Allbrooke, B M M, Asquith, L, Cerri, A, Chavez Barajas, C A, De Santo, A, Salvatore, F, Santoyo Castillo, I, Suruliz, K, Sutton, M R, Vivarelli, I and The ATLAS Collaboration, (2013) Search for new phenomena in photon + jet events collected in proton–proton collisions at View the √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 728. pp. 562-578. ISSN 0370-2693

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Abstract

This Letter describes a model-independent search for the production of new resonances in photon + jet (γ+jet) events using 20 fb−1 of proton–proton LHC data recorded with the ATLAS detector at a centre-of-mass energy of View the MathML sources=8 TeV. The γ+jet mass distribution is compared to a background model fit from data; no significant deviation from the background-only hypothesis is found. Limits are set at 95% credibility level on generic Gaussian-shaped signals and two benchmark phenomena beyond the Standard Model: non-thermal quantum black holes and excited quarks. Non-thermal quantum black holes are excluded below masses of 4.6 TeV and excited quarks are excluded below masses of 3.5 TeV.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Experimental Particle Physics Research Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Richard Chambers
Date Deposited:	15 Feb 2017 08:48
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2017 01:20
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/66750

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