ANDREAS HOECKER

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS [ PAPERS WITH SUBSTANTIAL PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS ONLY ]
Books on LHC Physics The Adventure of the Large Hadron Collider
Daniel Denegri, Claude Guyot, Andreas Hoecker, Lydia Roos
620 pages, World Scientific, December 2021
Une Introduction à L'aventure du grand collisionneur LHC − Du big bang au boson de Higgs
Daniel Denegri, Claude Guyot, Andreas Hoecker, Lydia Roos
316 pages (in French), EDP SCIENCES, March 2014
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ATLAS & LHC Evidence for the associated production of the Higgs boson and a top quark pair with the ATLAS detector
ATLAS Collaboration, Phys. Rev. D 977, 072003 (2018) [arXiv:1712.08891].
Physics at the LHC Run 2 and Beyond
A. Hoecker, Lecture notes from the 2016 European School of High-Energy Physics, 15-28 June 2016, Skeikampen, Norway [arXiv:1611.07864].
Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the two photon decay channel with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
ATLAS Collaboration, Phys. Lett. B 705, 452 (2011) [arXiv:1108.5895].
Search for supersymmetry using final states with one lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV pp collisions
ATLAS Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 131802 (2011) [arXiv:1102.2357].
Luminosity Determination in pp Collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV Using the ATLAS Detector at the LHC
ATLAS Collaboration, Eur. Phys. J. C 71, 1630 (2011) [arXiv:1101.2185].
Commissioning and Early Physics Analysis with the ATLAS and CMS experiments
A. Hoecker, lecture notes from the 5th Latin American School of High-Energy Physics, Recinto Quirama, Antioquia Region, Colombia, March 2009
, arXiv:1002.2891.
Complete school procedings.
Background estimation for inclusive SUSY searches − the Tiles Method
ATLAS Collaboration, ATL-PHYS-PUB-2009-077 (2009).
The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
ATLAS Collaboration, JINST 3 S08007, 2008.
A configuration system for the ATLAS trigger
A. dos Anjos et al., JINST 1 (2006) P05004 [physics/0602180].
Overview of the high level trigger steering and selection for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC
A. Hoecker et al., RT2007-PS2C007 (2007).
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BABAR Collaboration Measurement of CP-violating asymmetries in B0 → (rho pi)0 using a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis
BABAR Collaboration, SLAC-PUB-12377, BABAR-PUB-07003, Phys. Rev. D76, 012004 (2007) [hep-ex/0703008].
The Measurement of Time-Dependent CP-Violating Asymmetries in Loop-Dominated B Decays with BABAR
A. Hoecker et al., SLAC-PUB-10815, hep-ex/0410069 (2004).
Measurements of branching fractions and CP violating asymmetries in B0 → rho+− h-+ decays
BABAR Collaboration, SLAC-PUB-9923, BABAR-PUB-03-013, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 201802 (2003) [hep-ex/0306030].
Measurement of branching fractions and charge asymmetries in B+− → rho+− pi0 and B+− → rho0 pi+− decays and search for B0 → rho0 pi0
BABAR Collaboration, SLAC-PUB-10236, BABAR-PUB-03-037, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 051802 (2004) [hep-ex/0311049].
Measurements of the branching fraction and CP-violation asymmetries in B0 → f(0)(980) K0(S)
BABAR Collaboration, SLAC-PUB-10498, BABAR-PUB-04-017, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 041802 (2005) [hep-ex/0406040].
Measurement of CP violating asymmetries in B0 decays to CP eigenstates
BABAR Collaboration, SLAC-PUB-8777, BABAR-PUB-01-01, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2515 (2001) [hep-ex/0102030].
Search for B0→a0(980)π
BABAR Collaboration, BABAR-CONF-01/07, SLAC-PUB-8930, hep-ex/0107075 (2001).
The BABAR Detector
BABAR Collaboration, SLAC-PUB-8569, BABAR-PUB-01-08, NIM A479, 1 (2002) [hep-ex/0105044].
Hadronic B Decays to Charmless Final States and J/ψK*
A. Hoecker et al., SLAC-PUB-8802, hep-ex/0104028 (2001).
DIRC: A Particle identification system for BABAR
A. Hoecker et al., NIM A446, 310 (2000).
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HFAG Averages of b-hadron properties as of summer 2004
Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFAG) (J. Alexander et al.), Jan 2005. 95pp. hep-ex/0412073.
Updated reissues of the document twice a year.
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ALEPH Collaboration Update of the ALEPH non-strange spectral functions from hadronic tau decays
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, B. Malaescu, C. Yuan, Z. Zhang, accepted for publication by EPJ-C [arXiv:1312.1501].
