Main Field Tracking Measurement in the LHC Superconducting Dipole and Quadrupole Magnets (2008)
Xydi, P, Alemany-Fernandez, R, Bottura, L, Deferne, G, Lamont, M, Miles, J, ...
One of the most stringent requirements during the energy ramp of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is to have a constant ratio between dipole-quadrupole and dipole-dipole field so as to control the...
Sammut, N J, Alemany-Fernandez, R, Bottura, L, Deferne, G, Lamont, M, Miles, J, ...
In order to reduce the burden on the beam-based feedback, the Large Hadron Collider control system is equipped with the Field Description for the LHC (FiDeL) which provides a forecast of the magnetic...
Main Field Tracking Measurement in the LHC Superconducting Dipole and Quadrupole Magnets (2008)
Xydi, P, Sammut, N, Alemany-Fernandez, R, Bottura, L, Deferne, G, Lamont, M, ...
One of the most stringent requirements during the energy ramp of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is to have a constant ratio between dipole-quadrupole and dipole-dipole field so as to control the...
Sammut, N, Xydi, P, Alemany-Fernandez, R, Bottura, L, Deferne, G, Lamont, M, ...
In order to reduce the burden on the beam-based feedback, the Large Hadron Collider control system is equipped with the Field Description for the LHC (FiDeL) which provides a forecast of the magnetic...
Description of the Main Features of the Series Production of the LHC Main Dipole Magnets (2008)
Savary, F, Bajko, M, Chevret, P, De Rijk, G, Fessia, P, Liénard, P, ...
The series production of the LHC main dipole magnets was completed in November 2006. This paper presents the organization implemented at CERN and the milestones fixed to fullfil the technical...
Xydi, P, Sammut, N, Alemany-Fernandez, R, Bottura, L, Deferne, G, Lamont, M, ...
A dedicated measurement campaign was set up to test the FiDeL concept and its LSA implementation. The test was performed by demonstrating the tracking of B1 and B2 for two LHC main dipoles and one...
Evidence for D0-D-bar0 Mixing using the CDF II Detector (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Álvarez González, B., Amerio, S., ...
We measure the time dependence of the ratio of decay rates for the rare decay D0 --> K+ pi+- to the Cabibbo-favored decay D0 --> K- pi++. We use a signal of 12.7 x 103 D0 --> K+ pi+- decays with...
Evidence for D0-D-bar0 Mixing using the CDF II Detector (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Álvarez González, B., Amerio, S., ...
We measure the time dependence of the ratio of decay rates for the rare decay D0 --> K+ pi+- to the Cabibbo-favored decay D0 --> K- pi++. We use a signal of 12.7 x 103 D0 --> K+ pi+- decays with...
Design, Production and First Commissioning Results of the Electrical Feedboxes of the LHC (2008)
Perin, A, Atieh, S, Benda, V, Bertarelli, A, Bouillot, A, Brodzinski, K, ...
A total of 44 CERN designed cryogenic electrical feedboxes are needed to power the LHC superconducting magnets. The feedboxes include more than 1000 superconducting circuits fed by high temperature...
Search for third generation vector leptoquarks in p(p)over-barcollisions at root s=1.96 TeV (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., ...
We search for a third generation vector leptoquark (VLQ3) that decays to a b quark and tau lepton using the CDF II detector and 320 pb(-1) of integrated luminosity from the Fermilab Tevatron....
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., ...
We present a measurement of the correlated b (b) over bar production cross section. The data used in this analysis were taken with the upgraded CDF detector (CDF II) at the Fermilab Tevatron...
First run II measurement of the W boson mass at the Fermilab Tevatron (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., ...
We describe a measurement of the W boson mass m(W) using 200 pb(-1) of root s=1.96 TeV p (p) over bar collision data taken with the CDF II detector. With a sample of 63 964 W -> e nu candidates and...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B., Amerio, S., ...
We present a measurement of the cross section for W-boson production in association with jets in p (p) over bar collisions at root s =1.96 TeV. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to an...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We present the first measurement of two-particle momentum correlations in jets produced in p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV. Results are obtained for charged particles within a...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
This paper describes the first measurement of b-quark fragmentation fractions into bottom hadrons in Run II of the Tevatron Collider at Fermilab. The result is based on a 360 pb(-1) sample of data...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We search for evidence of resonant top quark pair production in 955 pb(-1) of p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1: 96 TeV recorded with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. For fully...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We present a search for the associated production of charginos and neutralinos in p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV. The data were collected at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II)...
