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1. Software Performance of the ATLAS Track Reconstruction for LHC Run 3

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Khoury, K Al, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Santos, SP Amor Dos, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, Aparo, MA, and Bella, L Aperio
Subjects: Information and Computing Sciences, Physical Sciences, Software Engineering, Bioengineering
Abstract: Charged particle reconstruction in the presence of many simultaneous proton–proton (pp) collisions in the LHC is a challenging task for the ATLAS experiment’s reconstruction software due to the combinatorial complexity. This paper describes the major changes made to adapt the software to reconstruct high-activity collisions with an average of 50 or more simultaneous pp interactions per bunch crossing (pile-up) promptly using the available computing resources. The performance of the key components of the track reconstruction chain and its dependence on pile-up are evaluated, and the improvement achieved compared to the previous software version is quantified. For events with an average of 60pp collisions per bunch crossing, the updated track reconstruction is twice as fast as the previous version, without significant reduction in reconstruction efficiency and while reducing the rate of combinatorial fake tracks by more than a factor two.
Published: 2024

2. Search for R-parity violating supersymmetric decays of the top squark to a b-jet and a lepton in s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amini, B, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Amperiadou, D, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, and Antel, C
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract: A search is presented for direct pair production of the stop, the supersymmetric partner of the top quark, in a decay through an R-parity violating coupling to a charged lepton and a b-quark. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV collected between 2015 and 2018 by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The final state has two charged leptons (electrons or muons) and two b-jets. The results of the search are interpreted in the context of a Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with an additional B−L gauge symmetry that is spontaneously broken. No significant excess is observed over the Standard Model background, and exclusion limits on stop pair production are set at 95% confidence level. The corresponding lower limits on the stop mass for 100% branching ratios to a b-quark and an electron, muon, or tau-lepton are 1.9 TeV, 1.8 TeV and 800 GeV, respectively, extending the reach of previous LHC searches. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Published: 2024

3. Search for Light Long-Lived Particles in pp Collisions at s=13 TeV Using Displaced Vertices in the ATLAS Inner Detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, and Antipov, E
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, ATLAS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: A search for long-lived particles (LLPs) using 140 fb^{-1} of pp collision data with sqrt[s]=13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC is presented. The search targets LLPs with masses between 5 and 55 GeV that decay hadronically in the ATLAS inner detector. Benchmark models with LLP pair production from exotic decays of the Higgs boson and models featuring long-lived axionlike particles (ALPs) are considered. No significant excess above the expected background is observed. Upper limits are placed on the branching ratio of the Higgs boson to pairs of LLPs, the cross section for ALPs produced in association with a vector boson, and, for the first time, on the branching ratio of the top quark to an ALP and a u/c quark.
Published: 2024

4. Search for the Exclusive W Boson Hadronic Decays W±→π±γ, W±→K±γ and W±→ρ±γ with the ATLAS Detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, ATLAS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: A search for the exclusive hadronic decays W^{±}→π^{±}γ, W^{±}→K^{±}γ, and W^{±}→ρ^{±}γ is performed using up to 140 fb^{-1} of proton-proton collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s]=13 TeV. If observed, these rare processes would provide a unique test bench for the quantum chromodynamics factorization formalism used to calculate cross sections at colliders. Additionally, at future colliders, these decays could offer a new way to measure the W boson mass through fully reconstructed decay products. The search results in the most stringent upper limits to date on the branching fractions B(W^{±}→π^{±}γ)
Published: 2024

5. Determination of the Relative Sign of the Higgs Boson Couplings to W and Z Bosons Using WH Production via Vector-Boson Fusion with the ATLAS Detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Ait Tamlihat, M, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Allendes Flores, CA, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alvarez Estevez, M, Alvarez Fernandez, A, Alves Cardoso, M, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Amaral Coutinho, Y, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amor Dos Santos, SP, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Aparisi Pozo, JA, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: The associated production of Higgs and W bosons via vector-boson fusion is highly sensitive to the relative sign of the Higgs boson couplings to W and Z bosons. In this Letter, two searches for this process are presented, using 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at s=13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The first search targets scenarios with opposite-sign couplings of the W and Z bosons to the Higgs boson, while the second targets standard model-like scenarios with same-sign couplings. Both analyses consider Higgs boson decays into a pair of b quarks and W boson decays with an electron or muon. The data exclude the opposite-sign coupling hypothesis with a significance beyond 5σ, and the observed (expected) upper limit set on the cross section for vector-boson fusion WH production is 9.0 (8.7) times the standard model value at 95% confidence level. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Published: 2024

6. Measurements of Lund subjet multiplicities in 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: This Letter presents a differential cross-section measurement of Lund subjet multiplicities, suitable for testing current and future parton shower Monte Carlo algorithms. This measurement is made in dijet events in 140 fb−1 of s=13 TeV proton–proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The data are unfolded to account for acceptance and detector-related effects, and are then compared with several Monte Carlo models and to recent resummed analytical calculations. The experimental precision achieved in the measurement allows tests of higher-order effects in QCD predictions. Most predictions fail to accurately describe the measured data, particularly at large values of jet transverse momentum accessible at the Large Hadron Collider, indicating the measurement's utility as an input to future parton shower developments and other studies probing fundamental properties of QCD and the production of hadronic final states up to the TeV-scale.
Published: 2024

7. Measurements of jet cross-section ratios in 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with ATLAS

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences
Abstract: Measurements of jet cross-section ratios between inclusive bins of jet multiplicity are performed in 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions with s=13 TeV center-of-mass energy, recorded with the ATLAS detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. These ratios are constructed from double-differential cross-section measurements that are made in bins of jet multiplicity and other observables that are sensitive the energy scale and angular distribution of radiation due to the strong interaction in the final state. Additionally, the scalar sum of the two leading jets’ transverse momenta is measured triple differentially, in bins of the third jet’s transverse momentum and of jet multiplicity. These measurements are unfolded to account for acceptance and detector-related effects. The measured distributions are used to construct ratios of the inclusive jet-multiplicity bins, which have been shown to be sensitive to the strong coupling αS while being less sensitive than other observables to systematic uncertainties and parton distribution functions. The measured distributions are compared with state-of-the-art QCD calculations, including next-to-next-to-leading-order predictions for two- and three-jet events. These predictions are generally found to model the data well and perform best in bins with a modest requirement on the third jet’s transverse momentum. Significant differences between data and Monte Carlo predictions are observed in events with large rapidity gaps and invariant masses of the leading jet pair. Studies leading to reduced jet energy scale uncertainties significantly improve the precision of this work and are documented herein. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Published: 2024

