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Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at [Formula: see text] = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector.

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Aad, G; Abbott, B; Abdallah, J; Abdinov, O; Aben, R; Abolins, M; AbouZeid, OS; Abramowicz, H; Abreu, H; Abreu, R; Abulaiti, Y; Acharya, BS ...
Published in: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
January 2016

Results of a search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons are reported. Data from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb[Formula: see text], were collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The observed data are well described by the Standard Model. Limits at the 95 % confidence level on new phenomena are presented based on the rate of events in an inclusive signal region and a restricted signal region targeting the rare decay [Formula: see text], as well as di-photon and tri-photon resonance searches. For a Standard Model Higgs boson decaying to four photons via a pair of intermediate pseudoscalar particles (a), limits are found to be [Formula: see text] for 10 GeV [Formula: see text] 62 GeV. Limits are also presented for Higgs boson-like scalars (H) for [Formula: see text] 125 GeV, and for a [Formula: see text] decaying to three photons via [Formula: see text]. Additionally, the observed limit on the branching ratio of the Z boson decay to three photons is found to be BR[Formula: see text], a result five times stronger than the previous result from LEP.

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The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields

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1434-6052

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1434-6044

Publication Date

January 2016

Volume

76

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4

Start / End Page

210

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., … Colijn, A. P. (2016). Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at [Formula: see text] = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. The European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields, 76(4), 210. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4034-8
Aad, G., B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, O. Abdinov, R. Aben, M. Abolins, O. S. AbouZeid, et al. “Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at [Formula: see text] = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector.The European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields 76, no. 4 (January 2016): 210. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4034-8.
Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdinov O, Aben R, Abolins M, et al. Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at [Formula: see text] = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. The European physical journal C, Particles and fields. 2016 Jan;76(4):210.
Aad, G., et al. “Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at [Formula: see text] = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector.The European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields, vol. 76, no. 4, Jan. 2016, p. 210. Epmc, doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4034-8.
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Search for new phenomena in events with at least three photons collected in pp collisions at [Formula: see text] = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. The European physical journal C, Particles and fields. 2016 Jan;76(4):210.
Journal cover image

Published In

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields

DOI

EISSN

1434-6052

ISSN

1434-6044

Publication Date

January 2016

Volume

76

Issue

4

Start / End Page

210

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics