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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

cam.issuedOnline2021-03-25
dc.contributor.authorAad, G
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, B
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, DC
dc.contributor.authorAbed Abud, A
dc.contributor.authorAbeling, K
dc.contributor.authorAbhayasinghe, DK
dc.contributor.authorAbidi, SH
dc.contributor.authorAbouZeid, OS
dc.contributor.authorAbraham, NL
dc.contributor.authorAbramowicz, H
dc.contributor.authorAbreu, H
dc.contributor.authorAbulaiti, Y
dc.contributor.authorAcharya, BS
dc.contributor.authorAchkar, B
dc.contributor.authorAdam, L
dc.contributor.authorAdam Bourdarios, C
dc.contributor.authorAdamczyk, L
dc.contributor.authorAdamek, L
dc.contributor.authorAdelman, J
dc.contributor.authorAdersberger, M
dc.contributor.authorAdiguzel, A
dc.contributor.authorAdorni, S
dc.contributor.authorAdye, T
dc.contributor.authorAffolder, AA
dc.contributor.authorAfik, Y
dc.contributor.authorAgapopoulou, C
dc.contributor.authorAgaras, MN
dc.contributor.authorAggarwal, A
dc.contributor.authorAgheorghiesei, C
dc.contributor.authorAguilar-Saavedra, JA
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, A
dc.contributor.authorAhmadov, F
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, WS
dc.contributor.authorAi, X
dc.contributor.authorAielli, G
dc.contributor.authorAkatsuka, S
dc.contributor.authorAkbiyik, M
dc.contributor.authorÅkesson, TPA
dc.contributor.authorAkilli, E
dc.contributor.authorAkimov, AV
dc.contributor.authorAl Khoury, K
dc.contributor.authorAlberghi, GL
dc.contributor.authorAlbert, J
dc.contributor.authorAlconada Verzini, MJ
dc.contributor.authorAlderweireldt, S
dc.contributor.authorAleksa, M
dc.contributor.authorAleksandrov, IN
dc.contributor.authorAlexa, C
dc.contributor.authorAlexopoulos, T
dc.contributor.authorAlfonsi, A
dc.contributor.authorAlfonsi, F
dc.contributor.authorAlhroob, M
dc.contributor.authorAli, B
dc.contributor.authorAli, S
dc.contributor.authorAliev, M
dc.contributor.authorAlimonti, G
dc.contributor.authorAllaire, C
dc.contributor.authorAllbrooke, BMM
dc.contributor.authorAllen, BW
dc.contributor.authorAllport, PP
dc.contributor.authorAloisio, A
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, F
dc.contributor.authorAlpigiani, C
dc.contributor.authorAlunno Camelia, E
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez Estevez, M
dc.contributor.authorAlviggi, MG
dc.contributor.authorAmaral Coutinho, Y
dc.contributor.authorAmbler, A
dc.contributor.authorAmbroz, L
dc.contributor.authorAmelung, C
dc.contributor.authorAmidei, D
dc.contributor.authorAmor Dos Santos, SP
dc.contributor.authorAmoroso, S
dc.contributor.authorAmrouche, CS
dc.contributor.authorAn, F
dc.contributor.authorAnastopoulos, C
dc.contributor.authorAndari, N
dc.contributor.authorAndeen, T
dc.contributor.authorAnders, JK
dc.contributor.authorAndrean, SY
dc.contributor.authorAndreazza, A
dc.contributor.authorAndrei, V
dc.contributor.authorAnelli, CR
dc.contributor.authorAngelidakis, S
dc.contributor.authorAngerami, A
dc.contributor.authorAnisenkov, AV
dc.contributor.authorAnnovi, A
dc.contributor.authorAntel, C
dc.contributor.authorAnthony, MT
dc.contributor.authorAntipov, E
dc.contributor.authorAntonelli, M
dc.contributor.authorAntrim, DJA
dc.contributor.authorAnulli, F
dc.contributor.authorAoki, M
dc.contributor.authorAparisi Pozo, JA
dc.contributor.authorAparo, MA
dc.contributor.authorAperio Bella, L
dc.contributor.authorAranzabal, N
dc.contributor.authorAraujo Ferraz, V
dc.contributor.authorAraujo Pereira, R
dc.contributor.orcidAad, G [0000-0002-6665-4934]
dc.contributor.orcidAbbott, B [0000-0002-5888-2734]
dc.contributor.orcidAbed Abud, A [0000-0002-2788-3822]
dc.contributor.orcidAbeling, K [0000-0002-1002-1652]
dc.contributor.orcidAbhayasinghe, DK [0000-0002-2987-4006]
dc.contributor.orcidAbidi, SH [0000-0002-8496-9294]
dc.contributor.orcidAbouZeid, OS [0000-0002-8279-9324]
dc.contributor.orcidAbramowicz, H [0000-0001-5329-6640]
dc.contributor.orcidAbreu, H [0000-0002-1599-2896]
dc.contributor.orcidAbulaiti, Y [0000-0003-0403-3697]
dc.contributor.orcidAcharya, BS [0000-0002-8588-9157]
dc.contributor.orcidAchkar, B [0000-0002-0288-2567]
dc.contributor.orcidAdam, L [0000-0001-6005-2812]
dc.contributor.orcidAdam Bourdarios, C [0000-0002-2634-4958]
dc.contributor.orcidAdamczyk, L [0000-0002-5859-2075]
dc.contributor.orcidAdamek, L [0000-0003-1562-3502]
dc.contributor.orcidAdelman, J [0000-0002-1041-3496]
dc.contributor.orcidAdiguzel, A [0000-0001-6644-0517]
dc.contributor.orcidAdorni, S [0000-0003-3620-1149]
dc.contributor.orcidAdye, T [0000-0003-0627-5059]
dc.contributor.orcidAffolder, AA [0000-0002-9058-7217]
dc.contributor.orcidAfik, Y [0000-0001-8102-356X]
