Searches for heavy diboson resonances in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

• Autores: Alconada Verzini, María Josefina; Alonso, Francisco; Arduh, Francisco Anuar; Dova, María Teresa; Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The ATLAS Collaboration
• Año de publicación: 2016
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Ciencias Exactas; Física; diboson; proton-proton collisions; hadron-hadron scattering
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Searches for new heavy resonances decaying to WW, WZ, and ZZ bosons are presented, using a data sample corresponding to 3.2 fb-1 of pp collisions at √s = 13TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Analyses selecting vvqq, lvqq, llqq and qqqq final states are combined, searching for a narrow-width resonance with mass between 500 and 3000 GeV. The discriminating variable is either an invariant mass or a transverse mass. No significant deviations from the Standard Model predictions are observed. Three benchmark models are tested: a model predicting the existence of a new heavy scalar singlet, a simplified model predicting a heavy vector-boson triplet, and a bulk Randall-Sundrum model with a heavy spin-2 graviton. Cross-section limits are set at the 95% con dence level and are compared to theoretical crosssection predictions for a variety of models. The data exclude a scalar singlet with mass below 2650 GeV, a heavy vector-boson triplet with mass below 2600 GeV, and a graviton with mass below 1100 GeV. These results significantly extend the previous limits set using pp collisions at √s = 8TeV.
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