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Bose-Einstein correlations of charged hadrons are measured over a broad multiplicity range, from a few particles up to about 250 reconstructed charged hadrons in protonproton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV. The results are based on data collected using the CMS detector at the LHC during runs with a special low-pileup configuration. Three analysis techniques with different degrees of dependence on simulations are used to remove the non-Bose-Einstein background from the correlation functions. All three methods give consistent results. The measured lengths of homogeneity are studied as functions of particle multiplicity as well as average pair transverse momentum and mass. The results are compared with data from both CMS and ATLAS at √ s = 7 TeV, as well as with theoretical predictions.

Measurements are presented of the reduction of signal output due to radiation damage for two types of plastic scintillator tiles used in the hadron endcap (HE) calorimeter of the CMS detector. The tiles were exposed to particles produced in proton-proton (pp) collisions at the CERN LHC with a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to a delivered luminosity of 50 fb−1. The measurements are based on readout channels of the HE that were instrumented with silicon photomultipliers, and are derived using data from several sources: a laser calibration system, a movable radioactive source, as well as hadrons and muons produced in pp collisions. Results from several irradiation campaigns using 60Co sources are also discussed. The damage is presented as a function of dose rate. Within the range of these measurements, for a fixed dose the damage increases with decreasing dose rate.

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Intestinal neuronal dysplasia type B (IND B) represents a congenital malformation of the enteric nervous system causing disorders of intestinal motility, e. g., chronic constipation. We report a newborn who primarily suffered from intussusception and peritonitis. He required a subtotal colectomy for gangrene, but since IND B had not been expected at this time, no specific immunhistochemical workup for IND was initiated. Following recurrent episodes of ileus and subileus within the next years, colonic biopsies were taken and histotopochemical staining revealed IND B. The remaining colon required resection; an ileorectostomy was performed and the patient is now asymptomatic. This case report discusses the causality of IND B for intussusception and stresses that in newborn patients the clinical presentation may be misleading, and adequate histochemical evaluation is essential for early detection.