Angular coefficients of Z bosons produced in pp collisions ats=8 TeVand decaying toμ+μ−as a function of transverse momentum and rapidity

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Zbosonproduction

Measurements ofthefivemostsignificantangularcoefficients, A0 through A4,forZbosonsproduced in ppcollisions at√s=8 TeV anddecaying to μ+μ− are presented asa functionofthe transverse momentumandrapidityoftheZboson.TheintegratedluminosityofthedatasetcollectedwiththeCMS detectorattheLHCcorrespondsto19.7fb−1.Thesemeasurementsprovidecomprehensiveinformation about theZbosonproductionmechanisms,andarecomparedtotheQCDpredictionsatleadingorder, next-to-leadingorder,andnext-to-next-to-leadingorderinperturbationtheory.

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Wereport thefirstmeasurementoftheangularcoefficientsof Z bosons produced in pp collisions anddecaying to muon pairs. These coefficients govern the decay of the Z boson and thereby thekinematics ofthe lepton.Theirvaluesfollow fromthevector andaxialvector (V–A)structure ofboson–fermioncouplings.The generalstructure of the lepton angular distribution inthe boson restframeisgivenby

d2σ d cosθ∗dφ∗∝  (1+cos2θ∗)+A0 1 2(1−3 cos 2_θ∗₎ +A1sin(2θ∗)cosφ∗+A2 1 2sin 2_θ∗_cos(2φ∗₎ +A3sinθ∗cosφ∗+A4cosθ∗+A5sin2θ∗sin(2φ∗)

+A6sin(2θ∗)sinφ∗+A7sinθ∗sinφ∗]. (1)

Here, θ∗ and φ∗ arethe polarandazimuthalangles ofthe nega-tively chargedlepton intherest frameof thelepton pair.In this analysiswechoosetheCollins–Soper(CS)frame[1]tomeasurethe angular coefficients Ai, considering the momentum of the beam

proton closest in rapidity to the Zboson as the “target momen-tum” in [1]. The parameters A0, A1, and A2 are relatedto the polarizationoftheZboson,whilst A3and A4arealsosensitiveto theV–Astructureofthecouplingsofthemuons.Allangular

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cientsvanishastheZbosontransversemomentum qT approaches zeroexceptforA4,whichistheelectroweakparityviolationterm. The only previous measurement of fourof theangular coeffi-cientswas performedby theCDFCollaborationinpp interactions for qTupto55GeV[2].Theangularcoefficientsinppcollisionsare expectedto differfromthosein pp collisionsforseveralreasons. For pp collisions, the Z boson production occurs predominantly via theqq annihilation process, whilstthe contributionoftheqg Compton process islarger inpp collisions thanpp collisions. Us-ing the powheg estimation[3–6] thefractionofqg process inpp collisions atthe LHC is47%; it is 35% near qT=0 and increases to ∼80% at qT>100 GeV. For the qq process in the CS frame, A0=A2=q2T/(M2Z+q2T)[7–10],where MZistheZbosonmass.For the qgCompton process, A0=A2≈5q_T2/(M2_Z+5q2_T)[11].The re-lation A0=A2 isknownastheLam–Tung relation[12],reflecting thefulltransversepolarizationofvectorbosoncouplingtoquarks, as well as rotational invariance [13]. Processes containing non-planar configurations (e.g., from higher order multi-gluon emis-sion)smearthetransversepolarization,leadingto A2<A0 [14].In contrasttowhathappensattheTevatron,theaveragehandedness ofZbosonsisnonzeroattheLHC,asfortheWboson[15–17].

The angularcoefficientsofZ bosons producedin ppcollisions at √s=8 TeV and decaying to μ+μ− are measured as a func-tion of qT andrapidity y. The data,takenwiththeCMSdetector attheLHC,corresponds toan integratedluminosityof 19.7fb−1. The large Z boson event sample collected by the CMS experi-ment allows precision measurements of the angular distribution

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forqT<200 GeV and |y| <2.1. The coefficients, measured as a functionof qT and|y|,are comparedwiththreeperturbativeQCD predictionsby fewz atnext-to-next-to-leadingorder(NNLO)[18], powheg atnext-to-leading order (NLO) [3–6], and MadGraph at leadingorder(LO)[19].

The central feature of the CMS apparatus is a superconduct-ingsolenoidof6m internaldiameter,providingamagneticfield of3.8 T.Withinthesolenoidvolumeare asilicon pixelandstrip tracker, a lead tungstate crystal electromagnetic calorimeter,and abrassandplasticscintillator hadroncalorimeter,each composed ofa barrelandtwoendcapsections.Muonsaremeasuredin gas-ionization detectors embedded in the steelflux-return yoke out-sidethesolenoid. Extensiveforwardcalorimetrycomplementsthe coverageprovidedby thebarrelandendcapdetectors.Muonsare measured in the pseudorapidity range |η| <2.4, with detection planes made using three technologies: drift tubes, cathode strip chambers,andresistiveplatechambers. A moredetailed descrip-tionoftheCMSdetector,togetherwithadefinitionofthe coordi-natesystemandtherelevantkinematicvariables,canbefoundin Ref.[20].

Matchingmuonsto tracks measured inthe silicon tracker re-sultsinarelative pTresolutionformuonswith20 <pT<100 GeV of 1.3–2.0% in the barrel and better than 6% in the endcaps. A particle-flow (PF) event reconstruction algorithm [21,22] is used inthisanalysis. It consistsofreconstructing andidentifying each single particle with an optimized combination of all subdetector information.Atrigger forsingle isolated muon is used,requiring

pT>24 GeV and|η| <2.1.Theleadingin pT reconstructedmuon ismatchedtothemuonselectedbythetrigger.

Thesignalprocessissimulatedusingthe MadGraph 1.3.30 gen-erator[19]withzerotofouradditionaljets,interfacedwith pythia v6.4.24[23]withtheZ2*tune[24].Thematchingbetweenthe ma-trixelementcalculationandthepartonshowerisperformedwith the kT-MLMalgorithm[25].TheCTEQ6L1[26]partondistribution functions(PDF)areusedfortheeventgeneration.Multiple-parton interactionsaresimulatedby pythia.The powheg generator[3–6] interfacedwith pythia (sameversionusedfor MadGraph)andthe CT10PDF set[27] areusedasan alternatetotest anymodel de-pendenceintheshapesoftheangulardistributions.

Background simulations are performed with MadGraph (W+ jets,tt, τ τ), powheg (singletopquark [28,29]),and pythia (WW, WZ, ZZ). The normalizations of the inclusive Drell–Yan, W bo-son [18], andtt [30] distributions are setusing NNLO cross sec-tions.Forsingletopquarkproductionahigherorder(approximate NNLO [31]) inclusive cross section is used.The generatedevents arepassedthroughadetectorsimulationbasedon Geant4 [32].

