The anisotropy of the azimuthal distributions of charged particles produced in √ s NN = 2.76 TeV PbPb collisions is studied with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The elliptic anisotropy parameter, v 2 , defined as the second coefficient in a Fourier expansion of the particle invariant yields, is extracted using the event-plane method, two-and four-particle cumulants, and Lee-Yang zeros. The anisotropy is presented as a function of transverse momentum (p T ), pseudorapidity (η) over a broad kinematic range, 0.3 < p T < 20 GeV/c, |η| < 2.4, and in 12 classes of collision centrality from 0 to 80%. The results are compared to those obtained at lower center-of-mass energies, and various scaling behaviors are examined. When scaled by the geometric eccentricity of the collision zone, the elliptic anisotropy is found to obey a universal scaling with the transverse particle density for different collision systems and center-of-mass energies.

Charged-hadron transverse-momentum and pseudorapidity distributions in proton-proton collisions at square root of s = 7  TeV are measured with the inner tracking system of the CMS detector at the LHC. The charged-hadron yield is obtained by counting the number of reconstructed hits, hit pairs, and fully reconstructed charged-particle tracks. The combination of the three methods gives a charged-particle multiplicity per unit of pseudorapidity dN(ch)/dη|(|η|<0.5) = 5.78 ± 0.01(stat) ± 0.23(syst) for non-single-diffractive events, higher than predicted by commonly used models. The relative increase in charged-particle multiplicity from square root of s = 0.9 to 7 TeV is [66.1 ± 1.0(stat) ± 4.2(syst)]%. The mean transverse momentum is measured to be 0.545 ± 0.005(stat) ± 0.015(syst)  GeV/c. The results are compared with similar measurements at lower energies.

Measurement of the X(3872) production cross section via decays to J/ψπ + π − in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeVThe CMS collaboration E-mail: cms-publication-committee-chair@cern.chAbstract: The production of the X(3872) is studied in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV, using decays to J/ψπ + π − , where the J/ψ decays to two muons. The data were recorded by the CMS experiment and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.8 fb −1 . The measurements are performed in a kinematic range in which the X(3872) candidates have a transverse momentum 10 < p T < 50 GeV and rapidity |y| < 1.2. The ratio of the X(3872) and ψ(2S) cross sections times their branching fractions into J/ψπ + π − is measured as a function of p T . In addition, the fraction of X(3872) originating from B decays is determined. From these measurements the prompt X(3872) differential cross section times branching fraction as a function of p T is extracted. The π + π − mass spectrum of the J/ψπ + π − system in the X(3872) decays is also investigated.

Search for dark matter and large extra dimensions in monojet events in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeVThe CMS collaboration Abstract: A search has been made for events containing an energetic jet and an imbalance in transverse momentum using a data sample of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. This signature is common to both dark matter and extra dimensions models. The data were collected by the CMS detector at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb −1 . The number of observed events is consistent with the standard model expectation. Constraints on the dark matter-nucleon scattering cross sections are determined for both spin-independent and spin-dependent interaction models. For the spinindependent model, these are the most constraining limits for a dark matter particle with mass below 3.5 GeV/c 2 , a region unexplored by direct detection experiments. For the spindependent model, these are the most stringent constraints over the 0.1-200 GeV/c 2 mass range. The constraints on the Arkani-Hamed, Dimopoulos, and Dvali model parameter M D determined as a function of the number of extra dimensions are also an improvement over the previous results.

A search for anomalous production of events with three or more isolated leptons in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV is presented. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.98 fb −1 , were collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC during the 2011 run. The search is applicable to any model of new physics that enhances multiple lepton production. The observed multilepton events are categorized into exclusive search channels based on the identity and kinematics of the objects in the events. An estimate of the standard-model background rates from data is emphasized, but simulation is also used to estimate some of the background rates. The search results are interpreted in the context of supersymmetry, including both R-parity-conserving and R-parity-violating models. We derive exclusion limits as a function of squark, gluino, and chargino masses.