TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for an axion-like particle with forward proton scattering in association with photon pairs at ATLAS
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Åkesson, T.P.A.
AU - Doglioni, C.
AU - Ekman, P.A.
AU - Hedberg, V.
AU - Herde, H.
AU - Konya, B.
AU - Lytken, E.
AU - Poettgen, R.
AU - Simpson, N.D.
AU - Skorda, E.
AU - Smirnova, O.
AU - Zwalinski, L.
AU - ATLAS Collaboration
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - A search for forward proton scattering in association with light-by-light scattering mediated by an axion-like particle is presented, using the ATLAS Forward Proton spectrometer to detect scattered protons and the central ATLAS detector to detect pairs of outgoing photons. Proton-proton collision data recorded in 2017 at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV were analysed, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 14.6 fb −1. A total of 441 candidate events were selected. A search was made for a narrow resonance in the diphoton mass distribution, corresponding to an axion-like particle (ALP) with mass in the range 150–1600 GeV. No excess is observed above a smooth background. Upper limits on the production cross section of a narrow resonance are set as a function of the mass, and are interpreted as upper limits on the ALP production coupling constant, assuming 100% decay branching ratio into a photon pair. The inferred upper limit on the coupling constant is in the range 0.04–0.09 TeV −1 at 95% confidence level. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2023, The Author(s).
AB - A search for forward proton scattering in association with light-by-light scattering mediated by an axion-like particle is presented, using the ATLAS Forward Proton spectrometer to detect scattered protons and the central ATLAS detector to detect pairs of outgoing photons. Proton-proton collision data recorded in 2017 at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV were analysed, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 14.6 fb −1. A total of 441 candidate events were selected. A search was made for a narrow resonance in the diphoton mass distribution, corresponding to an axion-like particle (ALP) with mass in the range 150–1600 GeV. No excess is observed above a smooth background. Upper limits on the production cross section of a narrow resonance are set as a function of the mass, and are interpreted as upper limits on the ALP production coupling constant, assuming 100% decay branching ratio into a photon pair. The inferred upper limit on the coupling constant is in the range 0.04–0.09 TeV −1 at 95% confidence level. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2023, The Author(s).
KW - CP Violation
KW - Hadron-Hadron Scattering
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)234
DO - 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)234
M3 - Article
SN - 1029-8479
VL - 2023
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 7
M1 - 234
ER -