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Search for an axion-like particle with forward proton scattering in association with photon pairs at ATLAS

A search for forward proton scattering in association with light-by-light scattering mediated by an axion-like particle is presented, using the ATLAS Forward Proton spectrometer to detect scattered protons and the central ATLAS detector to detect pairs of outgoing photons. Proton-proton collision da...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Baltes, Lisa Marie (Author) , Bartels, Falk (Author) , Czurylo, Marta (Author) , Rio, Fernando del (Author) , Dittmeier, Sebastian (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Franchino, Silvia (Author) , Junkermann, Thomas (Author) , Klassen, Martin (Author) , Mkrtchyan, Tigran (Author) , Ott, Philipp (Author) , Rassloff, Damir Fabrice (Author) , Rodriguez Bosca, Sergi (Author) , Sauer, Christof (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Author) , Sothilingam, Varsiha (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (Author) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Author) , Vigani, Luigi (Author) , Weber, Sebastian (Author) , Wessels, Martin (Author) , Zinßer, Joachim (Author)
Corporate Author: ATLAS Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 31 July 2023
In: Journal of high energy physics
Year: 2023, Issue: 7, Pages: 1-38
ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP07(2023)234
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)234
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)234
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Summary:A search for forward proton scattering in association with light-by-light scattering mediated by an axion-like particle is presented, using the ATLAS Forward Proton spectrometer to detect scattered protons and the central ATLAS detector to detect pairs of outgoing photons. Proton-proton collision data recorded in 2017 at a centre-of-mass energy of $$ \sqrt{s} $$= 13 TeV were analysed, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 14.6 fb−1. A total of 441 candidate events were selected. A search was made for a narrow resonance in the diphoton mass distribution, corresponding to an axion-like particle (ALP) with mass in the range 150-1600 GeV. No excess is observed above a smooth background. Upper limits on the production cross section of a narrow resonance are set as a function of the mass, and are interpreted as upper limits on the ALP production coupling constant, assuming 100% decay branching ratio into a photon pair. The inferred upper limit on the coupling constant is in the range 0.04-0.09 TeV−1 at 95% confidence level.
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The ATLAS Collaboration: G. Aad, L.M. Baltes, F. Bartels, M.M. Czurylo, F. Del Rio, S.J. Dittmeier, M. Dunford, S. Franchino, T. Junkermann, M. Klassen, T. Mkrtchyan, P.S. Ott, D.F. Rassloff, S. Rodriguez Bosca, C. Sauer, A. Schoening, H-C. Schultz-Coulon, V. Sothilingam, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, L. Vigani, S.M. Weber, M. Wessels, J. Zinsser [und viele weitere]
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ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP07(2023)234

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