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Search for new non-resonant phenomena in high-mass dilepton final states with the ATLAS detector

A search for new physics with non-resonant signals in dielectron and dimuon final states in the mass range above 2 TeV is presented. This is the first search for non-resonant signals in dilepton final states at the LHC to use a background estimate from the data. The data, corresponding to an integra...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Andrei, George Victor (Author) , Bartels, Falk (Author) , Bolz, Arthur (Author) , Czurylo, Marta (Author) , Dittmeier, Sebastian (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Ferreira de Lima, Danilo Enoque (Author) , Franchino, Silvia (Author) , Helary, Louis (Author) , Jongmanns, Jan (Author) , Klassen, Martin (Author) , Krishnan, Anjali (Author) , Mkrtchyan, Tigran (Author) , Napolitano, Fabrizio (Author) , Ott, Philipp (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Author) , Spieker, Thomas (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (Author) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Author) , Suchek, Stanislav (Author) , Vigani, Luigi (Author) , Weber, Sebastian (Author) , Wessels, Martin (Author) , Yue, Xiaoguang (Author)
Corporate Author: ATLAS Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: November 4, 2020
In: Journal of high energy physics
Year: 2020, Issue: 11, Pages: 1-41
ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP11(2020)005
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2020)005
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Summary:A search for new physics with non-resonant signals in dielectron and dimuon final states in the mass range above 2 TeV is presented. This is the first search for non-resonant signals in dilepton final states at the LHC to use a background estimate from the data. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1, were recorded by the ATLAS experiment in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $$ \sqrt{s} $$= 13 TeV during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. The benchmark signal signature is a two-quark and two-lepton contact interaction, which would enhance the dilepton event rate at the TeV mass scale. To model the contribution from background processes a functional form is fit to the dilepton invariant-mass spectra in data in a mass region below the region of interest. It is then extrapolated to a high-mass signal region to obtain the expected background there. No significant deviation from the expected background is observed in the data. Upper limits at 95% CL on the number of events and the visible cross-section times branching fraction for processes involving new physics are provided. Observed (expected) 95% CL lower limits on the contact interaction energy scale reach 35.8 (37.6) TeV.
Item Description:The Atlas collaboration: G. Aad, V. Andrei, F. Bartels, A.E. Bolz, M. Czurylo, S. Dittmeier, M. Dunford, D.E. Ferreira de Lima, S. Franchino, L. Helary, J. Jongmanns, M. Klassen, A. Krishnan, M. Mkrtchyan, F. Napolitano, P. Ott, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, T. Spieker, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, S. Suchek, L. Vigani, S. Weber, M. Wessels, X. Yue [und 2916 weitere]
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ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP11(2020)005

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