Each muon candidate is required to be reconstructed in the muon detectorsandin theinner tracker, andthe globaltrackfit isrequiredtohaveareduced χ2_{<10.Thevertexwiththehighest} sumof p2_T forassociatedtracks isdefinedasthe primary vertex. Thedistanceofthemuoncandidatetrajectorieswithrespecttothe primaryvertexmustbesmallerthan2mm inthetransverseplane and5mm alongthebeamaxis.Theleading(subleading)muonis required to have pT>25(10) GeV and |η| <2.1 (2.4). In order tosuppressbackgroundevents,themuonsarerequiredtobe iso-latedfromnearbyparticles.The relative isolation iscalculated as theratioofthescalarsumof pTofallPFcandidatesfromthesame primaryvertex,withinaconeof R =( η)2_{+ ( φ)}2_<0.4,and the pTofthemuon.Fortheleading(subleading)muoninpT,the relativeisolation mustbelessthan 0.12(0.5). Oppositelycharged muonpairs withan invariant massinthe range81–101 GeV are selected.Intherarecasethat morethantwo muonsareselected, themuon pairwithinvariantmassclosesttotheZbosonmassis chosen. Themuon pair mustsatisfy |y| <2.1 since athigher |y|

theacceptancevariesrapidly.Aftertheeventselection,4.3×106

eventswithZbosoncandidatesremainfor|y| <1.0 and2.5×106 eventsfor1.0 <|y|<2.1.

A“tag-and-probe”method[33]isusedtomeasurethe efficien-cies for track reconstruction, trigger, muon isolation, and muon identificationindataandsimulation.Efficiencycorrectionsare ap-plied asmultiplicative scalefactors to thesimulation values.The efficiencyfor trackreconstruction ismeasured in binsof η since the pT dependence is weak. The trigger efficiency isdetermined inbinsof pT and η,separatelyfor μ+ and μ−.Theidentification efficiencyis measured in bins of pT and η.Since the subleading muon canpointinthe directionofthehadronicactivity,a looser isolation requirement is usedand its efficiencyis measured asa function of qT, cosθ∗, and φ∗. The efficiency ofthe isolation re-quirementforthe leading muonis measured asafunction of pT and η of the muon, as detector effects relate to these variables moredirectlythantotheZboson qTand y.

Aftereventselection,thebackgroundcontributionrangesfrom ∼0.1% at low qT to ∼1.5% at high qT. The yields of the back-grounds from tt, τ τ, WW, tW, and W+jets production are es-timated fromdata usinglepton flavor universality. Mostof these backgrounds typicallyhave two promptleptons, which mayhave thesameflavor.TheW+jets backgroundisflavorasymmetric,but itscontributionissmall.Weassumethattheratioofthenumber ofoppositelychargedbackground μμandeμeventsisthesame indataandsimulation.We usetheratioofthe eμyields indata andsimulation after applyingmuon and electron selection crite-ria[33,34]tonormalizethesimulationtodata.

The acceptance and the efficiency at the event level vary in cosθ∗and φ∗,andstronglywith qTandy. Inordertoavoidabias in the acceptance dueto the modeling ofthe Z boson kinemat-ics,thesimulationisreweightedinfinebinsof qT andy to match the background-subtracteddata distribution.The weights are de-terminedatthereconstruction levelandappliedatthe generator level.Theweighting isiteratedfourtimes,withnegligiblechange betweenthesecondandfourthiteration.

The angularcoefficients aremeasured in eight binsof qT and two bins of |y|, by fitting the two-dimensional (cosθ∗, φ∗) dis-tribution in data with a linear combination of templates. These templates are built for each coefficient Ai by reweighting the

simulation at generator level to the corresponding angular dis-tribution, as given in Eq. (1). The templates are based on re-constructed muons, and thereby incorporate the effects of reso-lution,efficiency andacceptance.A template isalso builtforthe term (1+cos2θ∗) ofEq.(1).An additional template,withshape andnormalizationfixed,isdeveloped forfittingthe backgrounds. A binnedmaximum-likelihoodmethodwithPoissonuncertainties isemployedforthefit.Theangularcoefficients A5,A6,and A7are predictedtobeverysmall;theyaresettozeroandexcludedfrom thefit.Since A0 through A4 aresigninvariantin φ∗,theabsolute value |φ∗|is used.Thefit ismadein12×12 equidistantbins in cosθ∗ and |φ∗|.The statisticaluncertaintiesfromthe fitare con-firmedbycomparisonwithpseudo-experiments.

Totest therobustness oftheresultwithrespectto the analy-sismethodandtriggereffect,theangularcoefficients A0, A2, A3, and A4 are alsomeasured by an independent analysis similarto that reported in Ref. [2], where one-dimensional (1D) templates produced using powheg are fitted to the distributions in cosθ∗

and|φ∗|. The 1D fitanalysisis performediteratively,soas tobe unbiased withrespect to the assumedtemplates and topossible correlations between cosθ∗ and |φ∗|. The analysis differs in the triggers, estimationofbackgrounds,simulation, andselection cri-teria. The 1D fit analysis uses a sample that requires a dimuon trigger with asymmetric muon pT thresholds of 17 and 8 GeV. Bothresultsareconsistentwithintheirtotalsystematic uncertain-ties,excludinguncertaintiescommontobothanalyses.

Fig. 1. Afewexamplesoftheobserved1Dangulardistributionsincosθ∗ (left)and|φ∗_{|(right)comparedtotheMCsimulationusingthebestfitvaluesoftheangular} coefficients.Thetop(bottom)plotsshowthedistributionsfor10<qT<20 GeV (120<qT<200 GeV),aregionwhereA0andA2aresmall(large).Thebackground-subtracted

datapointsareshownwithfilled(open)circlesfor|y|<1 (1<|y|<2.1),whilstthecorrespondingMCresultsareshownwiththesolid(dashed)lines.Verticalbarsrepresent thestatisticaluncertainties.Thelowerpanelsshowthedata-to-MCratios.

Some examples of themeasured cosθ∗ and|φ∗| distributions fromthe1D analysis aregiven inFig. 1. The measuredand sim-ulated distributions are shown together using the best fit values of the angular coefficients. The shape of the cosθ∗ distribution changeswith qT and|y|becausetheacceptanceandefficiencyin cosθ∗ dependstronglyonthesetwovariables.For|φ∗|,theshape ofthedistributionchanges moderatelywith qT,andisalmost in-sensitiveto |y|.The comparisonofdataandsimulationshownin Fig. 1 givesconfidencethat the acceptanceandefficiency depen-dencesarecorrectlymodeledinthesimulation.

