Beck, H.P.; Chatterjee, M.; Halser, L.; Haug, S.; Mobius, S.; Müller, R.; O'Neill, A.P.; Schefer, M.M.; Weber, M.S. (2023). Search for an axion-like particle with forward proton scattering in association with photon pairs at ATLAS. Journal of High Energy Physics, 07 Springer 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)234
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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 √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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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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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: |
Beck, Hans Peter, Chatterjee, Meghranjana, Halser, Lea, Haug, Sigve, Möbius, Silke, Müller, Roman, O'Neill, Aaron Paul, Schefer, Meinrad Moritz, Weber, Michele |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics |
ISSN: |
1029-8479 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
BORIS Import LHEP |
Date Deposited: |
01 Feb 2024 16:32 |
Last Modified: |
01 Feb 2024 16:42 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/JHEP07(2023)234 |
Additional Information: |
Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autor*innen namentlich erwaehnt; the ATLAS collaboration |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
CP Violation, Hadron-Hadron Scattering |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/191827 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/191827 |
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