Search for low-scale gravity signatures in multi-jet final states with the ATLAS detector at √s=8 TeV

ATLAS, Collaboration; Beck, Hans Peter; Cervelli, Alberto; Ereditato, Antonio; Haug, Sigve; Kabana, Sonja; Meloni, Federico; Mullier, Geoffrey André Adrien; Pretzl, Klaus-Peter; Stramaglia, Maria Elena; Stucci, Stefania; Weber, Michael (2015). Search for low-scale gravity signatures in multi-jet final states with the ATLAS detector at √s=8 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 7(7), p. 32. Springer 10.1007/JHEP07(2015)032

Preview

Text art%3A10.1007%2FJHEP07%282015%29032.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons: Attribution (CC-BY). Download (947kB) | Preview

We search for evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model in the production of final states with multiple high transverse momentum jets, using 20.3 fb¯¹ of proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at √s=8 TeV. No excess of events beyond Standard Model expectations is observed, and upper limits on the visible cross-section for non-Standard Model production of multi-jet final states are set. Using a wide variety of models for black hole and string ball production and decay, the limit on the cross-section times acceptance is as low as 0.16 fb at the 95% CL for a minimum scalar sum of jet transverse momentum in the event of about 4.3 TeV. Using models for black hole and string ball production and decay, exclusion contours are determined as a function of the production mass threshold and the gravity scale. These limits can be interpreted in terms of lower-mass limits on black hole and string ball production that range from 4.6 to 6.2 TeV.

Interest & Impact

Downloads

172 since deposited on 07 Sep 2016
11 in the past 12 months

Citations

5 Citations in Web of Science ®
6 Citations in Scopus

Search

in Google Scholar™

Services

Actions (login required)

Edit item

Actions (login required)

Edit item