Several sources of systematic uncertainties are takeninto ac-count. The most significant source is the muon efficiency that includes the trigger, track reconstruction, isolation, and identi-fication. The statistical uncertainties of the measured efficiency scale factors are taken into account by simulating 500 pseudo-experimentsinwhichthetemplatesarereformed,eachtime vary-ing the scale factors randomly within thegiven uncertainty. The systematic uncertainties in the extraction of the efficiency (e.g., backgroundestimates)arealsoincluded.Anothersignificant uncer-taintystemsfromthestatisticalprecision ofthetemplates,which isestimatedusing pseudo-experiments.The pileupuncertaintyis estimatedbyvaryingthecrosssectionoftheminimumbiasevents by±5%.Themuonmomentumbiasismeasuredindataand sim-ulation,andcorrespondingcorrectionsareapplied[35].The statis-ticaluncertainties inthemuon momentum correctionfactors are propagatedtoasystematicuncertaintyusingpseudo-experiments. In addition,a systematic uncertainty isassessed totake into ac-countpossibleglobaloffsetsfromthepeakpositionoftheZboson mass. The systematic uncertainties for the background are esti-matedbyvaryingthenormalizationscalefactoroftheeμsample by 10% and the yields of WZ and ZZ events by 50%. The

sta-tistical precision ofthe iterativereweighting is determined using pseudo-experiments. The difference between the last two itera-tions is assigned as additional systematicuncertainty. The effect of final-state radiation is taken into account by adding the en-ergy of photons within a cone of radius 0.1 around the muon direction[36].Weightsareappliedtothesimulationtoreflectthe differencebetweenasoft-collinearapproachandtheexactO(αQED) resultandthereconstructedtemplateisrebuiltusingtheweighted simulation. Thedifference betweentemplates isused toestimate the systematic uncertainty from final-state radiation. Finally, the acceptanceuncertainty,relatedtothevaluesof Aiassumedinthe

simulation, is estimatedby reweighting withthe fittedvalues of

Ai, and the difference in results is included asa systematic

un-certainty. Generally, the statistical uncertainties dominate in the highest bins in qT,whilst the systematic uncertaintyin the effi-ciencytendstobethemostimportantelsewhere.

The resultsofthe qT and|y|dependent measurements ofthe angular coefficients A0 to A4 as well as the difference A0−A2 arepresentedalongwith MadGraph, powheg,and fewz (atNNLO) calculationsinFigs. 2 and 3.Thevarious systematicuncertainties of the fiveangular coefficients A0 to A4 are presented in Fig. 4. Thevaluesanduncertaintiesofthecoefficientsareprovidedin Ta-bles 1 and2.ThePDFsetsusedinthecalculationsareCTEQ6Lfor MadGraph andCT10 for powheg (at NLO)and fewz (at NNLO). The MadGraph predictions for A4 are systematically higher than those of powheg and fewz because MadGraph usesaweak mix-inganglecalculatedwithoutconsideringradiativecorrections. The measured A0 and A2 coefficientsagreebetterwiththeprediction of MadGraph than with those of powheg and fewz, especially at highqT. At qT=0,the powheg prediction for A0 is negative, which is unphysical and has been traced to approximations in

Fig. 2. ComparisonofthefiveangularcoefficientsAiandA0−A2measuredintheCollins–SoperframeinbinsofqTfor|y|<1.Thecirclesshowthemeasuredresults.The

verticalbarsrepresentthestatisticaluncertaintiesandtheboxesthesystematicuncertaintiesofthemeasurement.Thetrianglesshowthepredictionsfrom MadGraph,the diamondsfrom powheg,andthecrossesfrom fewz atNNLO.Theboxesatthe fewz valuesindicatethePDFuncertainties.

Fig. 3. Comparison of the five angular coefficients and A0−A2under the same conditions asFig. 2, for the rapidity bin 1<|y| <2.1.

theshowermatchingalgorithm.The fewz predictionisshownfor

qT>20 GeV,where the calculations are considered reliable. We findthat A0(qT)and A2(qT)arelargerinppcollisions thanthose measured in pp collisions at the Tevatron. The larger contribu-tionfromtheqgprocessinppcollisionsattheLHCisresponsible forthisdifference. WeobservetheviolationoftheLam–Tung re-lation( A0=A2) anticipated by QCD calculationsbeyond leading order[37].We findthat A0>A2, especiallyforhigh qT.In addi-tion,wemeasurenonzerovaluesof A1and A3.Thecomparisonof theresultsfor|y| <1 and1 <|y| <2.1 isshowninFig. 5.

Insummary,we presented thefive majorangular coefficients,

A0 through A4, for the production of the Z boson decaying to muon pairs as a function of qT and |y| in pp collisions. These

results play an important role in future high-precision measure-ments,suchasthemeasurementofthemassoftheWbosonand oftheelectroweakmixingangle.Sometheoreticalpredictions de-viate from the measurements in qT. Further refinements of the theoryareneededtoachieveabetteragreementwiththe experi-mentalresults.

Acknowledgements

WecongratulateourcolleaguesintheCERNaccelerator depart-ments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technicalandadministrative staffsatCERN andatother CMS in-stitutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort.

Fig. 5. ComparisonofthefiveangularcoefficientsAiandA0−A2measuredintheCollins–SoperframeinbinsofqTbetween|y|<1 (circles)and1<|y|<2.1 (triangles).

Theverticalbarsrepresentthestatisticaluncertaintiesandtheboxesthesystematicuncertaintiesofthemeasurement.

Table 1

ThefiveangularcoefficientsA0toA4andA0−A2inbinsofqTfor|y|<1.

