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 √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.

Aad G., A.B. (2020). Search for new non-resonant phenomena in high-mass dilepton final states with the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2020(11), 1-41 [10.1007/JHEP11(2020)005].

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

Alberghi G. L.;Alfonsi F.;Bellagamba L.;Bindi M.;Boscherini D.;Cabras G.;Caforio D.;Carratta G.;De Castro S.;Di Sipio R.;Fabbri L.;Franchini M.;Gabrielli A.;Giacobbe B.;Lasagni Manghi F.;Macchiolo A.;Massa L.;Monzani S.;Polini A.;Rinaldi L.;Romano M.;Sbarra C.;Sbrizzi A.;Semprini-Cesari N.;Sioli M.;Todome K.;Valentinetti S.;Villa M.;Vittori C.;Vivarelli I.;Zoccoli A.;
2020

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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 √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.
2020
Aad G., A.B. (2020). Search for new non-resonant phenomena in high-mass dilepton final states with the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2020(11), 1-41 [10.1007/JHEP11(2020)005].
Aad G., Abbott B., Abbott D.C., Abed Abud A., Abeling K., Abhayasinghe D.K., Abidi S.H., AbouZeid O.S., Abraham N.L., Abramowicz H., Abreu H., Abulait...espandi
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