8. Precise measurements of W- and Z-boson transverse momentum spectra with the ATLAS detector using pp collisions at s=5.02 TeV and 13 TeV

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Khoury, K Al, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Santos, SP Amor Dos, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, Aparo, MA, and Bella, L Aperio
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical sciences, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract: This paper describes measurements of the transverse momentum spectra of W and Z bosons produced in proton–proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of s=5.02 TeV and s=13 TeV with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Measurements are performed in the electron and muon channels, W→ℓν and Z→ℓℓ (ℓ=e or μ), and for W events further separated by charge. The data were collected in 2017 and 2018, in dedicated runs with reduced instantaneous luminosity, and correspond to 255 and 338 pb-1 at s=5.02 TeV and 13 TeV, respectively. These conditions optimise the reconstruction of the W-boson transverse momentum. The distributions observed in the electron and muon channels are unfolded, combined, and compared to QCD calculations based on parton shower Monte Carlo event generators and analytical resummation. The description of the transverse momentum distributions by Monte Carlo event generators is imperfect and shows significant differences largely common to W-, W+ and Z production. The agreement is better at s=5.02 TeV, especially for predictions that were tuned to Z production data at s=7 TeV. Higher-order, resummed predictions based on DYTurbo generally match the data best across the spectra. Distribution ratios are also presented and test the understanding of differences between the production processes.
Published: 2024

9. Measurement of single top-quark production in association with a W boson in pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amini, B, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Amperiadou, D, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, and Antel, C
Subjects: Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract: The inclusive cross section for the production of a single top quark in association with a W boson is measured using 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at s=13 TeV. Events containing two charged leptons and at least one jet identified as originating from a b-quark are selected. A multivariate discriminant is constructed to separate the tW signal from the tt¯ background. The cross section is extracted using a profile likelihood fit to the signal and control regions and it is measured to be σtW=75−14+15 pb, in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction. The measured cross section is used to extract a value for the left-handed form factor at the Wtb vertex times the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |fLVVtb| of 0.97±0.10. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Published: 2024

10. ATLAS searches for additional scalars and exotic Higgs boson decays with the LHC Run 2 dataset

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, and Antipov, E
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract: This report reviews the published results of searches for possible additional scalar particles and exotic decays of the Higgs boson performed by the ATLAS Collaboration using up to 140 fb−1 of 13 TeV proton–proton collision data collected during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. Key results are examined, and observed excesses, while never statistically compelling, are noted. Constraints are placed on parameters of several models which extend the Standard Model, for example by adding one or more singlet or doublet fields, or offering exotic Higgs boson decay channels. Summaries of new searches as well as extensions of previous searches are discussed. These new results have a wider reach or attain stronger exclusion limits. New experimental techniques that were developed for these searches are highlighted. Search channels which have not yet been examined are also listed, as these provide insight into possible future areas of exploration.
Published: 2024

11. Constraints on simplified dark matter models involving an s-channel mediator with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at s=13 TeV

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Khoury, K Al, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Santos, SP Amor Dos, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical sciences, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract: This paper reports a summary of searches for a fermionic dark matter candidate in the context of theoretical models characterised by a mediator particle exchange in the s-channel. The data sample considered consists of pp collisions delivered by the Large Hadron Collider during its Run 2 at a centre-of-mass energy of s=13TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector, corresponding to up to 140 fb-1. The interpretations of the results are based on simplified models where the new mediator particles can be spin-0, with scalar or pseudo-scalar couplings to fermions, or spin-1, with vector or axial-vector couplings to fermions. Exclusion limits are obtained from various searches characterised by final states with resonant production of Standard Model particles, or production of Standard Model particles in association with large missing transverse momentum.
Published: 2024

12. Precise test of lepton flavour universality in $\varvec{W}$-boson decays into muons and electrons in $\varvec{pp}$ collisions at $\varvec{\sqrt{s}}=13\,\text {T}\text {e}\hspace{-1.00006pt}\text {V} $ with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Khoury, K Al, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Santos, SP Amor Dos, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Astronomical sciences, Atomic, Molecular, molecular and optical physics, Nuclear, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Particle and high energy physics, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Atomic, molecular and optical physics
Abstract: Abstract: The ratio of branching ratios of the W boson to muons and electrons, $$R^{\,\mu /e}_W={{\mathcal {B}}(W\rightarrow \mu u )}$$ R W μ / e = B ( W → μ ν ) /$${{\mathcal {B}}(W\rightarrow eu )}$$ B ( W → e ν ) , has been measured using $$140\,\text{ fb}^{-1}\,$$ 140 fb - 1 of pp collision data at $$\sqrt{s}=13$$ s = 13 $$\text {T}\text {e}\hspace{-1.00006pt}\text {V}$$ Te V collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, probing the universality of lepton couplings. The ratio is obtained from measurements of the $$t\bar{t}$$ t t ¯ production cross-section in the ee, $$e\mu $$ e μ and $$\mu \mu $$ μ μ dilepton final states. To reduce systematic uncertainties, it is normalised by the square root of the corresponding ratio $$R^{\,\mu \mu /ee}_Z$$ R Z μ μ / e e for the Z boson measured in inclusive $$Z\rightarrow ee$$ Z → e e and $$Z\rightarrow \mu \mu $$ Z → μ μ events. By using the precise value of $$R^{\,\mu \mu /ee}_Z$$ R Z μ μ / e e determined from $$e^+e^-$$ e + e - colliders, the ratio $$R^{\,\mu /e}_W$$ R W μ / e is determined to be $$\begin{aligned} R^{\,\mu /e}_W&= 0.9995\pm 0.0022\,\mathrm {(stat)}\,\pm 0.0036\,\mathrm {(syst)}\\ &\quad \pm 0.0014\,\mathrm {(ext)} . \end{aligned}$$ R W μ / e = 0.9995 ± 0.0022 ( stat ) ± 0.0036 ( syst ) ± 0.0014 ( ext ) . The three uncertainties correspond to data statistics, experimental systematics and the external measurement of $$R^{\,\mu \mu /ee}_Z$$ R Z μ μ / e e , giving a total uncertainty of 0.0045, and confirming the Standard Model assumption of lepton flavour universality in W-boson decays at the 0.5% level.
Published: 2024

