Observation and Measurement of Forward Proton Scattering in Association with Lepton Pairs Produced via the Photon Fusion Mechanism at ATLAS

Franconi, Laura; Haug, Sigve; Weber, Michele; Anders, John Kenneth; Fehr, Armin; Beck, Hans Peter; Ereditato, Antonio; Chatterjee, Meghranjana; Lehmann, Niklaus; Miucci, Antonio; Weston, Thomas Daniel (2020). Observation and Measurement of Forward Proton Scattering in Association with Lepton Pairs Produced via the Photon Fusion Mechanism at ATLAS. Physical review letters, 125(26) American Physical Society 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.261801

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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.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

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

UniBE Contributor:

Franconi, Laura, Haug, Sigve, Weber, Michele, Anders, John Kenneth, Ilg, Armin, Beck, Hans Peter, Ereditato, Antonio, Chatterjee, Meghranjana, Lehmann, Niklaus, Miucci, Antonio, Weston, Thomas Daniel

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

0031-9007

Publisher:

American Physical Society

Language:

English

Submitter:

BORIS Import LHEP

Date Deposited:

19 Apr 2021 15:31

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:34

Publisher DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.261801

Additional Information:

Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autoren namentlich erwaehnt

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/155540

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/155540

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