Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector

Autores
Alonso, Francisco; Arduh, Francisco Anuar; Dova, María Teresa; Hoya, Joaquín; Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel; Orellana, Gonzalo Enrique; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The ATLAS Collaboration
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
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Descripción
This paper describes a measurement of light-by-light scattering based on Pb+Pb collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment during Run 2 of the LHC. The study uses 2.2 nb⁻¹ of integrated luminosity collected in 2015 and 2018 at √sNN = 5.02 TeV. Light-by-light scattering candidates are selected in events with two photons produced exclusively, each with transverse energy EγT > 2.5 GeV, pseudorapidity |ηγ| < 2.37, diphoton invariant mass mγγ > 5 GeV, and with small diphoton transverse momentum and diphoton acoplanarity. The integrated and differential fiducial cross sections are measured and compared with theoretical predictions. The diphoton invariant mass distribution is used to set limits on the production of axion-like particles. This result provides the most stringent limits to date on axion-like particle production for masses in the range 6–100 GeV. Cross sections above 2 to 70 nb are excluded at the 95% CL in that mass interval.
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Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Instituto de Física La Plata
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Física
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
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spelling Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detectorAlonso, FranciscoArduh, Francisco AnuarDova, María TeresaHoya, JoaquínMonticelli, Fernando GabrielOrellana, Gonzalo EnriqueWahlberg, Hernán PabloThe ATLAS CollaborationCiencias ExactasFísicaHadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)This paper describes a measurement of light-by-light scattering based on Pb+Pb collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment during Run 2 of the LHC. The study uses 2.2 nb⁻¹ of integrated luminosity collected in 2015 and 2018 at √s<sub>NN</sub> = 5.02 TeV. Light-by-light scattering candidates are selected in events with two photons produced exclusively, each with transverse energy E<sup>γ</sup><sub>T</sub> > 2.5 GeV, pseudorapidity |η<sub>γ</sub>| < 2.37, diphoton invariant mass m<sub>γγ</sub> > 5 GeV, and with small diphoton transverse momentum and diphoton acoplanarity. The integrated and differential fiducial cross sections are measured and compared with theoretical predictions. The diphoton invariant mass distribution is used to set limits on the production of axion-like particles. This result provides the most stringent limits to date on axion-like particle production for masses in the range 6–100 GeV. Cross sections above 2 to 70 nb are excluded at the 95% CL in that mass interval.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.Facultad de Ciencias ExactasInstituto de Física La Plata2021-03-25info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125211enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1029-8479info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/jhep03(2021)243info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-10-22T17:10:49Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/125211Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-10-22 17:10:49.519SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector
title Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector
spellingShingle Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector
Alonso, Francisco
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
title_short Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector
title_full Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector
title_fullStr Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector
title_sort Measurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb⁻¹ of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Hoya, Joaquín
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Orellana, Gonzalo Enrique
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author Alonso, Francisco
author_facet Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Hoya, Joaquín
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Orellana, Gonzalo Enrique
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Hoya, Joaquín
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Orellana, Gonzalo Enrique
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Física
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper describes a measurement of light-by-light scattering based on Pb+Pb collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment during Run 2 of the LHC. The study uses 2.2 nb⁻¹ of integrated luminosity collected in 2015 and 2018 at √s<sub>NN</sub> = 5.02 TeV. Light-by-light scattering candidates are selected in events with two photons produced exclusively, each with transverse energy E<sup>γ</sup><sub>T</sub> > 2.5 GeV, pseudorapidity |η<sub>γ</sub>| < 2.37, diphoton invariant mass m<sub>γγ</sub> > 5 GeV, and with small diphoton transverse momentum and diphoton acoplanarity. The integrated and differential fiducial cross sections are measured and compared with theoretical predictions. The diphoton invariant mass distribution is used to set limits on the production of axion-like particles. This result provides the most stringent limits to date on axion-like particle production for masses in the range 6–100 GeV. Cross sections above 2 to 70 nb are excluded at the 95% CL in that mass interval.
La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Instituto de Física La Plata
description This paper describes a measurement of light-by-light scattering based on Pb+Pb collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment during Run 2 of the LHC. The study uses 2.2 nb⁻¹ of integrated luminosity collected in 2015 and 2018 at √s<sub>NN</sub> = 5.02 TeV. Light-by-light scattering candidates are selected in events with two photons produced exclusively, each with transverse energy E<sup>γ</sup><sub>T</sub> > 2.5 GeV, pseudorapidity |η<sub>γ</sub>| < 2.37, diphoton invariant mass m<sub>γγ</sub> > 5 GeV, and with small diphoton transverse momentum and diphoton acoplanarity. The integrated and differential fiducial cross sections are measured and compared with theoretical predictions. The diphoton invariant mass distribution is used to set limits on the production of axion-like particles. This result provides the most stringent limits to date on axion-like particle production for masses in the range 6–100 GeV. Cross sections above 2 to 70 nb are excluded at the 95% CL in that mass interval.
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