13. Sensor response and radiation damage effects for 3D pixels in the ATLAS IBL Detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Ait Tamlihat, M, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Allendes Flores, CA, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Alvarez Estevez, M, Alvarez Fernandez, A, Alves Cardoso, M, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Amaral Coutinho, Y, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amini, B, Amirie, KJ, Amor Dos Santos, SP, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, and Antipov, E
Subjects: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract: Abstract: Pixel sensors in 3D technology equip the outer ends of the staves of the Insertable B Layer (IBL), the innermost layer of the ATLAS Pixel Detector, which was installed before the start of LHC Run 2 in 2015. 3D pixel sensors are expected to exhibit more tolerance to radiation damage and are the technology of choice for the innermost layer in the ATLAS tracker upgrade for the HL-LHC programme. While the LHC has delivered an integrated luminosity of ≃ 235 fb-1 since the start of Run 2, the 3D sensors have received a non-ionising energy deposition corresponding to a fluence of ≃ 8.5 × 1014 1 MeV neutron-equivalent cm-2 averaged over the sensor area. This paper presents results of measurements of the 3D pixel sensors' response during Run 2 and the first two years of Run 3, with predictions of its evolution until the end of Run 3 in 2025. Data are compared with radiation damage simulations, based on detailed maps of the electric field in the Si substrate, at various fluence levels and bias voltage values. These results illustrate the potential of 3D technology for pixel applications in high-radiation environments.
Published: 2024

14. Combination and summary of ATLAS dark matter searches interpreted in a 2HDM with a pseudo-scalar mediator using 139 fb−1 of s = 13 TeV pp collision data

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Hoffman, AC Abusleme, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Clinical Research, ATLAS Collaboration, Beyond Standard Model, Dark matter, High-energy physics, Proton-proton
Abstract: Results from a wide range of searches targeting different experimental signatures with and without missing transverse momentum (ETmiss) are used to constrain a Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM) with an additional pseudo-scalar mediating the interaction between ordinary and dark matter (2HDM+a). The analyses use up to 139 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy s=13 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider during 2015-2018. The results from three of the most sensitive searches are combined statistically. These searches target signatures with large ETmiss and a leptonically decaying Z boson; large ETmiss and a Higgs boson decaying to bottom quarks; and production of charged Higgs bosons in final states with top and bottom quarks, respectively. Constraints are derived for several common and new benchmark scenarios in the 2HDM+a.
Published: 2024

15. Search for decays of the Higgs boson into a pair of pseudoscalar particles decaying into bb¯τ+τ− using pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Ait Tamlihat, M, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Allendes Flores, CA, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Alvarez Estevez, M, Alvarez Fernandez, A, Alves Cardoso, M, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Amaral Coutinho, Y, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amini, B, Amirie, KJ, Amor Dos Santos, SP, Amos, KR, Amperiadou, D, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, and Antel, C
Abstract: This paper presents a search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson into a pair of new pseudoscalar particles, H→aa, where one pseudoscalar decays into a b-quark pair and the other decays into a τ-lepton pair, in the mass range 12≤ma≤60 GeV. The analysis uses pp collision data at s=13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1. No significant excess above the Standard Model (SM) prediction is observed. Assuming the SM Higgs boson production cross section, the search sets upper limits at 95% confidence level on the branching ratio of Higgs bosons decaying into bb¯τ+τ−, B(H→aa→bb¯τ+τ−), between 2.2% and 3.9% depending on the pseudoscalar mass. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Published: 2024

16. Measurements of the production cross-section for a Z boson in association with b- or c-jets in proton–proton collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Khoury, K Al, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Santos, SP Amor Dos, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical sciences, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract: Abstract: This paper presents a measurement of the production cross-section of a Z boson in association with b- or c-jets, in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13$$ s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 $$\hbox {fb}^{-1}$$ fb - 1 . Inclusive and differential cross-sections are measured for events containing a Z boson decaying into electrons or muons and produced in association with at least one b-jet, at least one c-jet, or at least two b-jets with transverse momentum $$p_\text {T} > 20$$ p T > 20 GeV and rapidity $$|y| < 2.5$$ | y | < 2.5 . Predictions from several Monte Carlo generators based on next-to-leading-order matrix elements interfaced with a parton-shower simulation, with different choices of flavour schemes for initial-state partons, are compared with the measured cross-sections. The results are also compared with novel predictions, based on infrared and collinear safe jet flavour dressing algorithms. Selected $$Z + \ge 1~c$$ Z + ≥ 1 c -jet observables, optimized for sensitivity to intrinsic-charm, are compared with benchmark models with different intrinsic-charm fractions.
Published: 2024

17. Combination of Searches for Higgs Boson Pair Production in pp Collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amini, B, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Amperiadou, D, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, and Antel, C
Subjects: Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, ATLAS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: This Letter presents results from a combination of searches for Higgs boson pair production using 126-140 fb^{-1} of proton-proton collision data at sqrt[s]=13 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector. At 95% confidence level (CL), the upper limit on the production rate is 2.9 times the standard model (SM) prediction, with an expected limit of 2.4 assuming no Higgs boson pair production. Constraints on the Higgs boson self-coupling modifier κ_{λ}=λ_{HHH}/λ_{HHH}^{SM}, and the quartic HHVV coupling modifier κ_{2V}=g_{HHVV}/g_{HHVV}^{SM}, are derived individually, fixing the other parameter to its SM value. The observed 95% CL intervals are -1.2
Published: 2024

18. Studies of the Energy Dependence of Diboson Polarization Fractions and the Radiation-Amplitude-Zero Effect in WZ Production with the ATLAS Detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Ait Tamlihat, M, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Allendes Flores, CA, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alvarez Estevez, M, Alvarez Fernandez, A, Alves Cardoso, M, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Amaral Coutinho, Y, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Amor Dos Santos, SP, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: This Letter presents the first study of the energy dependence of diboson polarization fractions in WZ→ℓνℓ′ℓ′(ℓ,ℓ′=e,μ) production. The dataset used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector. Two fiducial regions with an enhanced presence of events featuring two longitudinally polarized bosons are defined. A nonzero fraction of events with two longitudinally polarized bosons is measured with an observed significance of 5.3 standard deviations in the region with 100200 GeV, where pTZ is the transverse momentum of the Z boson. This Letter also reports the first study of the radiation-amplitude-zero effect. Events with two transversely polarized bosons are analyzed for the ΔY(ℓWZ) and ΔY(WZ) distributions defined respectively as the rapidity difference between the lepton from the W boson decay and the Z boson and the rapidity difference between the W boson and the Z boson. Significant suppression of events near zero is observed in both distributions. Unfolded ΔY(ℓWZ) and ΔY(WZ) distributions are also measured and compared to theoretical predictions. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Published: 2024

