Search for contact interactions using the inclusive jet p_T spectrum in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
Abstract
Results are reported of a search for a deviation in the jet production cross section from the prediction of perturbative quantum chromodynamics at next-to-leading order. The search is conducted using a 7 TeV proton-proton data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb^(-1), collected with the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at the Large Hadron Collider. A deviation could arise from interactions characterized by a mass scale Λ too high to be probed directly at the LHC. Such phenomena can be modeled as contact interactions. No evidence of a deviation is found. Using the CL_s criterion, lower limits are set on Λ of 9.9 TeV and 14.3 TeV at 95% confidence level for models with destructive and constructive interference, respectively. Limits obtained with a Bayesian method are also reported.
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© 2013 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Received 21 January 2013; published 26 March 2013. We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centers and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWF and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MEYS (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); MoER, SF0690030s09 and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NKTH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); NRF and WCU (Korea); LAS (Lithuania); CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MSI (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan); MON, RosAtom, RAS and RFBR (Russia); MSTD (Serbia); SEIDI and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); NSC (Taipei); ThEP, IPST, and NECTEC (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA).Attached Files
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20130503-084323144
Funding
- BMWF and FWF (Austria)
- FNRS and FWO (Belgium)
- CNPq (Brazil)
- CAPES (Brazil)
- FAPERJ (Brazil)
- FAPESP (Brazil)
- MEYS (Bulgaria)
- CERN
- CAS
- MoST (China)
- NSFC (China)
- COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
- MSES (Croatia)
- RPF (Cyprus)
- MoER
- SF0690030s09
- ERDF (Estonia)
- Academy of Finland
- MEC (Finland)
- HIP (Finland)
- CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
- BMBF (Germany)
- DFG (Germany)
- HGF (Germany)
- GSRT (Greece)
- OTKA and NKTH (Hungary)
- DAE and DST (India)
- IPM (Iran)
- SFI (Ireland)
- INFN (Italy)
- NRF and WCU (Korea)
- LAS (Lithuania)
- CINVESTAV (Mexico)
- CONACyT (Mexico)
- SEP (Mexico)
- UASLP-FAI (Mexico)
- MSI (New Zealand)
- PAEC (Pakistan)
- MSHE and NSC (Poland)
- FCT (Portugal)
- JINR (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
- MON
- RosAtom
- RAS and RFBR (Russia)
- MSTD (Serbia)
- SEIDI and CPAN (Spain)
- Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland)
- NSC (Taipei)
- ThEP
- IPST and NECTEC (Thailand)
- TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey)
- NASU (Ukraine)
- STFC (United Kingdom)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
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