qT[GeV] A0 ±δstat ±δsyst A1 ±δstat ±δsyst A2 ±δstat ±δsyst

0–10 0.018 ±0.003 ±0.009 −0.008 ±0.002 ±0.005 0.007 ±0.004 ±0.003 10–20 0.068 ±0.004 ±0.010 −0.006 ±0.003 ±0.005 0.037 ±0.004 ±0.005 20–35 0.179 ±0.004 ±0.013 0.014 ±0.003 ±0.008 0.136 ±0.006 ±0.014 35–55 0.357 ±0.006 ±0.013 0.033 ±0.005 ±0.014 0.278 ±0.008 ±0.022 55–80 0.563 ±0.007 ±0.010 0.031 ±0.007 ±0.017 0.447 ±0.012 ±0.022 80–120 0.716 ±0.010 ±0.009 0.029 ±0.010 ±0.017 0.583 ±0.017 ±0.037 120–200 0.834 ±0.015 ±0.014 0.002 ±0.015 ±0.013 0.741 ±0.029 ±0.043 >200 0.928 ±0.035 ±0.015 −0.020 ±0.032 ±0.012 0.689 ±0.068 ±0.035

qT[GeV] A3 ±δstat ±δsyst A4 ±δstat ±δsyst A0−A2 ±δstat ±δsyst

0–10 0.007 ±0.002 ±0.004 0.020 ±0.002 ±0.002 0.011 ±0.005 ±0.009 10–20 0.003 ±0.002 ±0.003 0.013 ±0.003 ±0.002 0.032 ±0.006 ±0.011 20–35 0.006 ±0.003 ±0.003 0.015 ±0.003 ±0.003 0.043 ±0.007 ±0.016 35–55 0.005 ±0.004 ±0.005 0.021 ±0.004 ±0.004 0.079 ±0.010 ±0.018 55–80 0.009 ±0.006 ±0.006 0.002 ±0.006 ±0.004 0.116 ±0.014 ±0.022 80–120 0.033 ±0.008 ±0.010 0.019 ±0.008 ±0.005 0.133 ±0.019 ±0.032 120–200 0.008 ±0.014 ±0.010 0.010 ±0.012 ±0.007 0.093 ±0.031 ±0.031 >200 0.101 ±0.031 ±0.016 0.029 ±0.026 ±0.010 0.239 ±0.072 ±0.028 Table 2

ThefiveangularcoefficientsA0toA4andA0−A2inbinsofqTfor1<|y|<2.1.

qT[GeV] A0 ±δstat ±δsyst A1 ±δstat ±δsyst A2 ±δstat ±δsyst

0–10 0.032 ±0.005 ±0.010 0.002 ±0.003 ±0.007 0.019 ±0.005 ±0.006 10–20 0.077 ±0.006 ±0.009 0.018 ±0.004 ±0.006 0.038 ±0.005 ±0.007 20–35 0.179 ±0.008 ±0.013 0.038 ±0.005 ±0.008 0.129 ±0.006 ±0.016 35–55 0.385 ±0.011 ±0.017 0.063 ±0.007 ±0.011 0.260 ±0.009 ±0.024 55–80 0.554 ±0.013 ±0.015 0.066 ±0.011 ±0.016 0.448 ±0.014 ±0.021 80–120 0.737 ±0.015 ±0.014 0.059 ±0.015 ±0.019 0.587 ±0.021 ±0.031 120–200 0.860 ±0.020 ±0.012 0.064 ±0.021 ±0.018 0.758 ±0.035 ±0.035 >200 0.876 ±0.045 ±0.020 0.040 ±0.044 ±0.020 0.864 ±0.087 ±0.041

qT[GeV] A3 ±δstat ±δsyst A4 ±δstat ±δsyst A0−A2 ±δstat ±δsyst

0–10 0.009 ±0.002 ±0.005 0.076 ±0.003 ±0.004 0.013 ±0.007 ±0.011 10–20 0.003 ±0.002 ±0.004 0.072 ±0.004 ±0.005 0.039 ±0.008 ±0.011 20–35 0.012 ±0.003 ±0.006 0.044 ±0.005 ±0.007 0.051 ±0.010 ±0.017 35–55 0.012 ±0.005 ±0.008 0.052 ±0.007 ±0.009 0.124 ±0.014 ±0.021 55–80 0.036 ±0.007 ±0.018 0.052 ±0.009 ±0.008 0.106 ±0.019 ±0.019 80–120 0.074 ±0.010 ±0.028 0.074 ±0.011 ±0.014 0.150 ±0.025 ±0.028 120–200 0.121 ±0.017 ±0.029 0.056 ±0.016 ±0.017 0.102 ±0.039 ±0.031 >200 0.181 ±0.041 ±0.027 0.005 ±0.034 ±0.017 0.012 ±0.090 ±0.039

Inaddition,wegratefullyacknowledgethecomputingcentersand personneloftheWorldwideLHCComputingGridfordeliveringso effectivelythe computinginfrastructureessential to ouranalyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construc-tionandoperation oftheLHCandthe CMSdetectorprovidedby thefollowingfundingagencies:BMWFWandFWF(Austria);FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES(Bulgaria);CERN;CAS,MOST,andNSFC(China);COLCIENCIAS (Colombia);MSESandCSF(Croatia);RPF(Cyprus);MoER,ERCIUT andERDF(Estonia);Academy ofFinland,MEC,andHIP(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); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM(Malaysia); CINVESTAV, CONACYT,SEP,andUASLP-FAI(Mexico);MBIE(NewZealand);PAEC (Pakistan);MSHEandNSC(Poland);FCT(Portugal);JINR(Dubna); MON,RosAtom,RASandRFBR(Russia);MESTD(Serbia);SEIDIand CPAN(Spain);SwissFundingAgencies(Switzerland);MST(Taipei); ThEPCenter,IPST,STARandNSTDA(Thailand);TUBITAKandTAEK (Turkey);NASUandSFFR(Ukraine); STFC(United Kingdom);DOE andNSF(USA).

Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie pro-gramandtheEuropeanResearchCouncilandEPLANET(European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A.P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexandervon HumboldtFoundation;the BelgianFederal 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); theMinistry ofEducation,Youth andSports (MEYS)of theCzech Republic; theCouncil ofScientific and Industrial Research,India; theHOMING PLUS programof theFoundation forPolishScience, cofinancedfromEuropeanUnion,RegionalDevelopmentFund;the CompagniadiSanPaolo(Torino); theConsorzioper laFisica (Tri-este); MIUR project 20108T4XTM (Italy); the Thalis and Aristeia programs cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF; and the National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund.