19. Search for pair-produced vectorlike quarks coupling to light quarks in the lepton plus jets final state using 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract: A search is presented for the pair production of heavy vectorlike quarks (VLQs) that each decay into a W boson and a light quark. This study focuses on events where one W boson decays into leptons and the other into hadrons. The search analyzed 140 fb−1 of pp collision data with s=13 TeV, recorded by the ATLAS detector from 2015 to 2018 during run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. The final state is characterized by a high-transverse-momentum isolated electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum, multiple small-radius jets, and a single large-radius jet identified as originating from the hadronic decay of a boosted W boson. With higher center-of-mass energy and integrated luminosity than in the run 1 search, and improved analysis tools, this analysis excludes VLQs (Q) with masses below 1530 GeV at 95% confidence level for the branching ratio B(Q→Wq)=1, an improvement of 840 GeV on the previous ATLAS limit. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Published: 2024

20. Search for pair production of boosted Higgs bosons via vector-boson fusion in the b b ¯ b b ¯ final state using pp collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, and Antipov, E
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Published: 2024

21. Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos in e ± e ± and e ± μ ± final states via WW scattering in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Ait Tamlihat, M, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Allendes Flores, CA, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Alvarez Estevez, M, Alvarez Fernandez, A, Alves Cardoso, M, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Amaral Coutinho, Y, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Amor Dos Santos, SP, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, and Antipov, E
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: A search for heavy Majorana neutrinos in scattering of same-sign W boson pairs in proton–proton collisions at s=13 TeV at the LHC is reported. The dataset used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1, collected with the ATLAS detector during 2015–2018. The search is performed in final states including a same-sign ee or eμ pair and at least two jets with large invariant mass and a large rapidity difference. No significant excess of events with respect to the Standard Model background predictions is observed. The results are interpreted in a benchmark scenario of the Phenomenological Type-I Seesaw model. New constraints are set on the values of the |VeN|2 and |VeNVμN⁎| parameters for heavy Majorana neutrino masses between 50 GeV and 20 TeV, where VℓN is the matrix element describing the mixing of the heavy Majorana neutrino mass eigenstate with the Standard Model neutrino of flavour ℓ=e,μ. The sensitivity to the Weinberg operator is investigated and constraints on the effective ee and eμ Majorana neutrino masses are reported. The statistical combination of the ee and eμ channels with the previously published μμ channel is performed.
Published: 2024

22. Calibration of a soft secondary vertex tagger using proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Ait Tamlihat, M, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Allendes Flores, CA, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Alvarez Estevez, M, Alvarez Fernandez, A, Alves Cardoso, M, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Amaral Coutinho, Y, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Amor Dos Santos, SP, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Abstract: Several processes studied by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider produce low-momentum b-flavored hadrons in the final state. This paper describes the calibration of a dedicated tagging algorithm that identifies b-flavored hadrons outside of hadronic jets by reconstructing the soft secondary vertices originating from their decays. The calibration is based on a proton-proton collision dataset at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1. Scale factors used to correct the algorithm’s performance in simulated events are extracted for the b-tagging efficiency and the mistag rate of the algorithm using a data sample enriched in tt¯ events. Several orthogonal measurement regions are defined, binned as a function of the multiplicities of soft secondary vertices and jets containing a b-flavored hadron in the event. The mistag rate scale factors are estimated separately for events with low and high average numbers of interactions per bunch crossing. The results, which are derived from events with low missing transverse momentum, are successfully validated in a phase space characterized by high missing transverse momentum and therefore are applicable to new physics searches carried out in either phase space regime. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Published: 2024

23. Search for the nonresonant production of Higgs boson pairs via gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion in the bb¯τ+τ− final state in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Ait Tamlihat, M, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Allendes Flores, CA, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alvarez Estevez, M, Alvarez Fernandez, A, Alves Cardoso, M, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Amaral Coutinho, Y, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Amor Dos Santos, SP, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, and Anulli, F
Abstract: A search for the nonresonant production of Higgs boson pairs in the HH→bb¯τ+τ− channel is performed using 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The analysis strategy is optimized to probe anomalous values of the Higgs boson self-coupling modifier κλ and of the quartic HHVV (V=W,Z) coupling modifier κ2V. No significant excess above the expected background from Standard Model processes is observed. An observed (expected) upper limit μHH
Published: 2024

24. Accuracy versus precision in boosted top tagging with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amini, B, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, and Antipov, E
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract: Abstract: The identification of top quark decays where the top quark has a large momentum transverse to the beam axis, known as top tagging, is a crucial component in many measurements of Standard Model processes and searches for beyond the Standard Model physics at the Large Hadron Collider.Machine learning techniques have improved the performance of top tagging algorithms, but the size of the systematic uncertainties for all proposed algorithms has not been systematically studied.This paper presents the performance of several machine learning based top tagging algorithms on a dataset constructed from simulated proton-proton collision events measured with the ATLAS detector at √ s = 13 TeV.The systematic uncertainties associated with these algorithms are estimated through an approximate procedure that is not meant to be used in a physics analysis, but is appropriate for the level of precision required for this study.The most performant algorithms are found to have the largest uncertainties, motivating the development of methods to reduce these uncertainties without compromising performance.To enable such efforts in the wider scientific community, the datasets used in this paper are made publicly available.
Published: 2024

25. Search for pair-produced higgsinos decaying via Higgs or Z bosons to final states containing a pair of photons and a pair of b-jets with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Hoffman, AC Abusleme, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, A, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Antrim, DJA, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Published: 2024

