Observation of Light-by-Light Scattering in Ultraperipheral Pb + Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector

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Alconada Verzini, María Josefina; Alonso, Francisco; Arduh, Francisco Anuar; Dova, María Teresa; Hoya, Joaquín; Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel; Orellana, Gonzalo Enrique; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The ATLAS Collaboration
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2019
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This Letter describes the observation of the light-by-light scattering process, γγ→γγ, in Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV. The analysis is conducted using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.73 nb⁻¹, collected in November 2018 by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Light-by-light scattering candidates are selected in events with two photons produced exclusively, each with transverse energy EᵞT > 3 GeV and pseudorapidity |ηᵧ|<2.4, diphoton invariant mass above 6 GeV, and small diphoton transverse momentum and acoplanarity. After applying all selection criteria, 59 candidate events are observed for a background expectation of 12±3 events. The observed excess of events over the expected background has a significance of 8.2 standard deviations. The measured fiducial cross section is 78±13(stat)±7(syst)±3(lumi) nb.
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relativistic heavy-ion collisions
light-by-light scattering
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Observation of Light-by-Light Scattering in Ultraperipheral Pb + Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector
title Observation of Light-by-Light Scattering in Ultraperipheral Pb + Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector
spellingShingle Observation of Light-by-Light Scattering in Ultraperipheral Pb + Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector
Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Ciencias Exactas
Física
relativistic heavy-ion collisions
light-by-light scattering
title_short Observation of Light-by-Light Scattering in Ultraperipheral Pb + Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector
title_full Observation of Light-by-Light Scattering in Ultraperipheral Pb + Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector
title_fullStr Observation of Light-by-Light Scattering in Ultraperipheral Pb + Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector
title_full_unstemmed Observation of Light-by-Light Scattering in Ultraperipheral Pb + Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector
title_sort Observation of Light-by-Light Scattering in Ultraperipheral Pb + Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Hoya, Joaquín
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Orellana, Gonzalo Enrique
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
author_facet Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
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 Alonso, Francisco
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
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Física
relativistic heavy-ion collisions
light-by-light scattering
topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
relativistic heavy-ion collisions
light-by-light scattering
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This Letter describes the observation of the light-by-light scattering process, γγ→γγ, in Pb+Pb collisions at √s<sub>NN</sub> = 5.02 TeV. The analysis is conducted using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.73 nb⁻¹, collected in November 2018 by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Light-by-light scattering candidates are selected in events with two photons produced exclusively, each with transverse energy Eᵞ<sub>T</sub> > 3 GeV and pseudorapidity |ηᵧ|<2.4, diphoton invariant mass above 6 GeV, and small diphoton transverse momentum and acoplanarity. After applying all selection criteria, 59 candidate events are observed for a background expectation of 12±3 events. The observed excess of events over the expected background has a significance of 8.2 standard deviations. The measured fiducial cross section is 78±13(stat)±7(syst)±3(lumi) nb.
La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.
Instituto de Física La Plata
description This Letter describes the observation of the light-by-light scattering process, γγ→γγ, in Pb+Pb collisions at √s<sub>NN</sub> = 5.02 TeV. The analysis is conducted using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.73 nb⁻¹, collected in November 2018 by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Light-by-light scattering candidates are selected in events with two photons produced exclusively, each with transverse energy Eᵞ<sub>T</sub> > 3 GeV and pseudorapidity |ηᵧ|<2.4, diphoton invariant mass above 6 GeV, and small diphoton transverse momentum and acoplanarity. After applying all selection criteria, 59 candidate events are observed for a background expectation of 12±3 events. The observed excess of events over the expected background has a significance of 8.2 standard deviations. The measured fiducial cross section is 78±13(stat)±7(syst)±3(lumi) nb.
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