Anders, J.K.; Beck, H.P.; Chatterjee, M.; Ereditato, A.; Franconi, L.; Halser, L.; Haug, S.; Ilg, A.; Müller, R.; O'Neill, A.P.; Weber, M.S. (2023). Exclusive dielectron production in ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV with ATLAS. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2306 Springer 10.1007/JHEP06(2023)182
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Exclusive production of dielectron pairs, γγ → e+e−, is studied using Lint = 1.72 nb−1 of data from ultraperipheral collisions of lead nuclei at √sNN = 5.02 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The process of interest proceeds via photon–photon interactions in the strong electromagnetic fields of relativistic lead nuclei. Dielectron production is measured in the fiducial region defined by following requirements: electron transverse momentum peT > 2.5 GeV, absolute electron pseudorapidity |ηe| < 2.5, dielectron invariant mass mee > 5 GeV, and dielectron transverse momentum peeT < 2 GeV. Differential cross-sections are measured as a function of mee, average peT, absolute dielectron rapidity |yee|, and scattering angle in the dielectron rest frame, | cos θ∗|, in the inclusive sample, and also with a requirement of no activity in the forward direction. The total integrated fiducial cross-section is measured to be 215 ± 1(stat.) +23−20(syst.) ± 4(lumi.) μb. Within experimental uncertainties the measured integrated cross-section is in good agreement with the QED predictions from the Monte Carlo programs Starlight and SuperChic, confirming the broad features of the initial photon fluxes. The differential cross-sections show systematic differences from these predictions which are more pronounced at high |yee| and | cos θ∗| values.
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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: |
Anders, John Kenneth, Beck, Hans Peter, Chatterjee, Meghranjana, Ereditato, Antonio, Franconi, Laura, Halser, Lea, Haug, Sigve, Ilg, Armin, Müller, Roman, O'Neill, Aaron Paul, Weber, Michele |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics |
ISSN: |
1029-8479 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
BORIS Import LHEP |
Date Deposited: |
14 Feb 2024 10:34 |
Last Modified: |
14 Feb 2024 10:43 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/JHEP06(2023)182 |
Additional Information: |
Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autor*innen namentlich erwaehnt; the ATLAS collaboration |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Heavy Ion Experiments, Heavy-Ion Collision |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/191907 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/191907 |
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