Search for contact interactions in dimuon events from pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad....[et al.], Mogens Dam, John Renner Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Troels Christian Petersen, Stefania Xella, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Thomas Høvring Kittelmann

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Abstract

A search for contact interactions has been performed using dimuon events recorded with the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at √s=7TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 42pb-1. No significant deviation from the standard model is observed in the dimuon mass spectrum, allowing the following 95% C.L. limits to be set on the energy scale of contact interactions: Λ>4.9TeV (4.5 TeV) for constructive (destructive) interference in the left-left isoscalar compositeness model. These limits are the most stringent to date for μμqq contact interactions. 2011 American Physical Society.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
Volume84
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)011101
Number of pages18
ISSN1550-7998
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2011

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