Observation of exclusive dijet production at the Fermilab Tevatron (p)over-bar-p collider (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We present the first observation and cross section measurement of exclusive dijet production in (p) over barp interactions, (p) over barp -> (p) over bar + dijet + p. Using a data sample of 310...
Observation of orbitally excited B-s mesons (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, Ba, ...
We report the observation of two narrow resonances consistent with states of orbitally excited (L=1) B-s mesons using 1 fb(-1) of p (p) over bar collisions at root s =1.96 TeV collected with the...
Search for resonant t(t)over-bar production in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., ...
We report on a search for narrow-width particles decaying to a top and antitop quark pair. The data set used in the analysis corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 680 pb(-1) collected with the...
Measurement of lifetime and decay-width difference in B-S(0)-> J/psi phi decays (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., ...
We measure the mean lifetime tau=2/(Gamma(L)+Gamma(H)) and the decay-width difference Delta Gamma=Gamma(L)-Gamma(H) of the light and heavy mass eigenstates of the B-s(0) meson, B-sL(0) and B-sH(0),...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with an electroweak vector boson in events with no identified charged leptons, large imbalance in transverse momentum, and two...
Strong evidence for ZZ production in pp collisions at root s=1.96 TeV (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We report the first evidence of Z boson pair production at a hadron collider with a significance exceeding 4 standard deviations. This result is based on a data sample corresponding to 1.9 fb(-1) of...
Observation of the decay B-c(+/-) -> J/psi pi(+/-) and measurement of the B-c(+/-) mass (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
The B-c(+/-) meson is observed through the decay B-c(+/-) -> J/psi pi(+/-), in data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.4 fb(-1) recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab II detector...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We present the results of a search for pair production of a new heavy toplike quark t' decaying to a W boson and another quark using the Collider Detector at Fermilab II detector in run II of the...
Evidence for D-0-(D)over-bar(0) mixing using the CDF II detector (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We measure the time dependence of the ratio of decay rates for the rare decay D-0 -> K+pi(-) to the Cabibbo-favored decay D-0 -> K-pi(+). A signal of 12.7x10(3) D-0 -> K+pi(-) decays was obtained...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We have performed a search for B-s(0)->mu(+)mu(-) and B-0 ->mu(+)mu(-) decays in p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV using 2 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected by the CDF II...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
Inclusive jet cross sections in Z/gamma* events, with Z/gamma* decaying into an electron-positron pair, are measured as a function of jet transverse momentum and jet multiplicity in p (p) over bar...
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We present the first measurement of the production cross section of a W boson with a single charm quark (c) in p (p) over bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, using soft muon tagging of c jets. In a...
Direct measurement of the W boson width in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
A direct measurement of the total decay width of the W boson Gamma(W) is presented using 350 pb(-1) of data from p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV collected with the CDF II detector at...
Cross-section-constrained top-quark mass measurement from dilepton events at the tevatron (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We report the first top-quark mass measurement that uses a cross-section constraint to improve the mass determination. This measurement is made with a dilepton t (t) over bar event candidate sample...
First observation of the decay B-s(0)-> Ds-Ds+ and measurement of its branching ratio (2008)
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Gonzalez, B. A., Amerio, S., ...
We report the observation of the exclusive decay B-s(0)-> Ds-Ds+ at the 7.5 standard deviation level using 355 pb(-1) of data collected by the CDF II detector in p (p) over bar collisions at root s...
Precise Measurement of the Top-Quark Mass in the Lepton+Jets Topology at CDF II (2007)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...
We present a measurement of the mass of the top quark from proton-antiproton collisions recorded at the CDF experiment in Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron. We analyze events from the single lepton...
Measurements of inclusive W and Z cross sections in collisions at (2007)
Abulencia, A, Acosta, D, Adelman, J, Affolder, T, Akimoto, T, Albrow, M G, ...
We report the first measurements of inclusive W and Z boson cross-sections times the corresponding leptonic branching ratios for collisions at TeV based on the decays of the W and Z bosons into...
Search for Chargino-Neutralino Production in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2007)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.G., ...
We present the results of a search for associated production of the chargino and neutralino supersymmetric particles using up to 1.1 fb-1 of integrated lumimosity collected by the CDF II experiment...
Precise measurement of the top-quark mass in the Lepton plus Jets topology at CDF II (2007)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., ...
7 pages, 3 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 14.65.Ha, 12.15.Ff, 13.85.Qk.-- ISI Article Identifier :000250644000015.-- ArXiv pre-print available: http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ex/0703045
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., ...