26. Search for low-mass resonances decaying into two jets and produced in association with a photon or a jet at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract: A search is performed for localized excesses in the low-mass dijet invariant mass distribution, targeting a hypothetical new particle decaying into two jets and produced in association with either a high transverse momentum photon or a jet. The search uses the full Run 2 data sample from LHC proton-proton collisions collected by the ATLAS experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV during 2015–2018. Two variants of the search are presented for each type of initial-state radiation: one that makes no jet flavor requirements and one that requires both of the jets to have been identified as containing b-hadrons. No excess is observed relative to the Standard Model prediction, and the data are used to set upper limits on the production cross section for a benchmark Z′ model and, separately, for generic, beyond the Standard Model scenarios which might produce a Gaussian-shaped contribution to dijet invariant mass distributions. The results extend the current constraints on dijet resonances to the mass range between 200 and 650 GeV. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Published: 2024

27. Measurement of the VH,H → ττ process with the ATLAS detector at 13 TeV

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, and Aoki, T
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: A measurement of the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with a W or Z boson and decaying into a pair of τ-leptons is presented. This search is based on proton-proton collision data collected at s=13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1. For the Higgs boson candidate, only final states with at least one τ-lepton decaying hadronically (τ→hadrons+ντ) are considered. For the vector bosons, only leptonic decay channels are considered: Z→ℓℓ and W→ℓνℓ, with ℓ=e,μ. An excess of events over the expected background is found with an observed (expected) significance of 4.2 (3.6) standard deviations, providing evidence of the Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson and decaying into a pair of τ-leptons. The ratio of the measured cross-section to the Standard Model prediction is μVHττ=1.28−0.29+0.30(stat.)−0.21+0.25(syst.). This result represents the most accurate measurement of the VH(ττ) process achieved to date.
Published: 2024

28. Measurement of ZZ production cross-sections in the four-lepton final state in pp collisions at s = 13.6 TeV with the ATLAS experiment

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: This paper reports cross-section measurements of ZZ production in pp collisions at s=13.6TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The data were collected by the ATLAS detector in 2022, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 29 fb−1. Events in the ZZ→4ℓ (ℓ=e, μ) final states are selected and used to measure the inclusive and differential cross-sections in a fiducial region defined close to the analysis selections. The inclusive cross-section is further extrapolated to the total phase space with a requirement of 66
Published: 2024

29. Searches for exclusive Higgs boson decays into D ⁎ γ and Z boson decays into D 0 γ and K s 0 γ in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: Searches for exclusive decays of the Higgs boson into D⁎γ and of the Z boson into D0γ and Ks0γ can probe flavour-violating Higgs boson and Z boson couplings to light quarks. Searches for these decays are performed with a pp collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 136.3 fb−1 collected at s=13TeV between 2016–2018 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. In the D⁎γ and D0γ channels, the observed (expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits on the respective branching fractions are B(H→D⁎γ)
Published: 2024

30. Search for flavour-changing neutral-current couplings between the top quark and the Higgs boson in multi-lepton final states in 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Khoury, K Al, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Santos, SP Amor Dos, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical sciences, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract: Abstract: A search is presented for flavour-changing neutral-current interactions involving the top quark, the Higgs boson and an up-type quark ($$q=u,c$$ q = u , c ) with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis considers leptonic decays of the top quark along with Higgs boson decays into two $$W$$ W bosons, two $$Z$$ Z bosons or a $$\tau ^{+}\tau ^{-}$$ τ + τ - pair. It focuses on final states containing either two leptons (electrons or muons) of the same charge or three leptons. The considered processes are $$t\bar{t}$$ t t ¯ and Ht production. For the $$t\bar{t}$$ t t ¯ production, one top quark decays via $$t\rightarrow Hq$$ t → H q . The proton–proton collision data set analysed amounts to $$({140}\,{\hbox {fb}^{-1}})$$ ( 140 fb - 1 ) at $$(\sqrt{s}={13}\,\hbox {TeV})$$ ( s = 13 TeV ) . No significant excess beyond Standard Model expectations is observed and upper limits are set on the $$t\rightarrow Hq$$ t → H q branching ratios at 95 % confidence level, amounting to observed (expected) limits of $$\mathcal {B}(t\rightarrow Hu)
Published: 2024

31. Search for short- and long-lived axion-like particles in $$H\rightarrow a a \rightarrow 4\gamma $$ decays with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Khoury, K Al, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Santos, SP Amor Dos, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, Aparo, MA, Bella, L Aperio, and Appelt, C
Subjects: Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical sciences, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract: Abstract: Presented is the search for anomalous Higgs boson decays into two axion-like particles (ALPs) using the full Run 2 data set of $$140\,\text {fb}^{-1}$$ 140 fb - 1 of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $$13\,\text {TeV}$$ 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment. The ALPs are assumed to decay into two photons, providing sensitivity to recently proposed models that could explain the $$(g-2)_\mu $$ ( g - 2 ) μ discrepancy. This analysis covers an ALP mass range from 100 to $$62\,\text {GeV}$$ 62 GeV and ALP-photon couplings in the range $$10^{-7}\,\text {TeV}^{-1} 10 - 7 TeV - 1 < C a γ γ / Λ < 1 TeV - 1 , and therefore includes signatures with significantly displaced vertices and highly collinear photons. No significant excess of events above the Standard Model background is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are placed on the branching ratio of the Higgs boson to two ALPs in the four-photon final state, and are in the range of $$ 10^{-5}$$ 10 - 5 to $$3\times 10^{-2}$$ 3 × 10 - 2 , depending on the hypothesized ALP mass and ALP-photon coupling strength.
Published: 2024

32. Search for charged-lepton-flavor violating μτqt interactions in top-quark production and decay in pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Ait Tamlihat, M, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Allendes Flores, CA, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alvarez Estevez, M, Alvarez Fernandez, A, Alves Cardoso, M, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Amaral Coutinho, Y, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Amor Dos Santos, SP, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Abstract: A search for charged-lepton-flavor violating μτqt (q=u, c) interactions is presented, considering both top-quark production and decay. The data analyzed correspond to 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis targets events containing two muons with the same electric charge, a hadronically decaying τ-lepton and at least one jet, with exactly one b-tagged jet, produced by a μτqt interaction. Agreement with the Standard Model expectation within 1.6 standard deviations is observed, and limits are set at the 95% confidence level (CL) on the charged-lepton-flavor violation branching ratio of B(t→μτq)
Published: 2024