ALEPH Tau Spectral Functions and QCD
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, Z. Zhang, Nucl. Phys. (Proc. Suppl.) 169, 22 (2007) [hep-ph/0701170].
Branching ratios and spectral functions of tau decays: Final ALEPH measurements and physics implications
ALEPH Collaboration (S. Schael et al.), Phys. Rept. 421, 191 (2005) [hep-ex/0506072].
Study of tau decays involving kaons, spectral functions and determination of the strange quark mass
ALEPH Collaboration, CERN-EP-99-026, Eur. Phys. J. C11, 599 (1999) [hep-ex/9903015].
Measurement of the spectral functions of axial - vector hadronic tau decays and determination of alpha(S)(M(tau))
ALEPH Collaboration, CERN-EP-98-012, CERN-EP-98-12, Eur. Phys. J. C4, 409 (1998).
Measurement of spectral functions of the tau lepton and applications to quantum chromodynamics
A. Hoecker, LAL-97-18, Ph.D. Thesis, 246pp, (1997).
Measurement of the spectral functions of vector current hadronic tau decays
ALEPH Collaboration, CERN-PPE-97-013, CERN-PPE-97-13, Z. Phys. C76, 15 (1997).
Studies of quantum chromodynamics with the ALEPH detector
ALEPH Collaboration, CERN-PPE-96-186, Phys. Rept. 294, 1 (1998).
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OPAL Collaboration A Test of CP invariance in Z0 → tau+ tau- using optimal observables
OPAL Collaboration, CERN-PPE-94-171, 24pp., Z. Phys. C66, 31 (1995).
Test of CP invariance in Z0 → tau anti-tau decay and determination of the weak dipole moment of tau leptons
A. Hoecker, BONN-IB-94-17, Diploma thesis, 73pp, (1994).
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Particle Physics General Moriond Electroweak and Unified Theories 2016 − Experimental Summary
A. Hoecker, Proceedings of summary talk at Moriond EW and UT, La Thuile, Italy, 2016, arXiv:1605.06042.
Charged-Lepton Flavour Physics
A. Hoecker, Proceedings of talk at Lepton-Photon Symposium 2011, Mumbai, India, to be published in Pramana journal of physics, arXiv:1201.5093.
Towards the European strategy for particle physics: the Briefing Book
T. Akesson et al., Eur. Phys. J. C51, 421 (2007) [hep-ph/0609216].
Prospectives 2005 − 2015: DSM/DAPNIA − CNRS/IN2P3
S. Gales (ed.), 2005, 176pp., Compte rendu des journées de prospectives, 11−16 Oct 2004, La Colle sur Loup, France.
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Muon g−2 and α-QED(mZ) The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon in the Standard Model: an update
R. Aliberti et al, Phys. Rept. 1143, 1 (2025) [arXiv:2505.21476].
Tensions in e+e → π+π(γ) measurements: the new landscape of data-driven hadronic vacuum polarization predictions for the muon g−2
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, A.M Lutz, B. Malaescu, Z. Zhang, Eur. Phys. J. C 84, 721 (2024) [arXiv:2312.02053].
The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon in the Standard Model: a theory white
T. Aoyama et al., Phys. Rept. 887, 1 (2020) [arXiv:2006.04822].
A new evaluation of the hadronic vacuum polarisation contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment and to α(mZ)
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, B. Malaescu, Z. Zhang, Eur. Phys. J. C80, 241 (2020) [arXiv:1908.00921].
Reevaluation of the hadronic vacuum polarisation contributions to the Standard Model predictions of the muon g−2 and α(mZ) using newest hadronic cross-section data
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, B. Malaescu, Z. Zhang, Eur. Phys. J. C77, 827 (2017) [arXiv:1706.09436].
The hadronic contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment and to the running electromagnetic fine structure constant at mZ - overview and latest results
A. Hoecker, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Supp.) 218, 189 (2011) [arXiv:1012.0055].
Reevaluation of the Hadronic Contributions to the Muon g−2 and to α(mZ)
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, B. Malaescu, Z. Zhang, Eur. Phys. J. C 71, 1515 (2011) [arXiv:1010.4180].
Reevaluation of the hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly using new e+e- → pi+pi− cross section data from BABAR
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, B. Malaescu, C.Z. Yuan, Z. Zhang, arXiv:0908.4300 [hep-ph], 2009.
The discrepancy between tau and e+e− spectral functions revisited and the consequences for the muon magnetic anomaly
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, G. Lopez Castro, B. Malaescu, X.H. Mo, G. Toledo Sanchez, P. Wang, C.Z. Yuan, Z. Zhang, Eur. Phys. J. C66, 1 (2010) [arXiv:0906.5443].
