Measurement of the production cross section of three isolated photons in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

M. Aaboud; G. Aad; B. Abbott; O. Abdinov; B Abeloos; S.H. Abidi; Ossama Sherif Alexander Abouzeid; NL Abraham; H. Abramowicz; H. Abreu; R. Abreu; Y. Abulaiti; B.S. Acharya; Shin-ichi Adachi; L. Adamczyk; J. Adelman; M. Adersberger; T. Adye; A. A. Affolder; Y.  Afik; C. Agheorghiesei; J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra; S. P. Ahlen; Geert-Jan Besjes; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; Milena Bajic; Mogens Dam; Flavia de Almeida Dias; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster; Peter Henrik Hansen; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; James William Monk; Troels Christian Petersen; Simon Holm Stark; Fabian Alexander Jürgen Thiele; Graig Wiglesworth; Stefania Xella

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.057

Measurement of the production cross section of three isolated photons in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

M. Aaboud, G. Aad, B. Abbott, O. Abdinov, B Abeloos, S.H. Abidi, Ossama Sherif Alexander Abouzeid, NL Abraham, H. Abramowicz, H. Abreu, R. Abreu, Y. Abulaiti, B.S. Acharya, Shin-ichi Adachi, L. Adamczyk, J. Adelman, M. Adersberger, T. Adye, A. A. Affolder, Y. AfikC. Agheorghiesei, J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra, S. P. Ahlen, Geert-Jan Besjes, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, Milena Bajic, Mogens Dam, Flavia de Almeida Dias, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster, Peter Henrik Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, James William Monk, Troels Christian Petersen, Simon Holm Stark, Fabian Alexander Jürgen Thiele, Graig Wiglesworth, Stefania Xella

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A measurement of the production of three isolated photons in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy s=8 TeV is reported. The results are based on an integrated luminosity of 20.2 fb⁻¹ collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The differential cross sections are measured as functions of the transverse energy of each photon, the difference in azimuthal angle and in pseudorapidity between pairs of photons, the invariant mass of pairs of photons, and the invariant mass of the triphoton system. A measurement of the inclusive fiducial cross section is also reported. Next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD predictions are compared to the cross-section measurements. The predictions underestimate the measurement of the inclusive fiducial cross section and the differential measurements at low photon transverse energies and invariant masses. They provide adequate descriptions of the measurements at high values of the photon transverse energies, invariant mass of pairs of photons, and invariant mass of the triphoton system.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	781
Pages (from-to)	55-76
Number of pages	22
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.057
Publication status	Published - 10 Jun 2018

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Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S. H., Abouzeid, O. S. A., Abraham, NL., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abreu, R., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B. S., Adachi, S., Adamczyk, L., Adelman, J., Adersberger, M., Adye, T., Affolder, A. A., ... Xella, S. (2018). Measurement of the production cross section of three isolated photons in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV using the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 781, 55-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.057

Aaboud, M, Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, Abidi, SH, Abouzeid, OSA, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abreu, R, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Adachi, S, Adamczyk, L, Adelman, J, Adersberger, M, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agheorghiesei, C, Aguilar-Saavedra, JA, Ahlen, SP, Besjes, G-J, Alonso Diaz, A, Bajic, M, Dam, M, de Almeida Dias, F, Galster, GAGK, Hansen, PH , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB, Monk, JW, Petersen, TC, Stark, SH, Thiele, FAJ, Wiglesworth, G & Xella, S 2018, 'Measurement of the production cross section of three isolated photons in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV using the ATLAS detector', Physics Letters B, vol. 781, pp. 55-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.057

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Measurement of the production cross section of three isolated photons in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

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