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W. Adam, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic,J. Erö,M. Friedl, R. Frühwirth1,V.M. Ghete, C. Hartl, N. Hörmann, J. Hrubec, M. Jeitler1,W. Kiesenhofer, V. Knünz,M. Krammer1, I. Krätschmer,D. Liko, I. Mikulec, D. Rabady2,B. Rahbaran, H. Rohringer, J. Schieck,R. Schöfbeck, J. Strauss, W. Treberer-Treberspurg, W. Waltenberger, C.-E. Wulz1

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N. Beliy,T. Caebergs, E. Daubie, G.H. Hammad UniversitédeMons,Mons,Belgium

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a_{INFNSezionediBari,Bari,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiBari,Bari,Italy} c_{PolitecnicodiBari,Bari,Italy}

G. Abbiendia,C. Battilana, A.C. Benvenutia,D. Bonacorsia,b,S. Braibant-Giacomellia,b, L. Brigliadoria,b, R. Campaninia,b,P. Capiluppia,b,A. Castroa,b, F.R. Cavalloa, G. Codispotia,b, M. Cuffiania,b,

G.M. Dallavallea,F. Fabbria,A. Fanfania,b,D. Fasanellaa,b, P. Giacomellia, C. Grandia, L. Guiduccia,b, S. Marcellinia, G. Masettia,A. Montanaria,F.L. Navarriaa,b,A. Perrottaa,A.M. Rossia,b,T. Rovellia,b, G.P. Sirolia,b,N. Tosia,b, R. Travaglinia,b

a_{INFNSezionediBologna,Bologna,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiBologna,Bologna,Italy}

S. Albergoa,b, G. Cappelloa,M. Chiorbolia,b,S. Costaa,b,F. Giordanoa,2,R. Potenzaa,b,A. Tricomia,b, C. Tuvea,b

a_{INFNSezionediCatania,Catania,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiCatania,Catania,Italy} c_{CSFNSM,Catania,Italy}

G. Barbaglia,V. Ciullia,b,C. Civininia, R. D’Alessandroa,b, E. Focardia,b,E. Galloa, S. Gonzia,b, V. Goria,b, P. Lenzia,b, M. Meschinia, S. Paolettia,G. Sguazzonia,A. Tropianoa,b

a_{INFNSezionediFirenze,Firenze,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiFirenze,Firenze,Italy}

L. Benussi,S. Bianco, F. Fabbri, D. Piccolo INFNLaboratoriNazionalidiFrascati,Frascati,Italy

F. Ferroa, M. Lo Veterea,b, E. Robuttia,S. Tosia,b

a_{INFNSezionediGenova,Genova,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiGenova,Genova,Italy}

M.E. Dinardoa,b,S. Fiorendia,b, S. Gennaia,2,R. Gerosaa,b,2,A. Ghezzia,b,P. Govonia,b,M.T. Lucchinia,b,2, S. Malvezzia, R.A. Manzonia,b,A. Martellia,b,B. Marzocchia,b,2,D. Menascea,L. Moronia,

M. Paganonia,b,D. Pedrinia,S. Ragazzia,b, N. Redaellia,T. Tabarelli de Fatisa,b

a_{INFNSezionediMilano-Bicocca,Milano,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiMilano-Bicocca,Milano,Italy}

S. Buontempoa, N. Cavalloa,c, S. Di Guidaa,d,2, F. Fabozzia,c,A.O.M. Iorioa,b,L. Listaa, S. Meolaa,d,2, M. Merolaa, P. Paoluccia,2

a_{INFNSezionediNapoli,Napoli,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiNapoli‘FedericoII’,Napoli,Italy} c_{UniversitàdellaBasilicata,Potenza,Italy} d_{UniversitàG.Marconi,Roma,Italy}

P. Azzia,N. Bacchettaa,D. Biselloa,b,R. Carlina,b,P. Checchiaa, M. Dall’Ossoa,b, T. Dorigoa,U. Dossellia, F. Gasparinia,b, U. Gasparinia,b, A. Gozzelinoa,S. Lacapraraa,M. Margonia,b,A.T. Meneguzzoa,b,

F. Montecassianoa, M. Passaseoa,J. Pazzinia,b,N. Pozzobona,b,P. Ronchesea,b, F. Simonettoa,b, E. Torassaa,M. Tosia,b,P. Zottoa,b,A. Zucchettaa,b,G. Zumerlea,b

a_{INFNSezionediPadova,Padova,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiPadova,Padova,Italy} c_{UniversitàdiTrento,Trento,Italy}

M. Gabusia,b_{, A. Magnani}a_{,S.P. Ratti}a,b_{, V. Re}a_{, C. Riccardi}a,b_{, P. Salvini}a_{,I. Vai}a_{,P. Vitulo}a,b a_{INFNSezionediPavia,Pavia,Italy}

b_{UniversitàdiPavia,Pavia,Italy}

M. Biasinia,b, G.M. Bileia,D. Ciangottinia,b,2,L. Fanòa,b, P. Laricciaa,b,G. Mantovania,b,M. Menichellia, A. Sahaa, A. Santocchiaa,b,A. Spieziaa,b,2

a_{INFNSezionediPerugia,Perugia,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiPerugia,Perugia,Italy}

K. Androsova,26_{,P. Azzurri}a_{,G. Bagliesi}a_{,J. Bernardini}a_{,T. Boccali}a_{,G. Broccolo}a,c_{,R. Castaldi}a_,

M.A. Cioccia,26, R. Dell’Orsoa,S. Donatoa,c,2, G. Fedi,F. Fioria,c,L. Foàa,c,A. Giassia, M.T. Grippoa,26, F. Ligabuea,c,T. Lomtadzea,L. Martinia,b,A. Messineoa,b,C.S. Moona,27,F. Pallaa, A. Rizzia,b,

A. Savoy-Navarroa,28, A.T. Serbana, P. Spagnoloa,P. Squillaciotia,26, R. Tenchinia,G. Tonellia,b, A. Venturia, P.G. Verdinia

a_{INFNSezionediPisa,Pisa,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiPisa,Pisa,Italy}

c_{ScuolaNormaleSuperiorediPisa,Pisa,Italy}

L. Baronea,b,F. Cavallaria, G. D’imperioa,b,D. Del Rea,b,M. Diemoza, C. Jordaa,E. Longoa,b,

F. Margarolia,b,P. Meridiania,F. Michelia,b,2, G. Organtinia,b, R. Paramattia,S. Rahatloua,b,C. Rovellia, F. Santanastasioa,b, L. Soffia,b,P. Traczyka,b,2

a_{INFNSezionediRoma,Roma,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiRoma,Roma,Italy}

N. Amapanea,b, R. Arcidiaconoa,c,S. Argiroa,b,M. Arneodoa,c,R. Bellana,b, C. Biinoa, N. Cartigliaa, S. Casassoa,b,2, M. Costaa,b, R. Covarelli,A. Deganoa,b, N. Demariaa,L. Fincoa,b,2, C. Mariottia, S. Masellia, G. Mazzaa, E. Migliorea,b,V. Monacoa,b,M. Musicha, M.M. Obertinoa,c,L. Pachera,b, N. Pastronea,M. Pelliccionia, G.L. Pinna Angionia,b,A. Romeroa,b, M. Ruspaa,c, R. Sacchia,b, A. Solanoa,b, A. Staianoa, U. Tamponia

a_{INFNSezionediTorino,Torino,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiTorino,Torino,Italy}

