Measurement of light-by-light scattering and the Breit-Wheeler process, and search for axion-like particles in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions at $$\sqrt{{s}_{\text{NN}}}$$ = 5.02 TeV
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2025
Abstract:
Measurements of light-by-light scattering (LbL, γγ → γγ) and the Breit-Wheeler process (BW, γγ →e+e−) are reported in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5.02 TeV. The data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 nb−1, was collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 2018. Events with an exclusively produced γγ or e+e− pair with invariant masses mγγ,ee > 5 GeV, along with other fiducial criteria, are selected. The measured BW fiducial production cross section, σfid(γγ → e+e−) = 263.5 ± 1.8(stat) ± 17.8(syst) μb, as well as the differential distributions for various kinematic observables, are in agreement with leading-order quantum electrodynamics predictions complemented with final-state photon radiation. The measured differential BW cross sections allow discrimination between different theoretical descriptions of the photon flux of the lead ion. In the LbL final state, 26 exclusive diphoton candidate events are observed compared with 12.0 ± 2.9 expected for the background. Combined with previous results, the observed significance of the LbL signal with respect to the background-only hypothesis is above five standard deviations. The measured fiducial LbL scattering cross section, σfid(γγ → γγ) = 107 ± 24(stat) ± 13(syst) nb, is in agreement with next- to-leading-order predictions. Limits on the production of axion-like particles coupled to photons are set over the mass range 5–100 GeV, including the most stringent limits to date in the range of 5–10 GeV.
Tipologia CRIS:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Hadron-Hadron Scattering; Photon Production; Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
Elenco autori:
Null, Null; Hayrapetyan, A.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Andrejkovic, J. W.; Bergauer, T.; Chatterjee, S.; Damanakis, K.; Dragicevic, M.; Hussain, P. S.; Jeitler, M.; Krammer, N.; Li, A.; Liko, D.; Mikulec, I.; Schieck, J.; Schöfbeck, R.; Schwarz, D.; Sonawane, M.; Waltenberger, W.; Wulz, C. -E.; Janssen, T.; Van Laer, T.; Van Mechelen, P.; Breugelmans, N.; D'Hondt, J.; Dansana, S.; De Moor, A.; Delcourt, M.; Heyen, F.; Lowette, S.; Makarenko, I.; Müller, D.; Tavernier, S.; Tytgat, M.; Van Onsem, G. P.; Van Putte, S.; Vannerom, D.; Bilin, B.; Clerbaux, B.; Das, A. K.; De Lentdecker, G.; Evard, H.; Favart, L.; Gianneios, P.; Jaramillo, J.; Khalilzadeh, A.; Khan, F. A.; Lee, K.; Mahdavikhorrami, M.; Malara, A.; Paredes, S.; Shahzad, M. A.; Thomas, L.; Vanden Bemden, M.; Vander Velde, C.; Vanlaer, P.; De Coen, M.; Dobur, D.; Gokbulut, G.; Hong, Y.; Knolle, J.; Lambrecht, L.; Marckx, D.; Amarilo, K. Mota; Skovpen, K.; Van Den Bossche, N.; Van Der Linden, J.; Wezenbeek, L.; Benecke, A.; Bethani, A.; Bruno, G.; Caputo, C.; De