Measurement of $W^{\pm}Z$ production cross sections and gauge boson polarisation in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, Morad ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 79 (2019) 535, 2019.
Inspire Record 1720438 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.83701

This paper presents measurements of $W^{\pm}Z$ production cross sections in $pp$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data were collected in 2015 and 2016 by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb$^{-1}$. The $W^{\pm}Z$ candidate events are reconstructed using leptonic decay modes of the gauge bosons into electrons and muons. The measured inclusive cross section in the detector fiducial region for a single leptonic decay mode is $\sigma_{W^\pm Z \rightarrow \ell^{'} \nu \ell \ell}^{\textrm{fid.}} = 63.7 \pm 1.0$ (stat.) $\pm 2.3$ (syst.) $\pm 1.4$ (lumi.) fb, reproduced by the next-to-next-to-leading-order Standard Model prediction of $61.5^{+1.4}_{-1.3}$ fb. Cross sections for $W^+Z$ and $W^-Z$ production and their ratio are presented as well as differential cross sections for several kinematic observables. An analysis of angular distributions of leptons from decays of $W$ and $Z$ bosons is performed for the first time in pair-produced events in hadronic collisions, and integrated helicity fractions in the detector fiducial region are measured for the $W$ and $Z$ bosons separately. Of particular interest, the longitudinal helicity fraction of pair-produced vector bosons is also measured.

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The measured $W^{\pm}Z$ fiducial cross section in the four channels and their combination. The first systematic uncertainty is the combined systematic uncertainty excluding luminosity uncertainty, the second is the modelling uncertainty, the third is luminosity uncertainty.

The measured $W^{+}Z$ fiducial cross section in the four channels and their combination. The first systematic uncertainty is the combined systematic uncertainty excluding luminosity uncertainty, the second is the modelling uncertainty, the third is luminosity uncertainty.

The measured $W^{-}Z$ fiducial cross section in the four channels and their combination. The first systematic uncertainty is the combined systematic uncertainty excluding luminosity uncertainty, the second is the modelling uncertainty, the third is luminosity uncertainty.

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Search for chargino-neutralino production using recursive jigsaw reconstruction in final states with two or three charged leptons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, Morad ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 98 (2018) 092012, 2018.
Inspire Record 1676551 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.83419

A search for electroweak production of supersymmetric particles is performed in two-lepton and three-lepton final states using recursive jigsaw reconstruction. The search uses data collected in 2015 and 2016 by the ATLAS experiment in $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV proton--proton collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb$^{-1}$. Chargino-neutralino pair production, with decays via W/Z bosons, is studied in final states involving leptons and jets and missing transverse momentum for scenarios with large and intermediate mass-splittings between the parent particle and lightest supersymmetric particle, as well as for the scenario where this mass splitting is close to the mass of the Z boson. The latter case is challenging since the vector bosons are produced with kinematic properties that are similar to those in Standard Model processes. Results are found to be compatible with the Standard Model expectations in the signal regions targeting large and intermediate mass-splittings, and chargino-neutralino masses up to 600 GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level for a massless lightest supersymmetric particle. Excesses of data above the expected background are found in the signal regions targeting low mass-splittings, and the largest local excess amounts to 3.0 standard deviations.

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Distributions of kinematic variables in the signal regions for the $2\ell$ channels after applying all selection requirements. The histograms show the post-fit background predictions. The last bin includes the overflow. The distribution for $H_{4,1}^{\textrm{PP}}$ in SR$2\ell$_Low is plotted. The expected distribution for a benchmark signal model, normalized to the NLO+NLL cross-section times integrated luminosity, is also shown for comparison.

Distributions of kinematic variables in the signal regions for the $2\ell$ channels after applying all selection requirements. The histograms show the post-fit background predictions. The last bin includes the overflow. The distribution for $\textrm{min}(H^{\textrm{P}_{\textrm{a}}}_{1,1},H^{\textrm{P}_{\textrm{b}}}_{1,1})/\textrm{min}(H^{\textrm{P}_{\textrm{a}}}_{2,1},H^{\textrm{P}_{\textrm{b}}}_{2,1})$ in SR$2\ell$_Low is plotted. The expected distribution for a benchmark signal model, normalized to the NLO+NLL cross-section times integrated luminosity, is also shown for comparison.

Distributions of kinematic variables in the signal regions for the $2\ell$ channels after applying all selection requirements. The histograms show the post-fit background predictions. The last bin includes the overflow. The distribution for $p_{\mathrm{T\ ISR}}^{~\textrm{CM}}$ in SR2$\ell$_ISR is plotted. The expected distribution for a benchmark signal model, normalized to the NLO+NLL cross-section times integrated luminosity, is also shown for comparison.

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Measurement of the production cross section of three isolated photons in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, Morad ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 781 (2018) 55-76, 2018.
Inspire Record 1644367 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.80511

A measurement of the production of three isolated photons in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV is reported. The results are based on an integrated luminosity of 20.2 fb$^{-1}$ collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The differential cross sections are measured as functions of the transverse energy of each photon, the difference in azimuthal angle and in pseudorapidity between pairs of photons, the invariant mass of pairs of photons, and the invariant mass of the triphoton system. A measurement of the inclusive fiducial cross section is also reported. Next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD predictions are compared to the cross-section measurements. The predictions underestimate the measurement of the inclusive fiducial cross section and the differential measurements at low photon transverse energies and invariant masses. They provide adequate descriptions of the measurements at high values of the photon transverse energies, invariant mass of pairs of photons, and invariant mass of the triphoton system.

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The three isolated photons cross section with systematic and statistical uncertainties as a function of ET(Photon1).

The three isolated photons cross section with systematic and statistical uncertainties as a function of ET(Photon2).

The three isolated photons cross section with systematic and statistical uncertainties as a function of ET(Photon3).