33. Search for light long-lived neutral particles from Higgs boson decays via vector-boson-fusion production from pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=13$$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Khoury, K Al, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Santos, SP Amor Dos, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical sciences, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract: Abstract: A search is reported for long-lived dark photons with masses between 0.1 GeV and 15 GeV, from exotic decays of Higgs bosons produced via vector-boson-fusion. Events that contain displaced collimated Standard Model fermions reconstructed in the calorimeter or muon spectrometer are probed. This search uses the full LHC Run 2 (2015–2018) data sample collected in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=13$$ s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 $$fb^{-1}$$ f b - 1 . Dominant backgrounds from Standard Model processes and non-collision sources are estimated using data-driven techniques. The observed event yields in the signal regions are consistent with the expected background. Upper limits on the Higgs boson to dark photon branching fraction are reported as a function of the dark photon mean proper decay length or of the dark photon mass and the coupling between the Standard Model and the potential dark sector. This search is combined with previous ATLAS searches obtained in the gluon–gluon fusion and WH production modes. A branching fraction above 10% is excluded at 95% CL for a 125 GeV Higgs boson decaying into two dark photons for dark photon mean proper decay lengths between 173 and 1296 mm and mass of 10 GeV.
Published: 2024

34. Statistical Combination of ATLAS Run 2 Searches for Charginos and Neutralinos at the LHC

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, ATLAS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: Statistical combinations of searches for charginos and neutralinos using various decay channels are performed using 139 fb^{-1} of pp collision data at sqrt[s]=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Searches targeting pure-wino chargino pair production, pure-wino chargino-neutralino production, or Higgsino production decaying via standard model W, Z, or h bosons are combined to extend the mass reach to the produced supersymmetric particles by 30-100 GeV. The depth of the sensitivity of the original searches is also improved by the combinations, lowering the 95% C.L. cross-section upper limits by 15%-40%.
Published: 2024

35. Measurement of vector boson production cross sections and their ratios using pp collisions at s = 13.6 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: Fiducial and total W± and Z boson cross sections, their ratios and the ratio of top-antitop-quark pair and W-boson fiducial cross sections are measured in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=13.6 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 29 fb−1 of data collected in 2022 by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The measured fiducial cross-section values for W+→ℓ+ν, W−→ℓ−ν¯, and Z→ℓ+ℓ− (ℓ=e or μ) boson productions are 4250±150 pb, 3310±120 pb, and 744±20 pb, respectively, where the uncertainty is the total uncertainty, including that arising from the luminosity of about 2.2%. The measurements are in agreement with Standard-Model predictions calculated at next-to-next-to-leading-order in αs, next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy and next-to-leading-order electroweak accuracy.
Published: 2024

36. Search for pair-production of vector-like quarks in lepton+jets final states containing at least one b-tagged jet using the Run 2 data from the ATLAS experiment

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: A search is presented for the pair-production of heavy vector-like quarks in the lepton+jets final state using 140 fb−1 of proton–proton collisions at s=13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector. The search is optimised for vector-like top-quarks (T) that decay into a W boson and a b-quark, with one W boson decaying leptonically and the other hadronically. Other vector-like quark flavours and decay modes are also considered. Events are selected with one high transverse-momentum electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum, a large-radius jet identified as a W boson, and multiple small-radius jets, at least one of which is b-tagged. Vector-like T-quarks with 100% branching ratio to Wb are excluded at 95% CL for masses below 1700 GeV. These limits are also applied to vector-like Y-quarks, which decay exclusively into a W boson and a b-quark. Isospin singlets with B(T→Wb:Ht:Zt)=1/2:1/4:1/4 are excluded for masses below 1360 GeV.
Published: 2024

37. Measurement of the Z boson invisible width at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: A measurement of the invisible width of the Z boson using events with jets and missing transverse momentum is presented using 37 fb−1 of 13 TeV proton–proton data collected by the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016. The ratio of Z→inv to Z→ℓℓ events, where inv refers to non-detected particles and ℓ is either an electron or a muon, is measured and corrected for detector effects. Events with at least one energetic central jet with pT≥110 GeV are selected for both the Z→inv and Z→ℓℓ final states to obtain a similar phase space in the ratio. The invisible width is measured to be 506±2(stat.)±12(syst.) MeV and is the single most precise recoil-based measurement. The result is in agreement with the most precise determination from LEP and the Standard Model prediction based on three neutrino generations.
Published: 2024

38. Combination of searches for pair-produced leptoquarks at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, and Pozo, JA Aparisi
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: A statistical combination of various searches for pair-produced leptoquarks is presented, using the full LHC Run 2 (2015–2018) data set of 139 fb−1 collected with the ATLAS detector from proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV. All possible decays of the leptoquarks into quarks of the third generation and charged or neutral leptons of any generation are investigated. Since no significant deviations from the Standard Model expectation are observed in any of the individual analyses, combined exclusion limits are set on the production cross-sections for scalar and vector leptoquarks. The resulting lower bounds on leptoquark masses exceed those from the individual analyses by up to 100 GeV, depending on the signal hypothesis.
Published: 2024

39. Measurement of t-channel single-top-quark production in pp collisions at s = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, Aparo, MA, and Bella, L Aperio
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: The observation of the electroweak production of single-top-quarks is made using 255 pb−1 of proton-proton collision data recorded at s=5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. An event selection is used to identify single-top-quark candidates arising from t-channel production with the top quark decaying semi-leptonically. Events passing the selection are then used to measure the inclusive cross-section for the combined production of single-top-quarks and antiquarks, σ(tq+t¯q), and the ratio Rt between these two. They are measured to be σ(tq+t¯q)=27.1−4.1+4.4(stat.)−3.7+4.4(syst.) pb and Rt=2.73−0.82+1.43(stat.)−0.29+1.01(syst.). The individual single-top-quark (tq) and single-top-antiquark (t¯q) production cross-sections are measured to be σ(tq)=19.8−3.1+3.9(stat.)−2.2+2.9(syst.) pb and σ(t¯q)=7.3−2.1+3.2(stat.)−1.5+2.8(syst.) pb. All measurements are in good agreement with the Standard Model predictions.
Published: 2024

40. Combination of Searches for Resonant Higgs Boson Pair Production Using pp Collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, and Aoki, T
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, ATLAS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: A combination of searches for a new resonance decaying into a Higgs boson pair is presented, using up to 139 fb^{-1} of pp collision data at sqrt[s]=13 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The combination includes searches performed in three decay channels: bb[over ¯]bb[over ¯], bb[over ¯]τ^{+}τ^{-}, and bb[over ¯]γγ. No excess above the expected Standard Model background is observed and upper limits are set at the 95% confidence level on the production cross section of Higgs boson pairs originating from the decay of a narrow scalar resonance with mass in the range 251 GeV-5 TeV. The observed (expected) limits are in the range 0.96-600 fb (1.2-390 fb). The limits are interpreted in the type-I two-Higgs-doublet model and the minimal supersymmetric standard model, and constrain parameter space not previously excluded by other searches.
Published: 2024

