Search for high-mass Wγ and Zγ resonances using hadronic W/Z boson decays from 139 fb−1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Anders, J.K.; Beck, H.P.; Chatterjee, M.; Ereditato, A.; Franconi, L.; Halser, L.; Haug, S.; Ilg, A.; Lehmann, N.; Müller, R.; Weber, M.S. (2023). Search for high-mass Wγ and Zγ resonances using hadronic W/Z boson decays from 139 fb−1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 07 Springer 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)125

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A search for high-mass charged and neutral bosons decaying to Wγ and Zγ final states is presented in this paper. The analysis uses a data sample of √s = 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector during LHC Run 2 operation. The sensitivity of the search is determined using models of the production and decay of spin-1 charged bosons and spin-0/2 neutral bosons. The range of resonance masses explored extends from 1.0 TeV to 6.8 TeV. At these high resonance masses, it is beneficial to target the hadronic decays of the W and Z bosons because of their large branching fractions. The decay products of the high-momentum W/Z bosons are strongly collimated and boosted-boson tagging techniques are employed to improve the sensitivity. No evidence of a signal above the Standard Model backgrounds is observed, and upper limits on the production cross-sections of these bosons times their branching fractions to Wγ and Zγ are derived for various boson production models.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP)
10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC)

UniBE Contributor:

Anders, John Kenneth, Beck, Hans Peter, Chatterjee, Meghranjana, Ereditato, Antonio, Franconi, Laura, Halser, Lea, Haug, Sigve, Ilg, Armin, Lehmann, Niklaus, Müller, Roman, Weber, Michele

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

1029-8479

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

BORIS Import LHEP

Date Deposited:

01 Feb 2024 16:19

Last Modified:

01 Feb 2024 16:28

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/JHEP07(2023)125

Additional Information:

Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autor*innen namentlich erwaehnt; the ATLAS collaboration

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Hadron-Hadron Scattering

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/191826

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/191826

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