Search for contact interactions in dilepton events from pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
This Letter presents a search for contact interactions in the dielectron and dimuon channels using data from proton–proton collisions produced by the LHC at √s = 7 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. The data sample, collected in 2011, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.08 and 1.21 fb−...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| Repositorio: | SEDICI (UNLP) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/77518 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/77518 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias Exactas contact interactions dilepton events pp collisions Física ATLAS detector |
| Sumario: | This Letter presents a search for contact interactions in the dielectron and dimuon channels using data from proton–proton collisions produced by the LHC at √s = 7 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. The data sample, collected in 2011, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.08 and 1.21 fb−1 in the e+e− and μ+μ− channels, respectively. No significant deviations from the standard model are observed. Using a Bayesian approach with a prior flat in 1/Λ2, the following 95% CL lower limits are placed on the energy scale of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mi is="true">ℓ</mi><mi is="true">ℓ</mi><mi is="true">q</mi><mi is="true">q</mi></math> contact interactions: Λ− > 10.1 TeV (Λ+ > 9.4 TeV) in the electron channel and Λ− > 8.0 TeV (Λ+ > 7.0 TeV) in the muon channel for constructive (destructive) interference in the left–left isoscalar contact interaction model. Limits are also provided for a prior flat in 1/Λ4. |
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