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Search for contact interactions and large extra dimensions in the dilepton channel using proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Search for contact interactions and large extra dimensions in the dilepton channel using proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 74, No. 12, 3134, 11.12.2014.

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The ATLAS collaboration 2014, 'Search for contact interactions and large extra dimensions in the dilepton channel using proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, vol. 74, no. 12, 3134. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3134-6

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The ATLAS collaboration (2014). Search for contact interactions and large extra dimensions in the dilepton channel using proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 74(12), Article 3134. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3134-6

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The ATLAS collaboration. Search for contact interactions and large extra dimensions in the dilepton channel using proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2014 Dec 11;74(12):3134. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3134-6

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The ATLAS collaboration. / Search for contact interactions and large extra dimensions in the dilepton channel using proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2014 ; Vol. 74, No. 12.

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title = "Search for contact interactions and large extra dimensions in the dilepton channel using proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "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−1 at √s=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 ℓℓqq contact interaction scale Λ 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 MS between 3.2 TeV to 5.0 TeV.",
author = "Barton, {Adam Edward} and Michael Beattie and Guennadi Borissov and Bouhova-Thacker, {Evelina Vassileva} and William Dearnaley and Harald Fox and Grimm, {Kathryn Ann Tschann} and Henderson, {Robert Charles William} and Gareth Hughes and Jones, {Roger William Lewis} and Vakhtang Kartvelishvili and Long, {Robin Eamonn} and Love, {Peter Allan} and Maria Smizanska and Walder, {James William} and {The ATLAS collaboration}",
year = "2014",
month = dec,
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doi = "10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3134-6",
language = "English",
volume = "74",
journal = "European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields",
issn = "1434-6044",
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RIS

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AU - Barton, Adam Edward

AU - Beattie, Michael

AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, Evelina Vassileva

AU - Dearnaley, William

AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Grimm, Kathryn Ann Tschann

AU - Henderson, Robert Charles William

AU - Hughes, Gareth

AU - Jones, Roger William Lewis

AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang

AU - Long, Robin Eamonn

AU - Love, Peter Allan

AU - Smizanska, Maria

AU - Walder, James William

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

PY - 2014/12/11

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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−1 at √s=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 ℓℓqq contact interaction scale Λ 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 MS 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−1 at √s=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 ℓℓqq contact interaction scale Λ 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 MS between 3.2 TeV to 5.0 TeV.

U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3134-6

DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3134-6

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VL - 74

JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

JF - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

SN - 1434-6044

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