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Search for jet extinction in the inclusive jet-p_T spectrum from proton-proton collisions at √s = 8  TeV

Abstract

The first search at the LHC for the extinction of QCD jet production is presented, using data collected with the CMS detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.7  fb^(−1) of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The extinction model studied in this analysis is motivated by the search for signatures of strong gravity at the TeV scale (terascale gravity) and assumes the existence of string couplings in the strong-coupling limit. In this limit, the string model predicts the suppression of all high-transverse-momentum standard model processes, including jet production, beyond a certain energy scale. To test this prediction, the measured transverse-momentum spectrum is compared to the theoretical prediction of the standard model. No significant deficit of events is found at high transverse momentum. A 95% confidence level lower limit of 3.3 TeV is set on the extinction mass scale.

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© 2014 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 articles title, journal citation, and DOI. Received 29 May 2014; Published 18 August 2014. 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: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); MoER, ERC IUT and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/ IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); NRF and WCU (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, RosAtom, RAS and RFBR (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie program and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India; the HOMING PLUS program of Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund; the Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino); and the Thalis and Aristeia programs cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF.

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Search for jet extinction in the inclusive jet-p(T) spectrum from proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV

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Funding

BMWFW and FWF (Austria)
FNRS and FWO (Belgium)
CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil)
MES (Bulgaria)
CERN
CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China)
COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
MSES and CSF (Croatia)
RPF (Cyprus)
MoER, ERC IUT, and ERDF (Estonia)
Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland)
CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
BMBF and HGF (Germany)
GSRT (Greece)
OTKA and NIH (Hungary)
DAE and DST (India)
IPM (Iran)
Science Foundation, Ireland
INFN (Italy)
NRF and WCU (Republic of Korea)
LAS (Lithuania)
MOE and UM (Malaysia)
CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico)
MBIE (New Zealand)
PAEC (Pakistan)
MSHE and NSC (Poland)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
JINR (Dubna)
MON, RosAtom, RAS, and RFBR (Russia)
MESTD (Serbia)
SEIDI and CPAN (Spain)
Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland)
MST (Tapei)
ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR and NSTDA (Thailand)
TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey)
NASU and SFFR (Ukraine)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Marie Curie EIF (European Union)
European Research Council (European Union)
EPLANET (European Union)
Leventis Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'índustrie et dans l'Ágriculture (FRIA-Belgium)
Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium)
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of Czech Republic
Council of Science and Industrial Research, India
HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science
European Union, Regional Development Fund
Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino)
Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF
Greek NSRF
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
NSF

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