S. Belfortea,V. Candelisea,b,2,M. Casarsaa, F. Cossuttia,G. Della Riccaa,b, B. Gobboa, C. La Licataa,b, M. Maronea,b, A. Schizzia,b, T. Umera,b,A. Zanettia

a_{INFNSezionediTrieste,Trieste,Italy} b_{UniversitàdiTrieste,Trieste,Italy}

S. Chang,A. Kropivnitskaya, S.K. Nam KangwonNationalUniversity,Chunchon,RepublicofKorea

D.H. Kim,G.N. Kim, M.S. Kim, D.J. Kong, S. Lee, Y.D. Oh,H. Park, A. Sakharov,D.C. Son KyungpookNationalUniversity,Daegu,RepublicofKorea

T.J. Kim, M.S. Ryu

ChonbukNationalUniversity,Jeonju,RepublicofKorea J.Y. Kim,D.H. Moon, S. Song

ChonnamNationalUniversity,InstituteforUniverseandElementaryParticles,Kwangju,RepublicofKorea

S. Choi, D. Gyun,B. Hong,M. Jo, H. Kim, Y. Kim,B. Lee, K.S. Lee, S.K. Park,Y. Roh KoreaUniversity,Seoul,RepublicofKorea

H.D. Yoo

SeoulNationalUniversity,Seoul,RepublicofKorea M. Choi,J.H. Kim, I.C. Park, G. Ryu UniversityofSeoul,Seoul,RepublicofKorea

Y. Choi,Y.K. Choi,J. Goh, D. Kim, E. Kwon, J. Lee, I. Yu SungkyunkwanUniversity,Suwon,RepublicofKorea

A. Juodagalvis VilniusUniversity,Vilnius,Lithuania

J.R. Komaragiri, M.A.B. Md Ali29, W.A.T. Wan Abdullah NationalCentreforParticlePhysics,UniversitiMalaya,KualaLumpur,Malaysia

E. Casimiro Linares, H. Castilla-Valdez,E. De La Cruz-Burelo, I. Heredia-de La Cruz, A. Hernandez-Almada,R. Lopez-Fernandez, A. Sanchez-Hernandez

CentrodeInvestigacionydeEstudiosAvanzadosdelIPN,MexicoCity,Mexico S. Carrillo Moreno, F. Vazquez Valencia UniversidadIberoamericana,MexicoCity,Mexico

I. Pedraza, H.A. Salazar Ibarguen BenemeritaUniversidadAutonomadePuebla,Puebla,Mexico A. Morelos Pineda

UniversidadAutónomadeSanLuisPotosí,SanLuisPotosí,Mexico D. Krofcheck

P.H. Butler,S. Reucroft

UniversityofCanterbury,Christchurch,NewZealand

A. Ahmad, M. Ahmad, Q. Hassan,H.R. Hoorani, W.A. Khan, T. Khurshid,M. Shoaib NationalCentreforPhysics,Quaid-I-AzamUniversity,Islamabad,Pakistan

H. Bialkowska, M. Bluj,B. Boimska, T. Frueboes,M. Górski, M. Kazana, K. Nawrocki, K. Romanowska-Rybinska, M. Szleper,P. Zalewski

NationalCentreforNuclearResearch,Swierk,Poland

G. Brona, K. Bunkowski, M. Cwiok,W. Dominik, K. Doroba, A. Kalinowski, M. Konecki,J. Krolikowski, M. Misiura, M. Olszewski

InstituteofExperimentalPhysics,FacultyofPhysics,UniversityofWarsaw,Warsaw,Poland

P. Bargassa,C. Beirão Da Cruz E Silva, A. Di Francesco, P. Faccioli, P.G. Ferreira Parracho,M. Gallinaro, L. Lloret Iglesias,F. Nguyen, J. Rodrigues Antunes, J. Seixas,O. Toldaiev, D. Vadruccio, J. Varela, P. Vischia LaboratóriodeInstrumentaçãoeFísicaExperimentaldePartículas,Lisboa,Portugal

P. Bunin,M. Gavrilenko, I. Golutvin, A. Kamenev, V. Karjavin, V. Konoplyanikov,V. Korenkov, A. Lanev, A. Malakhov,V. Matveev30, V.V. Mitsyn,P. Moisenz, V. Palichik,V. Perelygin, S. Shmatov, V. Smirnov, E. Tikhonenko, A. Zarubin

JointInstituteforNuclearResearch,Dubna,Russia

V. Golovtsov, Y. Ivanov, V. Kim31,E. Kuznetsova, P. Levchenko, V. Murzin, V. Oreshkin, I. Smirnov, V. Sulimov, L. Uvarov, S. Vavilov, A. Vorobyev,An. Vorobyev

PetersburgNuclearPhysicsInstitute,Gatchina(St.Petersburg),Russia

Yu. Andreev,A. Dermenev, S. Gninenko, N. Golubev, M. Kirsanov,N. Krasnikov, A. Pashenkov, D. Tlisov, A. Toropin

InstituteforNuclearResearch,Moscow,Russia

V. Epshteyn, V. Gavrilov, N. Lychkovskaya,V. Popov, I. Pozdnyakov, G. Safronov, S. Semenov, A. Spiridonov, E. Vlasov,A. Zhokin

InstituteforTheoreticalandExperimentalPhysics,Moscow,Russia

V. Andreev,M. Azarkin32, I. Dremin32,M. Kirakosyan, A. Leonidov32, G. Mesyats,S.V. Rusakov, A. Vinogradov

P.N.LebedevPhysicalInstitute,Moscow,Russia

A. Belyaev,E. Boos, M. Dubinin33, L. Dudko, A. Ershov, A. Gribushin, V. Klyukhin, O. Kodolova,I. Lokhtin, S. Obraztsov,S. Petrushanko, V. Savrin,A. Snigirev

SkobeltsynInstituteofNuclearPhysics,LomonosovMoscowStateUniversity,Moscow,Russia

I. Azhgirey,I. Bayshev,S. Bitioukov, V. Kachanov, A. Kalinin, D. Konstantinov, V. Krychkine, V. Petrov, R. Ryutin, A. Sobol, L. Tourtchanovitch,S. Troshin, N. Tyurin, A. Uzunian,A. Volkov

StateResearchCenterofRussianFederation,InstituteforHighEnergyPhysics,Protvino,Russia P. Adzic34, M. Ekmedzic,J. Milosevic,V. Rekovic UniversityofBelgrade,FacultyofPhysicsandVincaInstituteofNuclearSciences,Belgrade,Serbia

J. Alcaraz Maestre,E. Calvo, M. Cerrada,M. Chamizo Llatas, N. Colino, B. De La Cruz, A. Delgado Peris, D. Domínguez Vázquez, A. Escalante Del Valle,C. Fernandez Bedoya, J.P. Fernández Ramos, J. Flix, M.C. Fouz,P. Garcia-Abia,O. Gonzalez Lopez, S. Goy Lopez, J.M. Hernandez, M.I. Josa,

