Measurement of the four-lepton invariant mass spectrum in 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector

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Feb 15, 2019

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Abstract: (Springer)
A measurement of the four-lepton invariant mass spectrum is made with the ATLAS detector, using an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb1^{−1} of proton-proton collisions at s \sqrt{s} = 13 TeV delivered by the Large Hadron Collider. The differential cross-section is measured for events containing two same-flavour opposite-sign lepton pairs. It exhibits a rich structure, with different mass regions dominated in the Standard Model by single Z boson production, Higgs boson production, and Z boson pair production, and non-negligible interference effects at high invariant masses. The measurement is compared with state-of-the-art Standard Model calculations, which are found to be consistent with the data. These calculations are used to interpret the data in terms of gg → ZZ → 4ℓ and Z → 4ℓ subprocesses, and to place constraints on a possible contribution from physics beyond the Standard Model.
Note:
  • Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
  • p p: scattering
  • p p: colliding beams
  • Z0: single production
  • Z0: pair production
  • Higgs particle: hadroproduction
  • Z0: leptonic decay
  • differential cross section: measured
  • mass dependence
  • interference: effect