Search for resonances in diphoton events at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Searches for new resonances decaying into two photons in the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider are described. The analysis is based on proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb−1 at s=13$$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$TeV recorded in 2015. Two searches are pe...

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Main Authors: Aaboud, Morad (Author) , Anders, Christoph (Author) , Andrei, George Victor (Author) , Antel, Claire (Author) , Baas, Alessandra Edda (Author) , Brandt, Oleg (Author) , Djuvsland, Julia Isabell (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Ferreira de Lima, Danilo Enoque (Author) , Geisler, Manuel Patrice (Author) , Giulini, Maddalena (Author) , Hanke, Paul (Author) , Jongmanns, Jan (Author) , Kluge, Eike-Erik (Author) , Kolb, Mathis (Author) , Kretz, Moritz (Author) , Kugel, Andreas (Author) , Lang, Valerie (Author) , Lisovyi, Mykhailo (Author) , Meier, Karlheinz (Author) , Meyer zu Theenhausen, Hanno (Author) , Narrias Villar, Daniel Isaac (Author) , S̜ahinsoy, Merve (Author) , Schätzel, Sebastian (Author) , Scharf, Veit (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Author) , Sosa Corral, David E. (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (Author) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Author) , Suchek, Stanislav (Author) , Wessels, Martin (Author)
Corporate Author: ATLAS Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 01 September 2016
In: Journal of high energy physics
Year: 2016, Issue: 9
ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP09(2016)001
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2016)001
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Summary:Searches for new resonances decaying into two photons in the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider are described. The analysis is based on proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb−1 at s=13$$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$TeV recorded in 2015. Two searches are performed, one targeted at a spin-2 particle of mass larger than 500 GeV, using Randall-Sundrum graviton states as a benchmark model, and one optimized for a spin-0 particle of mass larger than 200 GeV. Varying both the mass and the decay width, the most significant deviation from the background-only hypothesis is observed at a diphoton invariant mass around 750 GeV with local significances of 3.8 and 3.9 standard deviations in the searches optimized for a spin-2 and spin-0 particle, respectively. The global significances are estimated to be 2.1 standard deviations for both analyses. The consistency between the data collected at 13 TeV and 8 TeV is also evaluated. Limits on the production cross section times branching ratio to two photons for the two resonance types are reported.
Item Description:*The ATLAS Collaboration: M. Aaboud, C.F. Anders, V. Andrei, C. Antel, A.E. Baas, O. Brandt, J.I. Djuvsland, M. Dunford, D.E. Ferreira de Lima, M.P. Geisler, M. Giulini, P. Hanke, J. Jongmanns, E.-E. Kluge, M. Kolb, M. Kretz, A. Kugel, V.S. Lang, M. Lisovyi, K. Meier, H. Meyer zu Theenhausen, D.I. Narrias Villar, M. Sahinsoy, S. Schaetzel, V. Scharf, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, D. Sosa, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, S. Suchek, M. Wessels [und sehr viele weitere Personen]
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ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP09(2016)001