Cross-sections for the production of a Z boson in association with two photons are measured in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb - 1 recorded by the ATLAS experiment during Run 2 of the LHC. The measurements use the electron and muon decay channels of the Z boson, and a fiducial phase-space region where the photons are not radiated from the leptons. The integrated Z(→ ℓℓ) γγ cross-section is measured with a precision of 12% and differential cross-sections are measured as a function of six kinematic variables of the Zγγ system. The data are compared with predictions from MC event generators which are accurate to up to next-to-leading order in QCD. The cross-section measurements are used to set limits on the coupling strengths of dimension-8 operators in the framework of an effective field theory.
Measurement of Zγγ production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Betti, A.; De Salvo, A.; Di Domenico, A.; Dionisi, C.; Bini, C.; Luci, C.; Pompa Pacchi, E.; Morodei, F.; Lacava, F.; Safai Tehrani, F.; Artoni, G.; Santi, L.; Martinelli, L.; Maiani, L; Bauce, M.; Gauzzi, P.; Gentile, S.; Falciano, S.; Giagu, S.; Ippolito, V.; Padovano, G.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - 83:6(2023). [10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11579-8]
Measurement of Zγγ production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Betti A.;De Salvo A.;Di Domenico A.;Dionisi C.;Bini C.;Luci C.;Pompa Pacchi E.;Morodei F.;Lacava F.;Safai Tehrani F.;Artoni G.;Santi L.;Martinelli L.;Maiani L;Bauce M.;Gauzzi P.;Gentile S.;Falciano S.;Giagu S.;Ippolito V.;Padovano G.
2023
Abstract
Cross-sections for the production of a Z boson in association with two photons are measured in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb - 1 recorded by the ATLAS experiment during Run 2 of the LHC. The measurements use the electron and muon decay channels of the Z boson, and a fiducial phase-space region where the photons are not radiated from the leptons. The integrated Z(→ ℓℓ) γγ cross-section is measured with a precision of 12% and differential cross-sections are measured as a function of six kinematic variables of the Zγγ system. The data are compared with predictions from MC event generators which are accurate to up to next-to-leading order in QCD. The cross-section measurements are used to set limits on the coupling strengths of dimension-8 operators in the framework of an effective field theory.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
