Search for large extra dimensions in dimuon and dielectron events in pp collisions at s √ =7 TeV.
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2012
abstract:
Results are presented from a search for large, extra spatial dimensions in events with either two isolated muons or two isolated electrons. The data are from proton-proton interactions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The size of the data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of approximately 2 inverse femtobarns. The observed dimuon and dielectron mass spectra are found to be consistent with standard-model expectations. Depending on the number of extra dimensions, the limits at 95% confidence level are in the range 2.5 TeV < Ms < 3.8 TeV, where Ms characterizes the scale for the onset of quantum gravity.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
CMS; Physics; Exotica; Dimuon; Dielectron; ADD; Extra dimensions; Gravitons; Field theories in dimensions other than four
List of contributors:
Baesso, PAOLO GIUSEPPE; Berzano, Umberto; Ratti, SERGIO PEPPINO; Riccardi, Cristina; Torre, Paola; Vitulo, Paolo; Viviani, Claudio
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