The muon anomalous magnetic moment
A. Hoecker and B. Marciano in: Particle Data Group (C. Amsler et al.), Phys. Lett. B 667, 1 (2008).
Updated estimate of the muon magnetic moment using revised results from e+ e- annihilation
M. Davier, S. Eidelman, A. Hoecker and Z. Zhang, LAL-03-50, Eur. Phys. J. C31, 503 (2003) [hep-ph/0308213].
Confronting spectral functions from e+ e- annihilation and tau decays: Consequences for the muon magnetic moment
M. Davier, S. Eidelman, A. Hoecker, Z. Zhang, LAL-02-81, BUDKER-INP-2002-74, Eur. Phys. J. C27, 497 (2003) [hep-ph/0208177].
Hadronic Contribution to (g−2)(mu)
A. Hoecker, Lecture notes from Workshop on Electromagnetic Probes Of Fundamental Physics, Erice-Sicily, Italy, Oct 6-21, 2001, LAL 01-74 (2001) [hep-ph/0111243].
New results on the hadronic contributions to alpha(M(Z)) and to (g−2)(mu)
M. Davier and A. Hoecker, LAL-98-38, Phys. Lett. B435, 427 (1998) [hep-ph/9805470].
Evaluation of α-QED(mZ) and (g−2)μ
A. Hoecker, LAL 98-73, hep-ph/9809488 (1998).
Improved determination of alpha (M(Z)) and the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon
M. Davier and A. Hoecker, LAL-97-85, Phys. Lett. B419, 419 (1998) [hep-ph/9711308].
Improved determination of the hadronic contribution to the muon (g−2) and to alpha (M(z)) using new data from hadronic tau decays
R. Alemany, M. Davier and A. Hoecker, LAL-97-02, Eur. Phys. J. C2, 123 (1998) [hep-ph/9703220].
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QCD Phenomenology Update of the ALEPH non-strange spectral functions from hadronic τ decays
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, B. Malaescu, C. Yuan, and Z. Zhang, Eur. Phys. J. C 74, 2803 (2014) [arXiv:1312.1501].
The determination of αs from tau decays revisited
M. Davier, A. Hoecker, B. Malaescu and Z. Zhang, CERN-OPEN-2008-006, LAL 08-12, LPT-ORSAY 08-18, Eur. Phys. J. C 56, 305 (2008) [arXiv:0803.0979].
The Physics of hadronic tau decays
M. Davier, A. Hoecker and Z. Zhang, LAL-05-37, Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1043 (2006) [hep-ph/0507078].
Strange quark mass from the invariant mass distribution of Cabibbo suppressed tau decays
S. Chen et al., FTUV-01-0522, IFIC-01-25, LAL-01-27, UG-FT-130-01, Eur. Phys. J. C22, 31 (2001) [hep-ph/0105253].
Tau spectral functions, QCD applications and chiral sum rules
A. Hoecker, Nucl. Phys. (Proc. Suppl.) 76, 309 (1999).
Finite energy chiral sum rules and tau spectral functions
M. Davier, L. Girlanda, A. Hoecker and J. Stern, IPNO-TH-98-05, LAL-98-05, Phys. Rev. D58, 096014 (1998) [hep-ph/9802447].
Determination of ms from strange tau decays
S. Chen, M. Davier and A. Hoecker, LAL-98-90, Nucl. Phys. (Proc. Suppl.) 76, 369 (1999).
Vector and axial-vector spectral functions and QCD
A. Hoecker, LAL-96-95, Nucl. Phys. (Proc. Suppl.) 55C, 379 (1997). Also in: Tau Lepton Physics 1996, 379 (QCD161, W671, 1996) [hep-ex/9703004].
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EW fits / Gfitter Project The Higgs boson through the lens of electroweak precision data
Y. Fischer, J. Haller, A. Hoecker, R. Kogler, F. Labe, K. Moenig, D. Schwarz, J. Stelzer, submitted to EPJ-C, arXiv:2607.09861 (2026)
Update of the global electroweak fit and constraints on two-Higgs-doublet models
J. Haller, A. Hoecker, R. Kogler, K. Moenig, T. Peiffer, J. Stelzer, Eur. Phys. J. C78, 675 (2018) [arXiv:1803.01853].
Physics at the e+e- Linear Collider
G. Moortgat-Pick et al., arXiv:1504.01726 (2015)
The global electroweak fit at NNLO and prospects for the LHC and ILC
M. Baak, J. Cuth, J. Haller, A. Hoecker, R. Kogler, K. Moenig, M. Schott, J. Stelzer
Eur. Phys. J. C74, 3046 (2014) [arXiv:1407.3792].
