TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for contact interactions and large extra dimensions in the dilepton channel using proton-proton collisions at √s= 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Abdallah, J.
AU - Abdel Khalek, S.
AU - Abdinov, O.
AU - Aben, R.
AU - Abi, B.
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Xella, Stefania
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Thomsen, Lotte Ansgaard
AU - Mehlhase, Sascha
AU - Galster, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Pingel, Almut Maria
AU - Løvschall-Jensen, Ask Emil
AU - Alonso Diaz, Alejandro
AU - Monk, James William
AU - Pedersen, Lars Egholm
AU - Wiglesworth, Graig
PY - 2014/12/4
Y1 - 2014/12/4
N2 - A search is conducted for non-resonant new phenomena in dielectron and dimuon final states, originating from either contact interactions or large extra spatial dimensions. The LHC 2012 proton–proton collision dataset recorded by the ATLAS detector is used, corresponding to 20 fb(Formula presented.) (Formula presented.) at (Formula presented.) (Formula presented.)= 8 TeV. The dilepton invariant mass spectrum is a discriminating variable in both searches, with the contact interaction search additionally utilizing the dilepton forward-backward asymmetry. No significant deviations from the Standard Model expectation are observed. Lower limits are set on the (Formula presented.) (Formula presented.) contact interaction scale (Formula presented.) (Formula presented.) between 15.4 TeV and 26.3 TeV, at the 95 % credibility level. For large extra spatial dimensions, lower limits are set on the string scale (Formula presented.) (Formula presented.) between 3.2 TeV to 5.0 TeV.
AB - A search is conducted for non-resonant new phenomena in dielectron and dimuon final states, originating from either contact interactions or large extra spatial dimensions. The LHC 2012 proton–proton collision dataset recorded by the ATLAS detector is used, corresponding to 20 fb(Formula presented.) (Formula presented.) at (Formula presented.) (Formula presented.)= 8 TeV. The dilepton invariant mass spectrum is a discriminating variable in both searches, with the contact interaction search additionally utilizing the dilepton forward-backward asymmetry. No significant deviations from the Standard Model expectation are observed. Lower limits are set on the (Formula presented.) (Formula presented.) contact interaction scale (Formula presented.) (Formula presented.) between 15.4 TeV and 26.3 TeV, at the 95 % credibility level. For large extra spatial dimensions, lower limits are set on the string scale (Formula presented.) (Formula presented.) between 3.2 TeV to 5.0 TeV.
U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3134-6
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3134-6
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25983635
SN - 1434-6044
VL - 74
JO - The European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
JF - The European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
M1 - 3134
ER -