dc.contributor.orcidAgapopoulou, C [0000-0002-2368-0147]
dc.contributor.orcidAgaras, MN [0000-0002-4355-5589]
dc.contributor.orcidAggarwal, A [0000-0002-1922-2039]
dc.contributor.orcidAgheorghiesei, C [0000-0003-3695-1847]
dc.contributor.orcidAguilar-Saavedra, JA [0000-0002-5475-8920]
dc.contributor.orcidAhmad, A [0000-0001-8638-0582]
dc.contributor.orcidAhmadov, F [0000-0003-3644-540X]
dc.contributor.orcidAhmed, WS [0000-0003-0128-3279]
dc.contributor.orcidAi, X [0000-0003-3856-2415]
dc.contributor.orcidAielli, G [0000-0002-0573-8114]
dc.contributor.orcidAkatsuka, S [0000-0002-1681-6405]
dc.contributor.orcidAkbiyik, M [0000-0002-7342-3130]
dc.contributor.orcidÅkesson, TPA [0000-0003-4141-5408]
dc.contributor.orcidAkilli, E [0000-0003-1309-5937]
dc.contributor.orcidAkimov, AV [0000-0002-2846-2958]
dc.contributor.orcidAl Khoury, K [0000-0002-0547-8199]
dc.contributor.orcidAlberghi, GL [0000-0003-2388-987X]
dc.contributor.orcidAlbert, J [0000-0003-0253-2505]
dc.contributor.orcidAlconada Verzini, MJ [0000-0003-2212-7830]
dc.contributor.orcidAlderweireldt, S [0000-0002-8224-7036]
dc.contributor.orcidAleksa, M [0000-0002-1936-9217]
dc.contributor.orcidAleksandrov, IN [0000-0001-7381-6762]
dc.contributor.orcidAlexa, C [0000-0003-0922-7669]
dc.contributor.orcidAlexopoulos, T [0000-0002-8977-279X]
dc.contributor.orcidAlfonsi, A [0000-0001-7406-4531]
dc.contributor.orcidAlfonsi, F [0000-0002-0966-0211]
dc.contributor.orcidAlhroob, M [0000-0001-7569-7111]
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dc.contributor.orcidAlimonti, G [0000-0002-7128-9046]
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dc.contributor.orcidAllen, BW [0000-0002-1783-2685]
dc.contributor.orcidAllport, PP [0000-0001-7303-2570]
dc.contributor.orcidAloisio, A [0000-0002-3883-6693]
dc.contributor.orcidAlonso, F [0000-0001-9431-8156]
dc.contributor.orcidAlpigiani, C [0000-0002-7641-5814]
dc.contributor.orcidAlvarez Estevez, M [0000-0002-8181-6532]
dc.contributor.orcidAlviggi, MG [0000-0003-0026-982X]
dc.contributor.orcidAmaral Coutinho, Y [0000-0002-1798-7230]
dc.contributor.orcidAmbler, A [0000-0003-2184-3480]
dc.contributor.orcidAmbroz, L [0000-0002-0987-6637]
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dc.contributor.orcidAmor Dos Santos, SP [0000-0001-7566-6067]
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dc.contributor.orcidAndeen, T [0000-0002-4413-871X]
dc.contributor.orcidAnders, JK [0000-0002-1846-0262]
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dc.contributor.orcidAngelidakis, S [0000-0002-8274-6118]
dc.contributor.orcidAngerami, A [0000-0001-7834-8750]
dc.contributor.orcidAnisenkov, AV [0000-0002-7201-5936]
dc.contributor.orcidAnnovi, A [0000-0002-4649-4398]
dc.contributor.orcidAntel, C [0000-0001-9683-0890]
dc.contributor.orcidAnthony, MT [0000-0002-5270-0143]
dc.contributor.orcidAntipov, E [0000-0002-6678-7665]
dc.contributor.orcidAntonelli, M [0000-0002-2293-5726]
dc.contributor.orcidAntrim, DJA [0000-0001-8084-7786]
dc.contributor.orcidAnulli, F [0000-0003-2734-130X]
dc.contributor.orcidAoki, M [0000-0001-7498-0097]
dc.contributor.orcidAparo, MA [0000-0003-4675-7810]
dc.contributor.orcidAperio Bella, L [0000-0003-3942-1702]
dc.contributor.orcidAranzabal, N [0000-0001-9013-2274]
dc.contributor.orcidAraujo Ferraz, V [0000-0003-1177-7563]
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-22T14:41:18Z
dc.date.available2021-11-22T14:41:18Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.submitted2020-08-13
dc.date.updated2021-11-22T14:40:59Z
dc.description.abstractThis 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 $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=5.02$ TeV. Light-by-light scattering candidates are selected in events with two photons produced exclusively, each with transverse energy $E_{\mathrm{T}}^{\gamma} > 2.5$ GeV, pseudorapidity $|\eta_{\gamma}| < 2.37$, diphoton invariant mass $m_{\gamma\gamma} > 5$ 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.
dc.identifier.arxiv2008.05355
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.78287
dc.identifier.eissn1029-8479
dc.identifier.issn1029-8479
dc.identifier.otherjhep03(2021)243
dc.identifier.other15200
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/330844
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2021)243
dc.subjectHadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
dc.titleMeasurement of light-by-light scattering and search for axion-like particles with 2.2 nb<sup>−1</sup> of Pb+Pb data with the ATLAS detector
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-02-18
prism.issueIdentifier3
prism.publicationNameJournal of High Energy Physics
prism.volume2021
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1007/JHEP03(2021)243

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