Favereau De Jeneret, J.; Delaere, C.; Donertas, I. S.; Giammanco, A.; Guzel, A. O.; Jain, Sa.; Lemaitre, V.; Lidrych, J.; Mastrapasqua, P.; Tran, T. T.; Wertz, S.; Alves, G. A.; Alves Gallo Pereira, M.; Coelho, E.; Correia Silva, G.; Hensel, C.; Menezes De Oliveira, T.; Mora Herrera, C.; Moraes, A.; Rebello Teles, P.; Soeiro, M.; Vilela Pereira, A.; Aldá Júnior, W. L.; Barroso Ferreira Filho, M.; Brandao Malbouisson, H.; Carvalho, W.; Chinellato, J.; Da Costa, E. M.; Da Silveira, G. G.; De Jesus Damiao, D.; Fonseca De Souza, S.; Gomes De Souza, R.; Laux Kuhn, T.; Macedo, M.; Martins, J.; Mundim, L.; Nogima, H.; Pinheiro, J. P.; Santoro, A.; Sznajder, A.; Thiel, M.; Bernardes, C. A.; Calligaris, L.; Fernandez Perez Tomei, T. R.; Gregores, E. M.; Maietto Silverio, I.; Mercadante, P. G.; Novaes, S. F.; Orzari, B.; Padula, Sandra S.; Aleksandrov, A.; Antchev, G.; Hadjiiska, R.; Iaydjiev, P.; Misheva, M.; Shopova, M.; Sultanov, G.; Dimitrov, A.; Litov, L.; Pavlov, B.; Petkov, P.; Petrov, A.; Shumka, E.; Keshri, S.; Laroze, D.; Thakur, S.; Cheng, T.; Javaid, T.; Yuan, L.; Hu, Z.; Liang, Z.; Liu, J.; Yi, K.; Chen, G. M.; Chen, H. S.; Chen, M.; Iemmi, F.; Jiang, C. H.; Kapoor, A.; Liao, H.; Liu, Z. -A.; Sharma, R.; Song, J. N.; Tao, J.; Wang, C.; Wang, J.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, H.; Zhao, J.; Agapitos, A.; Ban, Y.; Carvalho Antunes De Oliveira, A.; Deng, S.; Guo, B.; Jiang, C.; Levin, A.; Li, C.; Li, Q.; Mao, Y.; Qian, S.; Qian, S. J.; Qin, X.; Sun, X.; Wang, D.; Yang, H.; Zhang, L.; Zhao, Y.; Zhou, C.; Yang, S.; You, Z.; Jaffel, K.; Lu, N.; Bauer, G.; Li, B.; Zhang, J.; Gao, X.; Li, Y.; Lin, Z.; Lu, C.; Xiao, M.; Avila, C.; Barbosa Trujillo, D. A.; Cabrera, A.; Florez, C.; Fraga, J.; Reyes Vega, J. A.; Ramirez, F.; Rendón, C.; Rodriguez, M.; Ruales Barbosa, A. A.; Ruiz Alvarez, J. D.; Giljanovic, D.; Godinovic, N.; Lelas, D.; Sculac, A.; Kovac, M.; Petkovic, A.; Sculac, T.; Bargassa, P.; Brigljevic, V.; Chitroda, B. K.; Ferencek, D.; Jakovcic, K.; Starodumov, A.; Susa, T.; Attikis, A.; Christoforou, K.; Hadjiagapiou, A.; Leonidou, C.; Mousa, J.; Nicolaou, C.; Paizanos, L.; Ptochos, F.; Razis, P. A.; Rykaczewski, H.; Saka, H.; Stepennov, A.; Finger, M.; Finger, M.; Kveton, A.; Ayala, E.; Carrera Jarrin, E.; Assran, Y.; El-mahdy, B.; Elgammal, S.; Mahmoud, M. A.; Mohammed, Y.; Ehataht, K.; Kadastik, M.; Lange, T.; Nandan, S.; Nielsen, C.; Pata, J.; Raidal, M.; Tani, L.; Veelken, C.; Kirschenmann, H.; Osterberg, K.; Voutilainen, M.; Bharthuar, S.; Bin Norjoharuddeen, N.; Brücken, E.; Garcia, F.; Inkaew, P.; Kallonen, K. T. S.; Lampén, T.; Lassila-Perini, K.; Lehti, S.; Lindén, T.; Martikainen, L.; Myllymäki, M.; Rantanen, M. M.; Siikonen, H.; Tuominiemi, J.; Luukka, P.; Petrow, H.; Besancon, M.; Couderc, F.; Dejardin, M.; Denegri, D.; Faure, J. L.; Ferri, F.; Ganjour, S.; Gras, P.; Hamel De Monchenault, G.; Kumar, M.; Lohezic, V.; Malcles, J.; Orlandi, F.; Portales, L.; Rosowsky, A
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