Abstract
The observation of forward proton scattering in association with lepton pairs (e+e-+p or μ+μ-+p) produced via photon fusion is presented. The scattered proton is detected by the ATLAS Forward Proton spectrometer while the leptons are reconstructed by the central ATLAS detector. Proton-proton collision data recorded in 2017 at a center-of-mass energy of √s = 13 TeV are analyzed, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 14.6 fb-1. A total of 57 (123) candidates in the ee+p(μμ+p) final state are selected, allowing the background-only hypothesis to be rejected with a significance exceeding five standard deviations in each channel. Proton-tagging techniques are introduced for cross-section measurements in the fiducial detector acceptance, corresponding to σee+p = 11.0 ± 2.6(stat) ± 1.2(syst) ± 0.3 (lumi) and σμμ+p = 7.2 ± 1.6(stat) ± 0.9(syst) ± 0.2(lumi) fb in the dielectron and dimuon channel, respectively.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 261801 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 125 |
Issue number | 26 |
Early online date | 23 Dec 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31 Dec 2020 |
Bibliographical note
31 pages in total, author list starting page 15, 3 figures, 1 table, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/STDM-2018-16/Keywords
- hep-ex