Search for Extra Dimensions in diphoton events using proton-proton collisions recorded at sqrts=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

ATLAS, Collaboration; Agustoni, Marco; Ancu, Lucian; Battaglia, Andreas; Beck, Hans Peter; Borer, Claudia; Cervelli, Alberto; Ereditato, Antonio; Gallo, Valentina; Haug, Sigve; Kabana, Sonja; Kruker, Tobias; Marti, Lukas; Pretzl, Klaus-Peter; Schneider, Basil; Sciacca, Gianfranco; Weber, Michael (2013). Search for Extra Dimensions in diphoton events using proton-proton collisions recorded at sqrts=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. New journal of physics, 15(4), 043007. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.1088/1367-2630/15/4/043007

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The large difference between the Planck scale and the electroweak scale, known as the hierarchy problem, is addressed in certain models through the postulate of extra spatial dimensions. A search for evidence of extra spatial dimensions in the diphoton channel has been performed using the full set of proton-proton collisions at root s = 7 TeV recorded in 2011 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. This dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb(-1). The diphoton invariant mass spectrum is observed to be in good agreement with the Standard Model expectation. In the context of the model proposed by Arkani-Hamed, Dimopoulos and Dvali, 95% confidence level lower limits of between 2.52 and 3.92 TeV are set on the ultraviolet cutoff scale MS depending on the number of extra dimensions and the theoretical formalism used. In the context of the Randall-Sundrum model, a lower limit of 2.06 (1.00) TeV at 95% confidence level is set on the mass of the lightest graviton for couplings of k/(M) over bar (Pl) = 0.1(0.01). Combining with the ATLAS dilepton searches based on the 2011 data, the 95% confidence level lower limit on the Randall-Sundrum graviton mass is further tightened to 2.23 (1.03) TeV for k/(M) over bar (Pl) = 0.1(0.01).

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:

Agustoni, Marco, Ancu, Lucian, Battaglia, Andreas, Beck, Hans Peter, Borer, Claudia, Cervelli, Alberto, Ereditato, Antonio, Gallo, Valentina, Haug, Sigve, Kruker, Tobias, Marti, Lukas, Pretzl, Klaus-Peter, Schneider, Basil, Sciacca, Gianfranco, Weber, Michele

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

1367-2630

Publisher:

Institute of Physics Publishing IOP

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Stettler

Date Deposited:

12 Sep 2014 11:23

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:37

Publisher DOI:

10.1088/1367-2630/15/4/043007

Web of Science ID:

000317035700007

ArXiv ID:

1210.8389v2

Additional Information:

Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autoren namentlich erwähnt.

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.58462

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/58462

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