in planar super-Yang-Mills theory. The duality maps a form factor involving an -sided lightlike p…

nucl-th2016

Medium Recoils and background subtraction in JEWEL

Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, Korinna Christine Zapp

\textsc{Jewel} is a fully dynamical event generator for jet evolution in a dense QCD medium, which has been validated for multiple jet and jet-like observables. Jet constituents (p…

hep-ph2016

Observables of QCD Diffraction

Mikael Mieskolainen, Risto Orava

A new combinatorial vector space measurement model is introduced for soft QCD diffraction. The model independent mathematical construction resolves experimental complications; the…

hep-ph2016★ 43 cited

Dichroic subjettiness ratios to distinguish colour flows in boosted boson tagging

Gavin P. Salam, Lais Schunk, Gregory Soyez

-subjettiness ratios are in wide use for tagging heavy boosted objects, in particular the ratio of 2-subjettiness to 1-subjettiness for tagging boosted electroweak bosons. In th…

physics.ins-det2016★ 4 cited

Test beam studies of the TRD prototype filled with different gas mixtures based on Xe, Kr, and Ar

E Celebi, T. Brooks, M. Joos +14

Towards the end of LHC Run1, gas leaks were observed in some parts of the Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) of ATLAS. Due to these leaks, primary Xenon based gas mixture was repla…

physics.ins-det2016★ 5 cited

Some results of test beam studies of Transition Radiation Detector prototypes at CERN

V. O. Tikhomirov, T. Brooks, M. Joos +14

Operating conditions and challenging demands of present and future accelerator experiments result in new requirements on detector systems. There are many ongoing activities aimed t…

hep-ex2016

Identification of Jet-like events using a Multiplicity Detector

Ranbir Singh, Bedangadas Mohanty

We present a method for studying the detection of jets in high energy hadronic collisions using multiplicity detector in forward rapidities. Such a study enhances the physics scope…

physics.acc-ph2016★ 12 cited

The BRAN luminosity detectors for the LHC

Howard S. Matis, Massimo Placidi, Alessandro Ratti +3

This paper describes the several phases which led, from the conceptual design, prototyping, construction and tests with beam, to the installation and operation of the BRAN (Beam RA…

hep-ex2016★ 53 cited

Final COMPASS results on the deuteron spin-dependent structure function and the Bjorken sum rule

C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov +223

Final results are presented from the inclusive measurement of deep-inelastic polarised-muon scattering on longitudinally polarised deuterons using a LiD target. The data were t…

hep-lat2016★ 22 cited

Time evolution of linearized gauge field fluctuations on a real-time lattice

Aleksi Kurkela, Tuomas Lappi, Jarkko Peuron

Classical real-time lattice simulations play an important role in understanding non-equilibrium phenomena in gauge theories and are used in particular to model the prethermal evolu…

hep-ex2016★ 45 cited

Search for heavy gauge W' bosons in events with an energetic lepton and large missing transverse momentum at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV

CMS Collaboration

A search is presented for W' bosons in events with an electron or muon and large missing transverse momentum, using proton-proton collision data at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV collected with…

hep-ex2016★ 40 cited

Measurement of electroweak-induced production of W gamma with two jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV and constraints on anomalous quartic gauge couplings

CMS Collaboration

A measurement of electroweak-induced production of W gamma and two jets is performed, where the W boson decays leptonically. The data used in the analysis correspond to an integrat…

hep-ex2016★ 48 cited

Search for massive resonances decaying into WW, WZ or ZZ bosons in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV

CMS Collaboration

A search is presented for new massive resonances decaying to WW, WZ or ZZ bosons in l nu quark anti-quark and quark anti-quark quark anti-quark final states. Results are based on d…

hep-ph2016★ 36 cited

Standard Model with spontaneously broken quantum scale invariance

D. M. Ghilencea, Z. Lalak, P. Olszewski

We explore the possibility that scale symmetry is a quantum symmetry that is broken only spontaneously and apply this idea to the Standard Model (SM). We compute the quantum correc…