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Search for resonances in diphoton events with the ATLAS detector at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV

Searches for new resonances decaying into two photons in the ATLAS experiment at the LHC are described. The analysis is based on $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.2~fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s}$=13~TeV recorded in 2015. Two different searches are performed, one targeted fo...

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Autor principal: The ATLAS collaboration
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2141568
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Sumario:Searches for new resonances decaying into two photons in the ATLAS experiment at the LHC are described. The analysis is based on $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.2~fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s}$=13~TeV recorded in 2015. Two different searches are performed, one targeted for a spin-2 particle, using Randall-Sundrum graviton states as a benchmark model, and one optimized for a spin-0 particle. The most significant deviation from the background predictions is observed at a diphoton invariant mass around 750 GeV with local significances of 3.6 and 3.9 standard deviations in the searches optimized fora spin-2 and spin-0 particle, respectively. The global significances are estimated to be 1.8 and 2.0 standard deviations. The consistency between the data collected at 13 TeV and 8 TeV is also evaluated. Limits on the production cross-section for the two benchmark resonances are reported.