Measurement of isolated-photon pair production in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, T. Abajyan, B. Abbott, Mogens Dam, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Sascha Mehlhase, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Troels Christian Petersen, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

The ATLAS experiment at the LHC has measured the production cross section of events with two isolated photons in the final state, in proton-proton collisions at √s=7TeV . The full data set collected in 2011, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb-1, is used. The amount of background, from hadronic jets and isolated electrons, is estimated with data-driven techniques and subtracted. The total cross section, for two isolated photons with transverse energies above 25 GeV and 22 GeV respectively, in the acceptance of the electromagnetic calorimeter (|η| < 1.37 and 1.52 < |η| < 2.37) and with an angular separation ΔR > 0.4, is 44.0-4.2+3.2 pb. The differential cross sections as a function of the di-photon invariant mass, transverse momentum, azimuthal separation, and cosine of the polar angle of the largest transverse energy photon in the Collins-Soper di-photon rest frame are also measured. The results are compared to the prediction of leading-order parton-shower and next-to-leading-order and next-to-next-to-leading-order parton-level generators.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original languageEnglish
Article number086
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Volume2013
Issue number1
ISSN1126-6708
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2013

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