Tools

Developing and Testing "Tools"
(Triggers, Particle ID, Understanding BG, Extracting Parameters)
1. Lepton-plus-Track Trigger at the Tevatron Run II
Paper NIMA 518 (2004) 609
Faculty A. Anastassov (Rutgers), M. Chertok (UC Davis),
J. Conway (Rutgers), M. Goncharov (TAMU),
T. Kamon (TAMU), R. Lander (UC Davis),
A. Lath (Rutgers), P. Murat (FANL),
C. Pagliarone (Pisa), G.M. Piacentino (Pisa),
F. Ratnikov (Rutgers), A. Safonov (UC Davis), A. Savoy-Navarro (Paris), J.R. Smith (UC Davis),
D. Toback (TAMU), E. Vataga (Rutgers)
Students S. Baroiant (UC Davis), D. Jang (Rutgers),
V. Khotilovich (TAMU), T. Ogawa (Waseda/TAMU),
S. Tourneur (Paris) Z. Wan (Rutgers)
  • Run 2 CDF papers using this trigger:
    195 pb-1 Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 131801 - High mass di-tau
    310 pb-1 hep-ex/0508051 and PRL 96 (2006) 011802 - MSSM Higgs
  • Run 1 CDF papers using taus
    86 pb-1 hep-ex/0506042 and Phys. Rev. D72 (2005) 072004 (MSSM Higgs di-tau)
    • 2. tau ID by detecting Z→ττ at the Tevatron Run II
    "Measurement of σ(pp → Z) B(Z → τ τ) in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV"
    Paper Phys. Rev. D75 (2007) 092004 (350 pb-1)
    Faculty M. Chertok (UC Davis), T. Kamon (TAMU), R. Lander (UC Davis), A. Safonov (UC Davis/TAMU)
    Students S. Baroiant (UC Davis), V. Khotilovich (TAMU)
  • Other papers on Z→ττ from the Tevatron data:
    [D0] 226 pb-1 hep-ex/0412020 or PRD71 (2005) 072004
    • 3. Rp Violation Stop search
    "Search for Pair Production of Scalar Top Quarks Decaying to a tau Lepton and a b Quark in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV"
  • tau ID in jet environment by studying of ττ + jets final state at the Tevatron Run II
  • Lepton+Tau Triggers were used.
    • Paper
  • [080813] Published online: Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 071802
  • [080807] First proofreading (waited for 2 months!)
  • [080606] Accepted for publication
  • [080513] Review reports
  • [080422] Sent to reviewers
  • [080414] Re-submitted to PRL after shortening the paper!
  • [080226] HEP-EX [hep-ex/0802.3887], FERMILAB-PUB-08-045-E
  • [080222] CDF 48 hours Notice [CDF Analysis Page]
  • [080221] CDF Paper Seminar at CDF Weekly Meeting
    V. Khotilovich "Search for Pair Production of Scalar Top Quarks Decaying to a tau Lepton and a b Quark in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV," CDF/PUB/EXOTIC/PUBLIC/9038, CDF Note No. 9038
  • [050825] Fermilab Today Aug. 25, 2005 (322 pb-1)
    • Faculty M. Chertok (UC Davis), T. Kamon (TAMU), R. Lander (UC Davis), A. Safonov (TAMU)
    Students S. Baroiant (UC Davis), V. Khotilovich (TAMU)
  • Papers from the Tevatron data:
    Remarks!
    • 4. Supersymmetry Parameter Analysis (SPA) Tool
    Paper hep-ph/0511344 and Eur. Phys J. C46 (2006) 43
    Faculty R. Arnowitt, B. Dutta, T. Kamon (TAMU), collaborating with J.A. Aguilar-Saavedra et al.
    5. VLQ3 search
    "Search for Third Generation Vector Leptoquarks in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV," at the Tevatron Run II
  • tau ID in jet environment by studying of ττ + jets final state
  • Lepton+Tau Triggers were used.
    • Paper
  • [080530] PRD 77 (2008) 091105
  • [080416] PRD RC, accepted.
  • [070705] 322 pb-1 Fermilab Today July. 5, 2007
  • [070615] submitted to PRL
  • [070607] CDF Paper Seminar at CDF Weekly Meeting
    A. Soha "Search for Third Generation Vector Leptoquarks in ppbar Collisions at sqrt s = 1.96 TeV," CDF/PUB/EXOTIC/CDFR/8697, CDF Note No. 8697
    • Faculty Maxwell Chertok (UC Davis), Teruki Kamon (TAMU), Yukihiro Kato (Osaka City U.), Richard Lander (UC Davis), Sung-Won Lee (Texas Tech), A. Safonov (TAMU), John R. Smith (UC Davis), Aron Soha (UC Davis) Soushi Tsuno (Okayama U.)
    Students Takashi Akimoto (U. of Tsukuba), Stan Forrester (UC Davis), Vadim Khotilovich (TAMU)
  • Papers from the Tevatron data:
    Any remarks?
    • 6. H++
    "Search for Doubly Charged Higgs Bosons with Lepton-Flavor-Violating Decays involving Tau Leptons"
  • Lepton+Tau Triggers were used.
    • Paper
  • [080817] Posted on arXiv (arXiv:0808.2161)
  • [070615] Submitted to PRL
  • [071115] CDF Paper Seminar at CDF Weekly Meeting
    S. Baroiant "Search for Doubly Charged Higgs Bosons with Lepton-Flavor-Violating Decays involving Tau Leptons," CDF/PUB/EXOTIC/PUBLIC/8624, CDF Note No. 8624
    • Faculty Maxwell Chertok (UC Davis), Richard Lander (UC Davis), A. Safonov (TAMU), John R. Smith (UC Davis), Aron Soha (UC Davis)
    Students S. Baroiant (UC Davis)
  • Papers:
    Any update, remarks?