This Letter presents a search for contact interactions in the dielectron and dimuon channels using data from proton-proton collisions produced by the LHC at,root s = 7 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. The data sample, collected in 2011, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.08 and 1.21 fb(-1) in the e(+)e(-) and mu(+)mu(-) channels, respectively. No significant deviations from the standard model are observed. Using a Bayesian approach with a prior flat in 1/A(2), the following 95% CL lower limits are placed on the energy scale of llqq contact interactions: A(-) > 10.1 TeV (A(+) > 9.4 TeV) in the electron channel and A(-) > 8.0 TeV (A(+) > 7.0 TeV) in the muon channel for constructive (destructive) interference in the left-left isoscalar contact interaction model. Limits are also provided for a prior flat in 1/A(4). (C) 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Search for contact interactions in dilepton events from pp collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A.A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abouzeid, O.S., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Acerbi, E., Acharya, B.S., Adamczyk, L., Adams, D.L., Addy, T.N., Adelman, J., Aderholz, M., Adomeit, S., Adragna, P., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 712:1-2(2012), pp. 40-58. [10.1016/j.physletb.2012.04.026]

Search for contact interactions in dilepton events from pp collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Artoni;BAGNAIA, Paolo;BINI, Cesare;DE CECCO, Sandro;DIONISI, Carlo;GENTILE, Simonetta;GIAGU, Stefano;M. Kado;LACAVA, Francesco;LUCI, Claudio;MESSINA, Andrea;MONZANI, SIMONE;A. Policicchio;SOLFAROLI CAMILLOCCI, ELENA;VANADIA, MARCO;VERDUCCI, MONICA;
2012

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This Letter presents a search for contact interactions in the dielectron and dimuon channels using data from proton-proton collisions produced by the LHC at,root s = 7 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. The data sample, collected in 2011, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.08 and 1.21 fb(-1) in the e(+)e(-) and mu(+)mu(-) channels, respectively. No significant deviations from the standard model are observed. Using a Bayesian approach with a prior flat in 1/A(2), the following 95% CL lower limits are placed on the energy scale of llqq contact interactions: A(-) > 10.1 TeV (A(+) > 9.4 TeV) in the electron channel and A(-) > 8.0 TeV (A(+) > 7.0 TeV) in the muon channel for constructive (destructive) interference in the left-left isoscalar contact interaction model. Limits are also provided for a prior flat in 1/A(4). (C) 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2012
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Search for contact interactions in dilepton events from pp collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A.A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abouzeid, O.S., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Acerbi, E., Acharya, B.S., Adamczyk, L., Adams, D.L., Addy, T.N., Adelman, J., Aderholz, M., Adomeit, S., Adragna, P., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 712:1-2(2012), pp. 40-58. [10.1016/j.physletb.2012.04.026]
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