19 pages, 22 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 14.65.Ha, 13.85.Ni, 13.85.Qk.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000250621200014.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3790
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...
We present the results of a search for new particles that lead to a Z boson plus jets in p[overline p] collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II). A data sample...
First Measurement of the W Boson Mass in Run II of the Tevatron (2007)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.G., ...
We present a measurement of the W boson mass using 200 pb-1 of data collected in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV by the CDF II detector at Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron. With a sample of...
Search for Heavy, Long-Lived Particles that Decay to Photons at CDF II (2007)
Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Amerio, S., ...
We present the first search for heavy, long-lived particles that decay to photons at a hadron collider. We use a sample of gamma + jet + missing transverse energy events in p anti-p collisions at...
Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.G., Ambrose, D., ...
We present a search for anomalous production of events with two high-momentum leptons (electron or muon) of the same electric charge in \ppbar collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. We...
Observation and Mass Measurement of the Baryon $\Xi^-_b$ (2007)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...
We report the observation and measurement of the mass of the bottom, strange baryon Xi-_b through the decay chain Xi-_b --> J/psi Xi-, where J/psi --> mu+ mu-, Xi- --> Lambda pi+-, and Lambda --> p...
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., ...
8 pages, 4 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 12.15.Ff, 13.85.Ni, 14.65.Ha.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000247625300003.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0705.1594
Measurement of the Top-Quark Mass in All-Hadronic Decays in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at CDF II (2007)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.G., ...
We present a measurement of the top-quark mass, $M_{\mathrm{top}}$, in the all-hadronic decay channel $t\bar{t} \to W^+b W^- \bar{b} \to q_1\bar{q}_2 b q_3 \bar{q}_4 \bar{b}$. The analysis is...
Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...
We report a search for the anomalous production of events with multiple charged leptons in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of...
Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...
We present the first observation of the baryon decay Lambda0(b) --> Lambda+_c pi+- followed by Lambda+_c --> pK_ pi++ in 106 pb-1 p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV in the CDF experiment. In...
Status Report on the Superconducting Dipole Magnet Production for the LHC (2007)
Bajko, M, Bertinelli, F, Bellesia, B, Fessia, P, Hagen, P, Koutchouk, Jean-Pierre, ...
In August 2006, about 95 % of the production of the 1232 LHC superconducting dipole cold masses, whose coils are wound with Cu/Nb-Ti cables, is completed. One of the 3 manufacturers, having produced...
Measurement of the top-quark mass in all-hadronic decays in p(p)over-bar collisions at CDF II (2007)
Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., ...
7 pages, 2 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 14.65.Ha, 12.15.Ff.-- ISI Article Id: 000245512100018.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ex/0612026
Abulencia, A., Acosta, D., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...
We present a measurement of the tt-bar production cross section using events with one charged lepton and jets from p anti-p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. A b-tagging algorithm...
Investigation of the working point $Q_{H}$ = 25.62, $Q_{V}$ = 25.57 for 450 GeV operation (2007)
Burnod, L, Hilaire, A, Lauckner, R, Miles, J, Péraire, S, Rossi, V
Search for V+A Current in Top Quark Decay in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2007)
Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...
We report an upper limit on the fraction of V+A current, fV+A, in top-quark decays, using approximately 700 pb-1 of p[overline p] collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV acquired by the upgraded Collider...
Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.G., Ambrose, D., ...
We present a new measurement of the $B^+$ meson differential cross section $d\sigma/d p_T$ at $\sqrt{s}=1960$ GeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 739pb$^{-1}$ collected with the...
Observation of $B^0_s-\bar{B}^0_s$ Oscillations (2007)
Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...
We report the observation of Bs-Bsbar oscillations from a time-dependent measurement of the Bs-Bsbar oscillation frequency Delta ms. Using a data sample of 1 fb^-1 of p-pbar collisions at...
Measurement of the B+ production cross section in pp(-) collisions at root s=1960 GeV (2007)
Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Ambrose, D., ...
We present a new measurement of the B+ meson differential cross section d sigma/dp(T) at root s=1960 GeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 739 pb(-1) collected with the upgraded CDF...
Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Ambrose, D., ...
Using 355 pb(-1) of data collected by the CDF II detector in p (p) over bar at collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron, we study the fully reconstructed hadronic decays B-(s)(0) ->...
Abulencia, A., Acosta, D., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., ...
We report the first measurements of inclusive W and Z boson cross-sections times the corresponding leptonic branching ratios for pp collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV based on the decays of the W and Z...