Search for nonpointing photons in the diphoton and missing transverse energy final state in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions using the ATLAS detector - IN2P3 - Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules
Journal Articles Physical Review D Year : 2013

Search for nonpointing photons in the diphoton and missing transverse energy final state in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions using the ATLAS detector

G. Aad , S. Abdel Khalek (1) , N. Andari (1) , E. Augé (1) , M. Benoit (1) , S. Binet (1) , C. Bourdarios (1) , C. de La Taille (1) , J.B. de Vivie de Regie (1) , L. Duflot (1) , M. Escalier (1) , L. Fayard (1) , D. Fournier (1) , J.-F. Grivaz (1) , S. Henrot-Versillé (1) , J. Hrivnac (1) , L. Iconomidou-Fayard (1) , J. Idarraga (1) , M. Kado (1) , N. Lorenzo Martinez (1) , A. Lounis (1) , N. Makovec (1) , F. Niedercorn (1) , L. Poggioli (1) , P. Puzo (1) , A. Renaud (1) , D. Rousseau (1) , G. Rybkin (1) , J.B. Sauvan (1) , J. Schaarschmidt (1) , A.C. Schaffer (1) , L. Serin (1) , S. Simion (1) , R. Tanaka (1) , M. Teinturier (1) , J.J. Veillet (1) , D. Zerwas (1) , Zhiqing Zhang (1) , C. Biscarat (2) , G. Rahal (2) , M. Barbero (3) , C. P. Bee (3) , C. Bertella (3) , N. Bousson (3) , J. C. Clémens (3) , Y. Coadou (3) , F. Djama (3) , F. Etienne (3) , L. Feligioni (3) , D. Hoffmann (3) , F. Hubaut (3) , E. B. F. G. Knoops (3) , E. Le Guirriec (3) , B. Li (3) , J. Maurer (3) , E. Monnier (3) , Y. Nagai (3) , J. Odier (3) , P. Pralavorio (3) , A. Rozanov (3) , T. Serre (3) , M. Talby (3) , N. Tannoury (3) , E. Tiouchichine (3) , S. Tisserant (3) , J. Toth (3) , F. Touchard (3) , M. Ughetto (3) , L. Vacavant (3) , S. Albrand (4) , Q. Buat (4) , B. Clement (4) , J. Collot (4) , S. Crépé-Renaudin (4) , B. Dechenaux (4) , T. Delemontex (4) , P.A. Delsart (4) , M.H. Genest (4) , J.Y. Hostachy (4) , E. Laisne (4) , F. Ledroit-Guillon (4) , A. Lleres (4) , A. Lucotte (4) , F. Malek (4) , C. Monini (4) , J. Stark (4) , X. Sun (4) , B. Trocmé (4) , D. Boumediene (5) , Emmanuel Busato (5) , D. Calvet (5) , S. Calvet (5) , J. Donini (5) , E. Dubreuil (5) , N. Ghodbane (5) , Ph. Gris (5) , C. Guicheney (5) , H. Liao (5) , D. Pallin (5) , Daniela Paredes Hernández (5) , F. Podlyski (5) , C. Santoni (5) , Timothée Theveneaux-Pelzer (5) , Loïc Valery (5) , F. Vazeille (5) , N. Berger (6) , J. Colas (6) , M. Delmastro (6) , L. Di Ciaccio (6) , T.K.O. Doan (6) , S. Elles (6) , C. Goy (6) , T. Hryn'Ova (6) , S. Jézéquel (6) , H. Keoshkerian (6) , R. Lafaye (6) , J. Leveque (6) , V.P. Lombardo (6) , M. Maeno (6) , N. Massol (6) , P. Perrodo (6) , E. Petit (6) , H. Przysiezniak (6) , G. Sauvage (6) , E. Sauvan (6) , M. Schwoerer (6) , T. Todorov (6) , D. Tsionou (6) , I. Wingerter-Seez (6) , R. Zitoun (6)
G. Aad
E. Augé
D. Rousseau
Zhiqing Zhang
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Y. Coadou
E. Monnier
S. Calvet
N. Berger
C. Goy
T. Hryn'Ova

Abstract

A search has been performed for photons originating in the decay of a neutral long-lived particle, exploiting the capabilities of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter to make precise measurements of the flight direction of photons, as well as the calorimeter's excellent time resolution. The search has been made in the diphoton plus missing transverse energy final state, using the full data sample of 4.8/fb of 7 TeV proton-proton collisions collected in 2011 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. No excess is observed above the background expected from Standard Model processes. The results are used to set exclusion limits in the context of Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking models, with the lightest neutralino being the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle and decaying with a lifetime in excess of 0.25 ns into a photon and a gravitino.

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in2p3-00818167 , version 1 (26-04-2013)

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G. Aad, S. Abdel Khalek, N. Andari, E. Augé, M. Benoit, et al.. Search for nonpointing photons in the diphoton and missing transverse energy final state in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions using the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D, 2013, 88, pp.012001. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevD.88.012001⟩. ⟨in2p3-00818167⟩
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