41. The ATLAS trigger system for LHC Run 3 and trigger performance in 2022

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, and Pozo, JA Aparisi
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract: The ATLAS trigger system is a crucial component of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. It is responsible for selecting events in line with the ATLAS physics programme. This paper presents an overview of the changes to the trigger and data acquisition system during the second long shutdown of the LHC, and shows the performance of the trigger system and its components in the proton-proton collisions during the 2022 commissioning period as well as its expected performance in proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions for the remainder of the third LHC data-taking period (2022–2025).
Published: 2024

42. Measurement of jet substructure in boosted tt¯ events with the ATLAS detector using 140 fb-1 of 13 TeV pp collisions

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Hoffman, AC Abusleme, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract: Measurements of the substructure of top-quark jets are presented, using Formula Presented of 13 TeV Formula Presented collision data recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Top-quark jets reconstructed with the anti-Formula Presented algorithm with a radius parameter Formula Presented are selected in top-quark pair (Formula Presented) events where one top quark decays semileptonically and the other hadronically, or where both top quarks decay hadronically. The top-quark jets are required to have transverse momentum Formula Presented, yielding large samples of data events with jet Formula Presented values between 350 and 600 GeV. One- and two-dimensional differential cross sections for eight substructure variables, defined using only the charged components of the jets, are measured in a particle-level phase space by correcting for the smearing and acceptance effects induced by the detector. The differential cross sections are compared with the predictions of several Monte Carlo simulations in which top-quark pair-production quantum chromodynamic matrix-element calculations at next-to-leading-order precision in the strong coupling constant Formula Presented are passed to leading-order parton shower and hadronization generators. The Monte Carlo predictions for measures of the broadness, and also the two-body structure, of the top-quark jets are found to be in good agreement with the measurements, while variables sensitive to the three-body structure of the top-quark jets exhibit some tension with the measured distributions.
Published: 2024

43. Search for singly produced vectorlike top partners in multilepton final states with 139 fb-1 of pp collision data at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Hoffman, AC Abusleme, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, A, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Antrim, DJA, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, and Pozo, JA Aparisi
Subjects: Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract: A search for the single production of a vectorlike top partner (Formula Presented) with mass greater than 1 TeV decaying into a Formula Presented boson and a top quark is presented, using the full Run 2 dataset corresponding to Formula Presented of Formula Presented collisions at Formula Presented, collected in 2015-2018 with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The targeted final state is characterized by the presence of a pair of electrons or muons with opposite-sign charges which form a Formula Presented-boson candidate, as well as by the presence of Formula Presented-tagged jets and forward jets. Events with exactly two or at least three leptons are categorized into two independently optimized analysis channels. No significant excess above the background expectation is observed and the results from the two channels are statistically combined to set exclusion limits at 95% confidence level on the masses and couplings of Formula Presented. The results are interpreted in several benchmark scenarios to set limits on the mass and universal coupling strength (Formula Presented) of the vectorlike quark. For singlet Formula Presented quarks, Formula Presented values between 0.22 and 0.64 are excluded for masses between 1000 and 1975 GeV. For Formula Presented quarks in the doublet scenario, where the production cross section is much lower, Formula Presented values between 0.54 and 0.88 are excluded for masses between 1000 and 1425 GeV.
Published: 2024

44. Search for pair production of higgsinos in events with two Higgs bosons and missing transverse momentum in s=13 TeV pp collisions at the ATLAS experiment

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract: This paper presents a search for pair production of higgsinos, the supersymmetric partners of the Higgs bosons, in scenarios with gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking. Each higgsino is assumed to decay into a Higgs boson and a nearly massless gravitino. The search targets events where each Higgs boson decays into Formula Presented, leading to a reconstructed final state with at least three energetic Formula Presented-jets and missing transverse momentum. Two complementary analysis channels are used, with each channel specifically targeting either low or high values of the higgsino mass. The low-mass (high-mass) channel exploits Formula Presented of Formula Presented data collected by the ATLAS detector during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess above the Standard Model prediction is found. At 95% confidence level, masses between 130 GeV and 940 GeV are excluded for higgsinos decaying exclusively into Higgs bosons and gravitinos. Exclusion limits as a function of the higgsino decay branching ratio to a Higgs boson are also reported.
Published: 2024

45. Beam-induced backgrounds measured in the ATLAS detector during local gas injection into the LHC beam vacuum

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Ady, M, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Alsolami, ZMK, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Anderson, AC, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, and Antipov, E
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract: Inelastic beam-gas collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), within a few hundred metres of the ATLAS experiment, are known to give the dominant contribution to beam backgrounds. These are monitored by ATLAS with a dedicated Beam Conditions Monitor (BCM) and with the rate of fake jets in the calorimeters. These two methods are complementary since the BCM probes backgrounds just around the beam pipe while fake jets are observed at radii of up to several metres. In order to quantify the correlation between the residual gas density in the LHC beam vacuum and the experimental backgrounds recorded by ATLAS, several dedicated tests were performed during LHC Run 2. Local pressure bumps, with a gas density several orders of magnitude higher than during normal operation, were introduced at different locations. The changes of beam-related backgrounds, seen in ATLAS, are correlated with the local pressure variation. In addition the rates of beam-gas events are estimated from the pressure measurements and pressure bump profiles obtained from calculations. Using these rates, the efficiency of the ATLAS beam background monitors to detect beam-gas events is derived as a function of distance from the interaction point. These efficiencies and characteristic distributions of fake jets from the beam backgrounds are found to be in good agreement with results of beam-gas simulations performed with the Fluka Monte Carlo programme.
Published: 2024

