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Search for high-mass new phenomena in the dilepton final state using proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Search for high-mass new phenomena in the dilepton final state using proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.

In: Physics Letters B, Vol. 761, 10.10.2016, p. 372-392.

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The ATLAS collaboration 2016, 'Search for high-mass new phenomena in the dilepton final state using proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector', Physics Letters B, vol. 761, pp. 372-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.055

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The ATLAS collaboration (2016). Search for high-mass new phenomena in the dilepton final state using proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 761, 372-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.055

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The ATLAS collaboration. Search for high-mass new phenomena in the dilepton final state using proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B. 2016 Oct 10;761:372-392. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.055

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The ATLAS collaboration. / Search for high-mass new phenomena in the dilepton final state using proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: Physics Letters B. 2016 ; Vol. 761. pp. 372-392.

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title = "Search for high-mass new phenomena in the dilepton final state using proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "A search is conducted for both resonant and non-resonant high-mass new phenomena in dielectron and dimuon final states. The search uses 3.2 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data, collected at √s = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015. The dilepton invariant mass is used as the discriminating variable. No significant deviation from the Standard Model prediction is observed; therefore limits are set on the signal model parameters of interest at 95% credibility level. Upper limits are set on the crosssection times branching ratio for resonances decaying to dileptons, and the limits are converted into lower limits on the resonance mass, ranging between 2.74 TeV and 3.36 TeV, depending on the model. Lower limits on the qq contact interaction scale are set between 16.7 TeV and 25.2 TeV, also depending on the model.",
author = "Barton, {Adam Edward} and Michael Beattie and Bertram, {Iain Alexander} and Guennadi Borissov and Bouhova-Thacker, {Evelina Vassileva} and Sue Cheatham 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 Muenstermann, {Daniel Matthias Alfred} and Parker, {Adam Jackson} and Malcolm Skinner and Maria Smizanska and Walder, {James William} and Andy Wharton and {The ATLAS collaboration}",
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AU - Barton, Adam Edward

AU - Beattie, Michael

AU - Bertram, Iain Alexander

AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, Evelina Vassileva

AU - Cheatham, Sue

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 - Muenstermann, Daniel Matthias Alfred

AU - Parker, Adam Jackson

AU - Skinner, Malcolm

AU - Smizanska, Maria

AU - Walder, James William

AU - Wharton, Andy

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

PY - 2016/10/10

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N2 - A search is conducted for both resonant and non-resonant high-mass new phenomena in dielectron and dimuon final states. The search uses 3.2 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data, collected at √s = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015. The dilepton invariant mass is used as the discriminating variable. No significant deviation from the Standard Model prediction is observed; therefore limits are set on the signal model parameters of interest at 95% credibility level. Upper limits are set on the crosssection times branching ratio for resonances decaying to dileptons, and the limits are converted into lower limits on the resonance mass, ranging between 2.74 TeV and 3.36 TeV, depending on the model. Lower limits on the qq contact interaction scale are set between 16.7 TeV and 25.2 TeV, also depending on the model.

AB - A search is conducted for both resonant and non-resonant high-mass new phenomena in dielectron and dimuon final states. The search uses 3.2 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data, collected at √s = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015. The dilepton invariant mass is used as the discriminating variable. No significant deviation from the Standard Model prediction is observed; therefore limits are set on the signal model parameters of interest at 95% credibility level. Upper limits are set on the crosssection times branching ratio for resonances decaying to dileptons, and the limits are converted into lower limits on the resonance mass, ranging between 2.74 TeV and 3.36 TeV, depending on the model. Lower limits on the qq contact interaction scale are set between 16.7 TeV and 25.2 TeV, also depending on the model.

U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.055

DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.055

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EP - 392

JO - Physics Letters B

JF - Physics Letters B

SN - 0370-2693

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