E. Navarro De Martino,A. Pérez-Calero Yzquierdo, J. Puerta Pelayo, A. Quintario Olmeda, I. Redondo, L. Romero,M.S. Soares

CentrodeInvestigacionesEnergéticasMedioambientalesyTecnológicas(CIEMAT),Madrid,Spain C. Albajar, J.F. de Trocóniz,M. Missiroli, D. Moran UniversidadAutónomadeMadrid,Madrid,Spain

H. Brun, J. Cuevas,J. Fernandez Menendez, S. Folgueras, I. Gonzalez Caballero,E. Palencia Cortezon, J.M. Vizan Garcia

UniversidaddeOviedo,Oviedo,Spain

J.A. Brochero Cifuentes,I.J. Cabrillo, A. Calderon, J. Duarte Campderros, M. Fernandez, G. Gomez, A. Graziano,A. Lopez Virto, J. Marco, R. Marco,C. Martinez Rivero, F. Matorras,F.J. Munoz Sanchez, J. Piedra Gomez,T. Rodrigo, A.Y. Rodríguez-Marrero,A. Ruiz-Jimeno, L. Scodellaro, I. Vila,

R. Vilar Cortabitarte

InstitutodeFísicadeCantabria(IFCA),CSIC–UniversidaddeCantabria,Santander,Spain

D. Abbaneo, E. Auffray, G. Auzinger, M. Bachtis,P. Baillon, A.H. Ball, D. Barney, A. Benaglia,J. Bendavid, L. Benhabib,J.F. Benitez, P. Bloch,A. Bocci, A. Bonato,O. Bondu, C. Botta,H. Breuker, T. Camporesi, G. Cerminara, S. Colafranceschi35,M. D’Alfonso, D. d’Enterria, A. Dabrowski,V. Daponte, A. David, F. De Guio,A. De Roeck, S. De Visscher, E. Di Marco,M. Dobson, M. Dordevic, B. Dorney,

N. Dupont-Sagorin,A. Elliott-Peisert, G. Franzoni, W. Funk, D. Gigi, K. Gill,D. Giordano, M. Girone, F. Glege, R. Guida,S. Gundacker, M. Guthoff, J. Hammer, M. Hansen,P. Harris, J. Hegeman, V. Innocente, P. Janot,M.J. Kortelainen, K. Kousouris, K. Krajczar,P. Lecoq, C. Lourenço,N. Magini, L. Malgeri,

M. Mannelli,J. Marrouche,L. Masetti, F. Meijers, S. Mersi,E. Meschi, F. Moortgat, S. Morovic,M. Mulders, S. Orfanelli,L. Orsini, L. Pape, E. Perez,A. Petrilli, G. Petrucciani, A. Pfeiffer,M. Pimiä, D. Piparo,

M. Plagge,A. Racz, G. Rolandi36, M. Rovere,H. Sakulin, C. Schäfer, C. Schwick,A. Sharma,P. Siegrist, P. Silva,M. Simon, P. Sphicas37,D. Spiga, J. Steggemann,B. Stieger, M. Stoye,Y. Takahashi, D. Treille, A. Tsirou,G.I. Veres18, N. Wardle,H.K. Wöhri, H. Wollny, W.D. Zeuner

CERN,EuropeanOrganizationforNuclearResearch,Geneva,Switzerland

W. Bertl,K. Deiters,W. Erdmann, R. Horisberger, Q. Ingram,H.C. Kaestli, D. Kotlinski, U. Langenegger, D. Renker, T. Rohe

PaulScherrerInstitut,Villigen,Switzerland

F. Bachmair, L. Bäni, L. Bianchini, M.A. Buchmann,B. Casal, G. Dissertori, M. Dittmar, M. Donegà, M. Dünser,P. Eller,C. Grab, D. Hits, J. Hoss,G. Kasieczka, W. Lustermann,B. Mangano,A.C. Marini, M. Marionneau, P. Martinez Ruiz del Arbol,M. Masciovecchio, D. Meister, N. Mohr,P. Musella, F. Nessi-Tedaldi, F. Pandolfi,F. Pauss, L. Perrozzi,M. Peruzzi, M. Quittnat, L. Rebane,M. Rossini, A. Starodumov38,M. Takahashi, K. Theofilatos, R. Wallny, H.A. Weber

InstituteforParticlePhysics,ETHZurich,Zurich,Switzerland

C. Amsler39,M.F. Canelli, V. Chiochia,A. De Cosa, A. Hinzmann, T. Hreus, B. Kilminster, C. Lange, J. Ngadiuba,D. Pinna,P. Robmann, F.J. Ronga, S. Taroni, Y. Yang

UniversitätZürich,Zurich,Switzerland

M. Cardaci,K.H. Chen, C. Ferro, C.M. Kuo, W. Lin, Y.J. Lu,R. Volpe, S.S. Yu NationalCentralUniversity,Chung-Li,Taiwan

P. Chang, Y.H. Chang,Y. Chao, K.F. Chen, P.H. Chen, C. Dietz, U. Grundler,W.-S. Hou, Y.F. Liu,R.-S. Lu, M. Miñano Moya,E. Petrakou, J.f. Tsai, Y.M. Tzeng,R. Wilken

NationalTaiwanUniversity(NTU),Taipei,Taiwan

B. Asavapibhop, G. Singh, N. Srimanobhas,N. Suwonjandee ChulalongkornUniversity,FacultyofScience,DepartmentofPhysics,Bangkok,Thailand

A. Adiguzel, M.N. Bakirci40, S. Cerci41,C. Dozen, I. Dumanoglu, E. Eskut, S. Girgis, G. Gokbulut, Y. Guler, E. Gurpinar,I. Hos, E.E. Kangal42, A. Kayis Topaksu,G. Onengut43, K. Ozdemir44,S. Ozturk40,A. Polatoz, D. Sunar Cerci41,B. Tali41, H. Topakli40,M. Vergili, C. Zorbilmez

CukurovaUniversity,Adana,Turkey

I.V. Akin, B. Bilin,S. Bilmis, H. Gamsizkan45,B. Isildak46,G. Karapinar47,K. Ocalan48, S. Sekmen, U.E. Surat,M. Yalvac, M. Zeyrek

MiddleEastTechnicalUniversity,PhysicsDepartment,Ankara,Turkey

E.A. Albayrak49,E. Gülmez,M. Kaya50, O. Kaya51,T. Yetkin52 BogaziciUniversity,Istanbul,Turkey