46. Search for Nearly Mass-Degenerate Higgsinos Using Low-Momentum Mildly Displaced Tracks in pp Collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, An, S, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, and Antonelli, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, ATLAS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: Higgsinos with masses near the electroweak scale can solve the hierarchy problem and provide a dark matter candidate, while detecting them at the LHC remains challenging if their mass splitting is O(1 GeV). This Letter presents a novel search for nearly mass-degenerate Higgsinos in events with an energetic jet, missing transverse momentum, and a low-momentum track with a significant transverse impact parameter using 140 fb^{-1} of proton-proton collision data at sqrt[s]=13 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment. For the first time since LEP, a range of mass splittings between the lightest charged and neutral Higgsinos from 0.3 to 0.9 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level, with a maximum reach of approximately 170 GeV in the Higgsino mass.
Published: 2024

47. Azimuthal Angle Correlations of Muons Produced via Heavy-Flavor Decays in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb and pp Collisions with the ATLAS Detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, ATLAS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: Angular correlations between heavy quarks provide a unique probe of the quark-gluon plasma created in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. Results are presented of a measurement of the azimuthal angle correlations between muons originating from semileptonic decays of heavy quarks produced in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb and pp collisions at the LHC. The muons are measured with transverse momenta and pseudorapidities satisfying p_{T}^{μ}>4 GeV and |η^{μ}|0.8, are measured in different Pb+Pb centrality intervals and compared to the same distribution measured in pp collisions at the same center-of-mass energy. Results are presented separately for muon pairs with opposite-sign charges, same-sign charges, and all pairs. A clear peak is observed in all Δϕ distributions at Δϕ∼π, consistent with the parent heavy-quark pairs being produced via hard-scattering processes. The widths of that peak, characterized using Cauchy-Lorentz fits to the Δϕ distributions, are found to not vary significantly as a function of Pb+Pb collision centrality and are similar for pp and Pb+Pb collisions. This observation will provide important constraints on theoretical descriptions of heavy-quark interactions with the quark-gluon plasma.
Published: 2024

48. Performance of the ATLAS forward proton Time-of-Flight detector in Run 2

Author: Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Amirie, KJ, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, and Aoki, T
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, Cherenkov detectors, Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors, Timing detectors, Vertexing algorithms, Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract: We present performance studies of the Time-of-Flight (ToF) subdetector of the ATLAS Forward Proton (AFP) detector at the LHC. Efficiencies and resolutions are measured using high-statistics data samples collected at low and moderate pile-up in 2017, the first year when the detectors were installed on both sides of the interaction region. While low efficiencies are observed, of the order of a few percent, the resolutions of the two ToF detectors measured individually are 21 ps and 28 ps, yielding an expected resolution of the longitudinal position of the interaction, z vtx, in the central ATLAS detector of 5.3 ± 0.6 mm. This is in agreement with the observed width of the distribution of the difference between z vtx, measured independently by the central ATLAS tracker and by the ToF detector, of 6.0 ± 2.0 mm.
Published: 2024

49. Study of High-Transverse-Momentum Higgs Boson Production in Association with a Vector Boson in the qqbb Final State with the ATLAS Detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, ATLAS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: This Letter presents the first study of Higgs boson production in association with a vector boson (V=W or Z) in the fully hadronic qqbb final state using data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb^{-1}. The vector bosons and Higgs bosons are each reconstructed as large-radius jets and tagged using jet substructure techniques. Dedicated tagging algorithms exploiting b-tagging properties are used to identify jets consistent with Higgs bosons decaying into bb[over ¯]. Dominant backgrounds from multijet production are determined directly from the data, and a likelihood fit to the jet mass distribution of Higgs boson candidates is used to extract the number of signal events. The VH production cross section is measured inclusively and differentially in several ranges of Higgs boson transverse momentum: 250-450, 450-650, and greater than 650 GeV. The inclusive signal yield relative to the standard model expectation is observed to be μ=1.4_{-0.9}^{+1.0} and the corresponding cross section is 3.1±1.3(stat)_{-1.4}^{+1.8}(syst) pb.
Published: 2024

50. Measurement of the Centrality Dependence of the Dijet Yield in p+Pb Collisions at sNN=8.16 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

Author: Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Bourdarios, C Adam, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Agarwala, J, Aggarwal, A, Agheorghiesei, C, Ahmad, A, Ahmadov, F, Ahmed, WS, Ahuja, S, Ai, X, Aielli, G, Aikot, A, Tamlihat, M Ait, Aitbenchikh, B, Aizenberg, I, Akbiyik, M, Åkesson, TPA, Akimov, AV, Akiyama, D, Akolkar, NN, Aktas, S, Al Khoury, K, Alberghi, GL, Albert, J, Albicocco, P, Albouy, GL, Alderweireldt, S, Alegria, ZL, Aleksa, M, Aleksandrov, IN, Alexa, C, Alexopoulos, T, Alfonsi, F, Algren, M, Alhroob, M, Ali, B, Ali, HMJ, Ali, S, Alibocus, SW, Aliev, M, Alimonti, G, Alkakhi, W, Allaire, C, Allbrooke, BMM, Allen, JF, Flores, CA Allendes, Allport, PP, Aloisio, A, Alonso, F, Alpigiani, C, Estevez, M Alvarez, Fernandez, A Alvarez, Cardoso, M Alves, Alviggi, MG, Aly, M, Coutinho, Y Amaral, Ambler, A, Amelung, C, Amerl, M, Ames, CG, Amidei, D, Dos Santos, SP Amor, Amos, KR, Ananiev, V, Anastopoulos, C, Andeen, T, Anders, JK, Andrean, SY, Andreazza, A, Angelidakis, S, Angerami, A, Anisenkov, AV, Annovi, A, Antel, C, Anthony, MT, Antipov, E, Antonelli, M, Anulli, F, Aoki, M, Aoki, T, Pozo, JA Aparisi, and Aparo, MA
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, ATLAS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: ATLAS measured the centrality dependence of the dijet yield using 165 nb^{-1} of p+Pb data collected at sqrt[s_{NN}]=8.16 TeV in 2016. The event centrality, which reflects the p+Pb impact parameter, is characterized by the total transverse energy registered in the Pb-going side of the forward calorimeter. The central-to-peripheral ratio of the scaled dijet yields, R_{CP}, is evaluated, and the results are presented as a function of variables that reflect the kinematics of the initial hard parton scattering process. The R_{CP} shows a scaling with the Bjorken x of the parton originating from the proton, x_{p}, while no such trend is observed as a function of x_{Pb}. This analysis provides unique input to understanding the role of small proton spatial configurations in p+Pb collisions by covering parton momentum fractions from the valence region down to x_{p}∼10^{-3} and x_{Pb}∼4×10^{-4}.
Published: 2024

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