Amberlyst-15? in PEG: A novel catalytic system for the facile and efficient one-pot synthesis of benzothiazolo-[2,3-b]-quinazolinone derivatives

A simple and convenient approach for the synthesis of tetraheterocyclic benzothiazolo-[2,3-b]-quinazolin-1-ones has been developed utilizing the MCR methodology, which involves the condensation of 2-aminobenzothiazole, cyclic-diketones and various aldehydes using Amberlyst-15 in PEG 400 as an environmentally benign and reusable catalyst system. Environmental benignity, recyclability, cost-effectiveness, easy workup and excellent yields are the major attributes of this one-pot procedure.     

Measurements of WW and WZ production in W + jets final states in pp collisions

We study WW and WZ production with ?νqq (?=e,μ) final states using data collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider corresponding to 4.3 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity from pp collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV. Assuming the ratio between the production cross sections σ(WW) and σ(WZ) as predicted by the standard model, we measure the total WV (V=W,Z) cross section to be σ(WV)=19.6(-3.0)(+3.2) pb and reject the background-only hypothesis at a level of 7.9 standard deviations. We also use b-jet discrimination to separate the WZ component from the dominant WW component. Simultaneously fitting WW and WZ contributions, we measure σ(WW)=15.9(-3.2)(+3.7) pb and σ(WZ)=3.3(-3.3)(+4.1) pb, which is consistent with the standard model predictions.     

Search for universal extra dimensions in pp collisions

We present a search for Kaluza-Klein (KK) particles predicted by models with universal extra dimensions (UED) using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 7.3 fb(-1), collected by the D0 detector at a pp center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The decay chain of KK particles can lead to a final state with two muons of the same charge. This signature is used to set a lower limit on the compactification scale of R(-1)>260 GeV in a minimal UED model.     

Measurement of the W boson mass with the D0 detector

We present a measurement of the W boson mass using data corresponding to 4.3 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected with the D0 detector during Run II at the Fermilab Tevatron pp collider. With a sample of 1,677,394 W → eν candidate events, we measure M(W) = 80.367 ± 0.026 GeV. This result is combined with an earlier D0 result determined using an independent Run II data sample, corresponding to 1 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity, to yield M(W) = 80.375 ± 0.023 GeV.     

Evidence for spin correlation in t ̅t production

We present a measurement of the ratio of events with correlated t and t ?t spins to the total number of t ?t events. This ratio f is evaluated using a matrix-element-based approach in 729 t ?t candidate events with a single lepton ? (electron or muon) and at least four jets. The analyzed p ?p collisions data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.3 fb(-1) and were collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider operating at a center-of-mass energy √s=1.96 TeV. Combining this result with a recent measurement of f in dileptonic final states, we find f in agreement with the standard model. In addition, the combination provides evidence for the presence of spin correlation in t ?t events with a significance of more than 3 standard deviations.     

Exact wave functions of a four-body system

In this Letter the exact wave functions of a model four-quark system in SU(2) color are calculated for spinless but isospinor quarks in Schrödinger equation as an analogue to the actual six-quark problem in SU(3) color which arises naturally in the study of dibaryon states. This model four-quark problem is shown to be exactly soluble for the admissible states of isospin I=2 provided that the pairwise interactions between the quarks are supplemented by some four-body counter terms (interpreted as four-body forces). This model correctly simulates the color with orbital structure expected of the corresponding fermionic 4N problem. Further the possible exact solutions such as these can prove to be useful as test cases for the study of the full q⁶ problem in SU(3) color with spin-dependent forces.