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Jet activity as a probe of diphoton resonance production

Harland-Lang, L.A.; Khoze, V.A.; Ryskin, M.G.; Spannowsky, M.

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Authors

L.A. Harland-Lang

V.A. Khoze

M.G. Ryskin



Abstract

We explore the method of using the measured jet activity associated with a high-mass resonance state to determine the corresponding production modes. To demonstrate the potential of the approach, we consider the case of a resonance of mass MR decaying to a diphoton final state. We perform a Monte Carlo study, considering three mass points MR = 0.75, 1.5, 2.5 TeV, and show that the γ γ , W W, gg and light and heavy qq initiated cases lead to distinct predictions for the jet multiplicity distributions. As an example, we apply this result to the ATLAS search for resonances in diphoton events, using the 2015 data set of 3.2 fb−1 at √s = 13 TeV. Taking the spin-0 selection, we demonstrate that a dominantly gg-initiated signal hypothesis is mildly disfavoured, while the γ γ and light quark cases give good descriptions within the limited statistics, and a dominantly W W-initiated hypothesis is found to be in strong tension with the data. We also comment on the bb initial state, which can already be constrained by the measured b-jet multiplicity. Finally, we present expected exclusion limits with integrated luminosity, and demonstrate that with just a few 10s of fb−1 we can expect to constrain the production modes of such a resonance.

Citation

Harland-Lang, L., Khoze, V., Ryskin, M., & Spannowsky, M. (2016). Jet activity as a probe of diphoton resonance production. The European Physical Journal C, 76, Article 623. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4471-4

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 31, 2016
Online Publication Date Nov 16, 2016
Publication Date Nov 16, 2016
Deposit Date Nov 10, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Print ISSN 1434-6044
Electronic ISSN 1434-6052
Publisher SpringerOpen
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 76
Article Number 623
DOI https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4471-4

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