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Search for high-mass Wγ and Zγ resonances using hadronic W/Z boson decays from 139 fb −1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Search for high-mass Wγ and Zγ resonances using hadronic W/Z boson decays from 139 fb −1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. / ATLAS Collaboration ; Sanderswood, Izaac.
In: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2023, No. 7, 125, 14.07.2023.

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@article{6b3bef0c5d7647818f5425978504504a,
title = "Search for high-mass Wγ and Zγ resonances using hadronic W/Z boson decays from 139 fb −1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "A search for high-mass charged and neutral bosons decaying to Wγ and Zγ final states is presented in this paper. The analysis uses a data sample of s√ = 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector during LHC Run 2 operation. The sensitivity of the search is determined using models of the production and decay of spin-1 charged bosons and spin-0/2 neutral bosons. The range of resonance masses explored extends from 1.0 TeV to 6.8 TeV. At these high resonance masses, it is beneficial to target the hadronic decays of the W and Z bosons because of their large branching fractions. The decay products of the high-momentum W/Z bosons are strongly collimated and boosted-boson tagging techniques are employed to improve the sensitivity. No evidence of a signal above the Standard Model backgrounds is observed, and upper limits on the production cross-sections of these bosons times their branching fractions to Wγ and Zγ are derived for various boson production models.",
author = "{ATLAS Collaboration} and A.E. Barton and I.A. Bertram and G. Borissov and E.V. Bouhova-Thacker and H. Fox and R.C.W. Henderson and R.W.L. Jones and V. Kartvelishvili and P.A. Love and D. Muenstermann and Izaac Sanderswood and M. Smizanska and A.M. Wharton and Melissa Yexley",
year = "2023",
month = jul,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1007/JHEP07(2023)125",
language = "English",
volume = "2023",
journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",
issn = "1029-8479",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
number = "7",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Search for high-mass Wγ and Zγ resonances using hadronic W/Z boson decays from 139 fb −1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

AU - ATLAS Collaboration

AU - Barton, A.E.

AU - Bertram, I.A.

AU - Borissov, G.

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, E.V.

AU - Fox, H.

AU - Henderson, R.C.W.

AU - Jones, R.W.L.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Love, P.A.

AU - Muenstermann, D.

AU - Sanderswood, Izaac

AU - Smizanska, M.

AU - Wharton, A.M.

AU - Yexley, Melissa

PY - 2023/7/14

Y1 - 2023/7/14

N2 - A search for high-mass charged and neutral bosons decaying to Wγ and Zγ final states is presented in this paper. The analysis uses a data sample of s√ = 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector during LHC Run 2 operation. The sensitivity of the search is determined using models of the production and decay of spin-1 charged bosons and spin-0/2 neutral bosons. The range of resonance masses explored extends from 1.0 TeV to 6.8 TeV. At these high resonance masses, it is beneficial to target the hadronic decays of the W and Z bosons because of their large branching fractions. The decay products of the high-momentum W/Z bosons are strongly collimated and boosted-boson tagging techniques are employed to improve the sensitivity. No evidence of a signal above the Standard Model backgrounds is observed, and upper limits on the production cross-sections of these bosons times their branching fractions to Wγ and Zγ are derived for various boson production models.

AB - A search for high-mass charged and neutral bosons decaying to Wγ and Zγ final states is presented in this paper. The analysis uses a data sample of s√ = 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector during LHC Run 2 operation. The sensitivity of the search is determined using models of the production and decay of spin-1 charged bosons and spin-0/2 neutral bosons. The range of resonance masses explored extends from 1.0 TeV to 6.8 TeV. At these high resonance masses, it is beneficial to target the hadronic decays of the W and Z bosons because of their large branching fractions. The decay products of the high-momentum W/Z bosons are strongly collimated and boosted-boson tagging techniques are employed to improve the sensitivity. No evidence of a signal above the Standard Model backgrounds is observed, and upper limits on the production cross-sections of these bosons times their branching fractions to Wγ and Zγ are derived for various boson production models.

U2 - 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)125

DO - 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)125

M3 - Journal article

VL - 2023

JO - Journal of High Energy Physics

JF - Journal of High Energy Physics

SN - 1029-8479

IS - 7

M1 - 125

ER -