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Search for high mass dilepton resonances in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS experiment
Abstract
This Letter presents a search for high mass e^+e^− or μ^+μ^− resonances in pp collisions at √s = 7TeV at the LHC. The data were recorded by the ATLAS experiment during 2010 and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of ~40 pb^(−1). No statistically significant excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed in the search region of dilepton invariant mass above 110 GeV. Upper limits at the 95% confidence level are set on the cross section times branching ratio of Z′ resonances decaying to dielectrons and dimuons as a function of the resonance mass. A lower mass limit of 1.048 TeV on the Sequential Standard Model Z′ boson is derived, as well as mass limits on Z^* and E_6-motivated Z′ models.
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© 2011 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. This article is published Open Access at sciencedirect.com. It is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited. Received 31 March 2011; revised 20 April 2011; Accepted 20 April 2011. Editor: M. Doser. Available online 5 May 2011. We wish to thank CERN for the efficient commissioning and operation of the LHC during this initial high-energy data-taking period as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; ARTEMIS, European Union; IN2P3–CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNAS, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT, Greece; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, DIP and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MERYS (MECTS), Romania; MES of Russia and ROSATOM, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MVZT, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MICINN, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN and the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA) and in the Tier-2 facilities worldwide.Attached Files
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- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20111212-075303454
Funding
- ANPCyT (Argentina)
- YerPhl (Armenia)
- ARC (Australia)
- BMWF (Austria)
- ANAS (Azerbaijan)
- SSTC (Belarus)
- CNPq and FAPESP (Brazil)
- NSERC (Canada)
- NRC and CFI (Canada)
- CERN
- CONICYT (Chile)
- CAS
- MOST and NSFC (China)
- COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
- MSMT CR (Czech Republic)
- MPO CR and VSC CR (Czech Republic)
- DNRF (Denmark)
- DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark)
- ARTEMIS
- European Union
- IN2P3-CNRS (France)
- CEA-DSM/IRFU (France)
- GNAS (Georgia)
- BMBF (Germany)
- DFG (Germany)
- HGF (Germany)
- MPG and AvH Foundation (Germany)
- GSRT (Greece)
- ISF
- MINERVA (Israel)
- GIF (Israel)
- DIP and Benoziyo Center (Israel)
- INFN (Italy)
- MEXT and JSPS (Japan)
- CNRST (Morocco)
- FOM and NWO (The Netherlands)
- RCN (Norway)
- MNiSW (Poland)
- GRICES and FCT (Portugal)
- MERYS (MECTS) (Romania)
- MES of Russia and ROSATOM
- Russian Federation
- JINR
- MSTD (Serbia)
- MSSR (Slovakia)
- ARRS and MVZT (Slovenia)
- DST/NRF (South Africa)
- MICINN (Spain)
- SRC and Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden)
- SER
- SNSF and Cantons of Bern in Geneva (Switzerland)
- NSC (Taiwan)
- TAEK (Turkey)
- STFC
- Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom)
- Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
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