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Measurement of exclusive $\gamma\gamma\rightarrow \ell^+\ell^-$ production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

The collaboration
Phys.Lett.B 749 (2015) 242-261, 2015.

Abstract (data abstract)
CERN-LHC. This Letter reports a measurement of the exclusive $\gamma\gamma\rightarrow \ell^+\ell^- (\ell=e,~\mu)$ cross-section in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $7~\mathrm{TeV}$ by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, based on an integrated luminosity of $4.6~\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$. For the electron or muon pairs satisfying exclusive selection criteria, a fit to the dilepton acoplanarity distribution is used to extract the fiducial cross-sections. The cross-section in the electron channel is determined to be $\sigma_{\gamma\gamma\rightarrow e^+e^-}^{\mathrm{excl.}} = 0.428~\pm~0.035~(\mathrm{stat.})~\pm~0.018~(\mathrm{syst.})~\mathrm{pb}$ for a phase-space region with invariant mass of the electron pairs greater than $24~\mathrm{GeV}$, in which both electrons have transverse momentum $p_\mathrm{T}>12~\mathrm{GeV}$ and pseudorapidity $|\eta|<2.4$. For muon pairs with invariant mass greater than $20~\mathrm{GeV}$, muons transverse momentum $p_\mathrm{T}>10~\mathrm{GeV}$ and pseudorapidity $|\eta|<2.4$, the cross-section is determined to be $\sigma_{\gamma\gamma\rightarrow \mu^+\mu^- }^{\mathrm{excl.}} = 0.628~\pm~0.032~(\mathrm{stat.}) ~\pm~0.021~(\mathrm{syst.})~\mathrm{pb}$. When proton absorptive effects due to finite proton size are taken into account in the theory calculation, the measured cross-sections are found to be consistent with the prediction.

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Data from Page 11 and 12 of preprint

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Fiducial cross-section SIG for the exclusive e+ e- and mu+ mu- production.

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Data from Page 11 and 12 of preprint

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Ratios of the number of observed to the number of expected events based on the MC predictions (R) for the...

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Data from Figure 9a

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Detector response matrix (PROB) for the acoplanarity variable (ACO) for e+ e- channel (empty bins are not reported).

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Data from Figure 9b

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Detector response matrix (PROB) for the acoplanarity variable (ACO) for mu+ mu- channel (empty bins are not reported).

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Data from Figure 10a

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Acoplanarity (ACO) distributions unfolded for detector resolution, and lepton pair trigger, reconstruction and identification efficiencies for e+ e- channel (empty...

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Data from Figure 10b

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Acoplanarity (ACO) distributions unfolded for detector resolution, and lepton pair trigger, reconstruction and identification efficiencies for mu+ mu- channel (empty...

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Data from Figure 11a

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The lepton pair exclusive selection efficiency in the fiducial region for signal MC events as a function of M and...

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Data from Figure 11b

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The lepton pair exclusive selection efficiency in the fiducial region for signal MC events as a function of M and...

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Data from Figure 12a

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The lepton pair exclusive selection efficiency in the fiducial region for single-dissociative MC events as a function of M and...

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Data from Figure 12b

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The lepton pair exclusive selection efficiency in the fiducial region for single-dissociative MC events as a function of M and...