K. Cankocak, F.I. Vardarlı IstanbulTechnicalUniversity,Istanbul,Turkey L. Levchuk,P. Sorokin

NationalScientificCenter,KharkovInstituteofPhysicsandTechnology,Kharkov,Ukraine

J.J. Brooke,E. Clement, D. Cussans, H. Flacher,J. Goldstein, M. Grimes, G.P. Heath, H.F. Heath,J. Jacob, L. Kreczko,C. Lucas, Z. Meng, D.M. Newbold53,S. Paramesvaran, A. Poll,T. Sakuma, S. Seif El Nasr-storey, S. Senkin, V.J. Smith

UniversityofBristol,Bristol,UnitedKingdom

K.W. Bell, A. Belyaev54, C. Brew, R.M. Brown, D.J.A. Cockerill, J.A. Coughlan, K. Harder, S. Harper, E. Olaiya,D. Petyt, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, A. Thea, I.R. Tomalin, T. Williams, W.J. Womersley, S.D. Worm

RutherfordAppletonLaboratory,Didcot,UnitedKingdom

M. Baber,R. Bainbridge, O. Buchmuller, D. Burton, D. Colling, N. Cripps,P. Dauncey, G. Davies,A. De Wit, M. Della Negra, P. Dunne,A. Elwood, W. Ferguson, J. Fulcher, D. Futyan, G. Hall,G. Iles, M. Jarvis,

G. Karapostoli,M. Kenzie, R. Lane, R. Lucas53,L. Lyons, A.-M. Magnan,S. Malik, B. Mathias, J. Nash, A. Nikitenko38,J. Pela, M. Pesaresi, K. Petridis, D.M. Raymond, S. Rogerson,A. Rose, C. Seez,P. Sharp†, A. Tapper,M. Vazquez Acosta, T. Virdee, S.C. Zenz

ImperialCollege,London,UnitedKingdom

J.E. Cole, P.R. Hobson, A. Khan,P. Kyberd, D. Leggat,D. Leslie, I.D. Reid, P. Symonds, L. Teodorescu, M. Turner

BrunelUniversity,Uxbridge,UnitedKingdom

J. Dittmann, K. Hatakeyama,A. Kasmi, H. Liu, N. Pastika, T. Scarborough, Z. Wu BaylorUniversity,Waco,USA

O. Charaf,S.I. Cooper, C. Henderson, P. Rumerio TheUniversityofAlabama,Tuscaloosa,USA

A. Avetisyan, T. Bose,C. Fantasia, P. Lawson, D. Rankin, C. Richardson, J. Rohlf, J. St. John,L. Sulak, D. Zou BostonUniversity,Boston,USA

J. Alimena,E. Berry, S. Bhattacharya, G. Christopher, D. Cutts, Z. Demiragli, N. Dhingra, A. Ferapontov, A. Garabedian,U. Heintz, E. Laird,G. Landsberg, Z. Mao, M. Narain, S. Sagir, T. Sinthuprasith, T. Speer, J. Swanson

BrownUniversity,Providence,USA

R. Breedon,G. Breto, M. Calderon De La Barca Sanchez, S. Chauhan,M. Chertok, J. Conway, R. Conway, P.T. Cox,R. Erbacher, M. Gardner, W. Ko, R. Lander, M. Mulhearn, D. Pellett, J. Pilot, F. Ricci-Tam, S. Shalhout, J. Smith, M. Squires, D. Stolp, M. Tripathi,S. Wilbur, R. Yohay

UniversityofCalifornia,Davis,Davis,USA

R. Cousins,P. Everaerts,C. Farrell, J. Hauser, M. Ignatenko,G. Rakness, E. Takasugi, V. Valuev, M. Weber UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,USA

K. Burt,R. Clare, J. Ellison, J.W. Gary, G. Hanson,J. Heilman, M. Ivova Rikova, P. Jandir, E. Kennedy, F. Lacroix,O.R. Long, A. Luthra, M. Malberti,M. Olmedo Negrete, A. Shrinivas,S. Sumowidagdo, S. Wimpenny

UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside,Riverside,USA

J.G. Branson, G.B. Cerati,S. Cittolin, R.T. D’Agnolo, A. Holzner, R. Kelley, D. Klein, J. Letts,I. Macneill, D. Olivito,S. Padhi, C. Palmer, M. Pieri, M. Sani,V. Sharma, S. Simon, M. Tadel,Y. Tu,A. Vartak, C. Welke, F. Würthwein,A. Yagil,G. Zevi Della Porta

UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,LaJolla,USA

D. Barge, J. Bradmiller-Feld, C. Campagnari, T. Danielson,A. Dishaw, V. Dutta,K. Flowers,

M. Franco Sevilla,P. Geffert,C. George, F. Golf, L. Gouskos, J. Incandela,C. Justus, N. Mccoll, S.D. Mullin, J. Richman, D. Stuart,W. To,C. West, J. Yoo

UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,SantaBarbara,USA

A. Apresyan,A. Bornheim, J. Bunn, Y. Chen, J. Duarte,A. Mott, H.B. Newman, C. Pena,M. Pierini, M. Spiropulu,J.R. Vlimant, R. Wilkinson, S. Xie, R.Y. Zhu

CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology,Pasadena,USA

V. Azzolini,A. Calamba, B. Carlson, T. Ferguson, Y. Iiyama,M. Paulini, J. Russ, H. Vogel, I. Vorobiev CarnegieMellonUniversity,Pittsburgh,USA

J.P. Cumalat,W.T. Ford, A. Gaz, M. Krohn, E. Luiggi Lopez,U. Nauenberg, J.G. Smith, K. Stenson, S.R. Wagner

UniversityofColoradoatBoulder,Boulder,USA

J. Alexander, A. Chatterjee, J. Chaves,J. Chu, S. Dittmer,N. Eggert, N. Mirman, G. Nicolas Kaufman, J.R. Patterson,A. Ryd, E. Salvati, L. Skinnari,W. Sun, W.D. Teo, J. Thom, J. Thompson, J. Tucker,Y. Weng, L. Winstrom,P. Wittich

CornellUniversity,Ithaca,USA D. Winn

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FloridaStateUniversity,Tallahassee,USA

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M.R. Adams, L. Apanasevich,D. Berry, R.R. Betts, I. Bucinskaite, R. Cavanaugh, O. Evdokimov,L. Gauthier, C.E. Gerber,D.J. Hofman, P. Kurt, C. O’Brien,I.D. Sandoval Gonzalez, C. Silkworth,P. Turner, N. Varelas, M. Zakaria

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TheUniversityofIowa,IowaCity,USA

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JohnsHopkinsUniversity,Baltimore,USA

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NortheasternUniversity,Boston,USA

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