Search for new phenomena in the WW -> vertical bar v vertical bar ' v ' final state in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector


Aad G., Abajyan T., Abbott B., Abdallah J., Khalek S. A., Abdelalim A. A., ...More

PHYSICS LETTERS B, vol.718, no.3, pp.860-878, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 718 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.11.040
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.860-878
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This Letter reports a search for a heavy particle that decays to WW using events produced in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV. The data were recorded in 2011 by the ATLAS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb(-1). WW -> lvl'v' (l,l' = e or mu) final states are considered and the distribution of the transverse mass of the W W candidates is found to be consistent with Standard Model expectations. Upper limits on the production cross section times branching ratio into W boson pairs are set for Randall-Sundrum and bulk Randall-Sundrum gravitons, which result in observed 95% CL lower limits on the masses of the two particles of 1.23 TeV and 0.84 TeV, respectively. (C) 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.