Study of Electroweak Interactions at the Energy Frontier
M. Baak et al.
Snowmass white paper, arXiv:1310.6708 (2013)
The Electroweak Fit of the SM after the Discovery of a New Boson at the LHC
M. Baak, M. Goebel, J. Haller, A. Hoecker, D. Kennedy, R. Kogler, K. Moenig, M. Schott, J. Stelzer
Eur. Phys. J. C72, 2205 (2012) [arXiv:1209.2716].
Updated Status of the Global Electroweak Fit and Constraints on New Physics
M. Baak, M. Goebel, J. Haller, A. Hoecker, D. Ludwig, K. Moenig, M. Schott, J. Stelzer
Eur. Phys. J. C72, 2003 (2012) [arXiv:1107.0975].
Status of the global electroweak fit of the Standard Model
A. Hoecker, proceedings of review talk given at the 2009 Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, Krakow, Poland, July 16-22, 2009, arXiv:0909.0961.
The probable fate of the Standard Model
J. Ellis, J.R. Espinosa, G.F. Giudice, A. Hoecker, A. Riotto,
Phys. Lett. B 679: 369, 2009 [arXiv:0906.0954].
Gfitter − Revisiting the global electroweak fit of the Standard Model and beyond
H. Flächer, M. Göbel, J. Haller, A. Hoecker, K. Mönig, J. Stelzer, Eur. Phys. J. C60, 543 (2009) [arXiv:0811.0009].
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CKMfitter Project CP violation and the CKM matrix: Assessing the impact of the asymmetric B factories
CKMfitter Group (J. Charles et al.), CPT-2004-P-030, LAL-04-21, LAPP-EXP-2004-01, LPNHE-2004-01, Eur. Phys. J. C41, 1-131 (2005) [hep-ph/0406184].
A New approach to a global fit of the CKM matrix
CKMfitter Group (A. Hoecker et al.), LAL-01-06, Eur. Phys. J. C21, 225 (2001) [hep-ph/0104062].
CKM matrix: status and new developments
CKMfitter Group (A. Hoecker et al.), LAL-01-92, hep-ph/0112295 (2001).
Numerous other CKMfitter proceedings of conferences and workshops.
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CP Violation Phenomenology CP violation and the CKM matrix
A. Hoecker (CERN) and Z. Ligeti (LBL, Berkeley & MIT, LNS), CERN-PH-EP-2006-007, LBNL-59882, MIT-CTP-3729, CERN-PH-EP-2006-007, Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 56, 501-567 (2006) [hep-ph/0605217].
Testing the dynamics of B → pi pi and constraints on alpha
BY. Grossman (Technion), A. Hoecker (LAL, Orsay), Z. Ligeti (LBL, Berkeley), D. Pirjol (MIT, LNS), LAL-05-34, LBNL-57484, MIT-CTP-3624, Phys. Rev. D72, 094033 (2005) [hep-ph/0506228].
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CP Violation Outreach CP-Verletzung
A. Hoecker and H. Lacker, Physik Journal 7/2006 (in German).
La violation de CP
N. Arnaud and A. Hoecker, Published in Sciences & Avenir HS 142, 40 (2005).
Zoom sur la violation de CP à l'occasion des résultats obtenus par les expériences BABAR et BELLE
N. Arnaud and A. Hoecker, Popular article for LAL personnel, LAL 05-13 (2005).
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TMVA Project TMVA − Toolkit for Multivariate Data Analysis
A. Hoecker et al., CERN-OPEN-2007-007 [physics/0703039].
Acceleration of multivariate analysis techniques in TMVA using GPUs
A. Hoecker, H. McKendrick, J. Therhaag, A. Washbrook, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 396 022055 (2012).
Several TMVA-related proceedings of conferences and workshops (2007).
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Statistics / Methodology SVD-based unfolding: implementation and experience
K. Tackmann, A. Hoecker, arXiv:1112.2226 [physics.data-an] (2011).
Bayesian statistics at work: the troublesome extraction of the CKM phase alpha
J. Charles, A. Hoecker, H. Lacker, F.R. Lediberder, S. T'Jampens, CERN-OPEN-2006-029, CPT-P56-2006, LAL 06-122, LAPP-2006-02, hep-ph/0607246 (2009).
Combining inconsistent measurements
A. Hoecker, S. Laplace and F. le Diberder, LAL-00-20 (2000).
SVD approach to data unfolding
A. Hoecker and V. Kartvelishvili, M-C-TH-95-15, LAL-95-55, NIM A372, 469 (1996) [hep-ph/9509307].
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