Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad; B. Abbott; J. Abdallah; O. Abdinov; R. Aben; M. Abolins; H. Abramowicz; H. Abreu; R. Abreu; B.S. Acharya; L. Adamczyk; D.L. Admas; Mogens Dam; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Stefania Xella; Peter Henrik Hansen; Troels Christian Petersen; Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen; Almut Maria Pingel; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; James William Monk; Lars Egholm Pedersen; Graig Wiglesworth; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

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Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, O. Abdinov, R. Aben, M. Abolins, H. Abramowicz, H. Abreu, R. Abreu, B.S. Acharya, L. Adamczyk, D.L. Admas, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian Petersen, Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Almut Maria PingelAsk Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, James William Monk, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig Wiglesworth, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

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Results of a search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons are reported. Data from proton– proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb⁻¹, were collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The observed data are well described by the Standard Model. Limits at the 95 % confidence level on new phenomena are presented based on the rate of events in an inclusive signal region and a restricted signal region targeting the rare decay Z → 3γ, as well as di-photon and tri-photon resonance searches. For a Standard Model Higgs boson decaying to four photons via a pair of intermediate pseudoscalar particles (a), limits are found to be σ ×BR(h → aa)×BR(a → γ γ)²< 10⁻³σSM for 10 GeV < ma < 62 GeV. Limits are also presented for Higgs boson-like scalars (H) for mH > 125 GeV, and for a Z' decaying to three photons via Z' → a + γ → 3γ. Additionally, the observed limit on the branching ratio of the Z boson decay to three photons is found to be BR(Z → 3γ) < 2.2 × 10⁻⁶, a result five times stronger than the previous result from LEP.

Original language	English
Article number	210
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	76
Issue number	4
ISSN	1434-6044
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4034-8
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2016

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abreu, R., Acharya, B. S., Adamczyk, L., Admas, D. L., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., Petersen, T. C., Thomsen, L. A., ... Galster, G. A. G. K. (2016). Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 76(4), [210]. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4034-8

Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdinov, O, Aben, R, Abolins, M, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abreu, R, Acharya, BS, Adamczyk, L, Admas, DL, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Thomsen, LA, Pingel, AM, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Alonso Diaz, A, Monk, JW, Pedersen, LE, Wiglesworth, G & Galster, GAGK 2016, 'Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector', European Physical Journal C, vol. 76, no. 4, 210. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4034-8

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Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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