Search for a Neutral Gauge Boson with Nonuniversal Fermion Couplings in Vector Boson Fusion Processes in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV.

The first search for a heavy neutral spin-1 gauge boson (Z^{'}) with nonuniversal fermion couplings produced via vector boson fusion processes and decaying to tau leptons or W bosons is presented. The analysis is performed using LHC data at sqrt[s]=13  TeV, collected from 2016 to 2018 with the CMS experiment and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138  fb^{-1}. The data are consistent with the standard model predictions.

Impact of Chirality on the Dynamic Susceptibility of Concentric Nanotori.

This study investigates the influence of chirality on the dynamic susceptibility of concentric nanotori via micromagnetic simulations. The aim is to analyze the ferromagnetic resonance characteristics of coupled nanotori structures and compare them across various ring separation distances, thus providing an insight into how vortex configurations with identical or differing chiralities affect their dynamic properties. We analyze the energetic differences between the two vortex configurations and find them to be negligible; however, these minor differences suffice to explain the significant discrepancies in the demagnetization field observed between the nanotori.

Effect of electron-phonon interaction on thermoelectric properties of a DNA molecule.

We investigate the thermoelectric properties of a DNA molecule situated between semi-infinite contacts, taking into account the effects of decoherence. To represent the DNA molecule, we use two models: the fishbone model and the ladder model. Our approach employs a tight-binding method that utilizes Green's function technique, as well as real-space renormalization and polaron transformation methods.

Reweighting simulated events using machine-learning techniques in the CMS experiment.

Data analyses in particle physics rely on an accurate simulation of particle collisions and a detailed simulation of detector effects to extract physics knowledge from the recorded data. Event generators together with a geant-based simulation of the detectors are used to produce large samples of simulated events for analysis by the LHC experiments. These simulations come at a high computational cost, where the detector simulation and reconstruction algorithms have the largest CPU demands.

Shape as a Key to Taxonomy: Morphometric Analysis of Species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).

The study of shape by the use of geometric morphometrics has been an important tool for addressing taxonomic challenges in complex groups like the genus Kirby, 1837 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). This insect genus includes 28 species, 8 of which are found in North America, with the invasive (Fabricius) posing a significant quarantine risk as a pest of coniferous trees. The present study evaluated the use of geometric morphometrics to analyze the pronotum shape in females of nine species of the genus, showing the effectiveness of this tool in distinguishing between species.