Search for Scalar Diphoton Resonances in the Mass Range 65{u2013}600 GeV with the ATLAS Detector in Pp Collision Data at S

Download or read book Search for Scalar Diphoton Resonances in the Mass Range 65{u2013}600 GeV with the ATLAS Detector in Pp Collision Data at S written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A search for scalar particles decaying via narrow resonances into two photons in the mass range 65–600 GeV is performed using 20.3 fb−1 of √s=8 TeV pp collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The recently discovered Higgs boson is treated as a background. No significant evidence for an additional signal is observed. The results are presented as limits at the 95% confidence level on the production cross section of a scalar boson times branching ratio into two photons, in a fiducial volume where the reconstruction efficiency is approximately independent of the event topology. Lastly, the upper limits set extend over a considerably wider mass range than previous searches.