The observation of forward proton scattering in association with lepton pairs (e+e-+p or μ+μ-+p) produced via photon fusion is presented. The scattered proton is detected by the ATLAS Forward Proton spectrometer, while the leptons are reconstructed by the central ATLAS detector. Proton-proton collision data recorded in 2017 at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV are analyzed, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 14.6 fb-1. A total of 57 (123) candidates in the ee+p (μμ+p) final state are selected, allowing the background-only hypothesis to be rejected with a significance exceeding 5 standard deviations in each channel. Proton-tagging techniques are introduced for cross-section measurements in the fiducial detector acceptance, corresponding to σee+p=11.0±2.6(stat)±1.2(syst)±0.3(lumi) and σμμ+p=7.2±1.6(stat)±0.9(syst)±0.2(lumi) fb in the dielectron and dimuon channel, respectively.
Observation and Measurement of Forward Proton Scattering in Association with Lepton Pairs Produced via the Photon Fusion Mechanism at ATLAS / Aloisio, A., Alviggi, M., Canale, V., Della Pietra, M., Merola, L., Conventi, F., Rossi, E., Massarotti, P., De Asmundis, R., Cirotto, F., Lavorgna, M., Giannini, A., Di Donato, C., Iengo, P., Sekhniaidze, G., Izzo, V., Carlino, G., Doria, A., Loffredo, S.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 125:26(2020), p. 261801. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.261801]
Observation and Measurement of Forward Proton Scattering in Association with Lepton Pairs Produced via the Photon Fusion Mechanism at ATLAS
ALOISIO ALBERTO;ALVIGGI MARIAGRAZIA;CANALE VINCENZO;DELLA PIETRA MASSIMO;MEROLA LEONARDO;CONVENTI FRANCESCO;ROSSI ELVIRA;MASSAROTTI PAOLO;DE ASMUNDIS Riccardo;CIROTTO FRANCESCO;LAVORGNA MARCO;GIANNINI ANTONIO;LOFFREDO, Salvatore
2020
Abstract
The observation of forward proton scattering in association with lepton pairs (e+e-+p or μ+μ-+p) produced via photon fusion is presented. The scattered proton is detected by the ATLAS Forward Proton spectrometer, while the leptons are reconstructed by the central ATLAS detector. Proton-proton collision data recorded in 2017 at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV are analyzed, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 14.6 fb-1. A total of 57 (123) candidates in the ee+p (μμ+p) final state are selected, allowing the background-only hypothesis to be rejected with a significance exceeding 5 standard deviations in each channel. Proton-tagging techniques are introduced for cross-section measurements in the fiducial detector acceptance, corresponding to σee+p=11.0±2.6(stat)±1.2(syst)±0.3(lumi) and σμμ+p=7.2±1.6(stat)±0.9(syst)±0.2(lumi) fb in the dielectron and dimuon channel, respectively.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
