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Observation of light-by-light scattering in ultraperipheral Pb + Pb collisions with the ATLAS detector

This Letter describes the observation of the light-by-light scattering process, γγ→γγ, in Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV. The analysis is conducted using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.73 nb−1, collected in November 2018 by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Light-by-l...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Anders, Christoph (Author) , Andrei, George Victor (Author) , Antel, Claire (Author) , Bolz, Arthur (Author) , Brandt, Oleg (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Ferreira de Lima, Danilo Enoque (Author) , Franchino, Silvia (Author) , Geisler, Manuel Patrice (Author) , Hanke, Paul (Author) , Helary, Louis (Author) , Jongmanns, Jan (Author) , Klassen, Martin (Author) , Kolb, Mathis (Author) , Krishnan, Anjali (Author) , Kugel, Andreas (Author) , Lisovyi, Mykhailo (Author) , Meyer zu Theenhausen, Hanno (Author) , Napolitano, Fabrizio (Author) , Ott, Philipp (Author) , S̜ahinsoy, Merve (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Author) , Spieker, Thomas (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (Author) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Author) , Suchek, Stanislav (Author) , Vigani, Luigi (Author) , Wang, Jike (Author) , Weber, Sebastian (Author) , Wessels, Martin (Author) , Yue, Xiaoguang (Author)
Corporate Author: ATLAS Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 31 July 2019
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2019, Volume: 123, Issue: 5
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.052001
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.052001
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Author Notes:G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)
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Summary:This Letter describes the observation of the light-by-light scattering process, γγ→γγ, in Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV. The analysis is conducted using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.73 nb−1, collected in November 2018 by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Light-by-light scattering candidates are selected in events with two photons produced exclusively, each with transverse energy EγT>3 GeV and pseudorapidity |ηγ|<2.4, diphoton invariant mass above 6 GeV, and small diphoton transverse momentum and acoplanarity. After applying all selection criteria, 59 candidate events are observed for a background expectation of 12±3 events. The observed excess of events over the expected background has a significance of 8.2 standard deviations. The measured fiducial cross section is 78±13(stat)±7(syst)±3(lumi) nb.
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The ATLAS Collaboration: G. Aad, C.F. Anders, V. Andrei, C. Antel, A.E. Bolz, O. Brandt, M. Dunford, D.E. Ferreira de Lima, S. Franchino, M.P. Geisler, L. Helary, J. Jongmanns, M. Klassen, M. Kolb, A. Krishnan, A. Kugel, M. Lisovyi, H. Meyer zu Theenhausen, F. Napolitano, P. Ott, M. Sahinsoy, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, T.M. Spieker, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, S. Suchek, J. Wang, S.M. Weber, M. Wessels, X. Yue und weitere Personen
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ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.052001

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