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Search for supersymmetry in events with $b$-tagged jets and missing transverse momentum in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, Morad ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
JHEP 11 (2017) 195, 2017.
Inspire Record 1620694 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.79165

A search for the supersymmetric partners of the Standard Model bottom and top quarks is presented. The search uses 36.1 fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Direct production of pairs of bottom and top squarks ($\tilde{b}_{1}$ and $\tilde{t}_{1}$) is searched for in final states with $b$-tagged jets and missing transverse momentum. Distinctive selections are defined with either no charged leptons (electrons or muons) in the final state, or one charged lepton. The zero-lepton selection targets models in which the $\tilde{b}_{1}$ is the lightest squark and decays via $\tilde{b}_{1} \rightarrow b \tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}$, where $\tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}$ is the lightest neutralino. The one-lepton final state targets models where bottom or top squarks are produced and can decay into multiple channels, $\tilde{b}_{1} \rightarrow b \tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}$ and $\tilde{b}_{1} \rightarrow t \tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_{1}$, or $\tilde{t}_{1} \rightarrow t \tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}$ and $\tilde{t}_{1} \rightarrow b \tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_{1}$, where $\tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_{1}$ is the lightest chargino and the mass difference $m_{\tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_{1}}- m_{\tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}}$ is set to 1 GeV. No excess above the expected Standard Model background is observed. Exclusion limits at 95\% confidence level on the mass of third-generation squarks are derived in various supersymmetry-inspired simplified models.

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br/><b>Acceptance:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance1">b0L-SRA350</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance2">b0L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance3">b0L-SRA550</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance4">b0L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance5">b0L-SRC</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance6">b0L-best</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance7">b1L-SRA300-2j</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance8">b1L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance9">b1L-SRA600</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance10">b1L-SRA750</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance11">b1L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance12">b1L-best</a><br/><br/><b>Efficiency:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency1">b0L-SRA350</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency2">b0L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency3">b0L-SRA550</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency4">b0L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency5">b0L-SRC</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency6">b0L-best</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency7">b1L-SRA300-2j</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency8">b1L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency9">b1L-SRA600</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency10">b1L-SRA750</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency11">b1L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency12">b1L-best</a><br/><br/><b>Best SR Mapping:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=BestSR4">b0L</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=BestSR1">b1L</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=BestSR2">b0L</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=BestSR3">combined</a><br/><br/><b>Exclusion Contour:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> b0L-SRA350&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour1">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour2">obs</a> b0L-SRA450&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour5">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour6">obs</a> b0L-SRA550&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour9">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour10">obs</a> b0L-SRB&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour11">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour12">obs</a> b0L-SRC&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour15">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour16">obs</a> b0L-best&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour17">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour18">obs</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> b0L-SRA350&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour3">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour4">obs</a> b0L-SRA450&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour7">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour8">obs</a> b0L-SRB&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour13">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour14">obs</a> b0L-best&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour19">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour20">obs</a> b1L-SRA300-2j&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour21">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour22">obs</a> b1L-SRA450&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour23">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour24">obs</a> b1L-SRA600&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour25">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour26">obs</a> b1L-SRA750&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour27">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour28">obs</a> b1L-SRB&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour29">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour30">obs</a> b1L-best&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour31">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour32">obs</a> A-LowMass&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour33">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour34">obs</a> A-HighMass&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour35">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour36">obs</a> B combination&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour37">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour38">obs</a> Best combination&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour39">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour40">obs</a><br/><br/><b>SR Distribution:</b><br/><a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution1">b0L-SRA</a>: $m_{\mathrm{CT}}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution2">b0L-SRB</a>: $\mathrm{min[m_{T}(jet_{1-4}, E_{T}^{miss})]}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution3">b0L-SRC</a>: ${\cal A}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution4">b1L-SRA300-2j</a>: $\mathrm{m_{bb}}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution5">b1L-SRA</a>: $\mathrm{m_{eff}}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution6">b1L-SRB</a>: $\mathrm{m_{T}}$<br/><br/><b>Cross section upper limit:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection1">b0L-best</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection2">b0L-SRA350</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection3">b0L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection4">b0L-SRA550</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection5">b0L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection6">b0L-SRC</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection7">b0L-best</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection8">b0L-SRA350</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection9">b0L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection10">b0L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection11">b1L-best</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection12">b1L-SRA300-2j</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection13">b1L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection14">b1L-SRA600</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection15">b1L-SRA750</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection16">b1L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection17">best combination</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection18">A-LowMass</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection19">A-HighMass</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection20">B combination</a><br/><br/><b>Cutflow:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable1">b0L-SRA (1 TeV, 1 GeV)</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable2">b0L-SRB (700 GeV, 450 GeV)</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable3">b0L-SRC (450 GeV, 430 GeV)</a><br/><i>mixed:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable4">b1L-SRA (700 GeV, 300 GeV)</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable5">b1L-SRA300-2j (700 GeV, 300 GeV)</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable6">b0L-SRA (700 GeV, 300 GeV)</a><br/><br/><b>Truth Code</b> and <b>SLHA Files</b> for the cutflows are available under "Resources" (purple button on the left)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br/><b>Acceptance:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance1">b0L-SRA350</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance2">b0L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance3">b0L-SRA550</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance4">b0L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance5">b0L-SRC</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance6">b0L-best</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance7">b1L-SRA300-2j</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance8">b1L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance9">b1L-SRA600</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance10">b1L-SRA750</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance11">b1L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Acceptance12">b1L-best</a><br/><br/><b>Efficiency:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency1">b0L-SRA350</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency2">b0L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency3">b0L-SRA550</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency4">b0L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency5">b0L-SRC</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency6">b0L-best</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency7">b1L-SRA300-2j</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency8">b1L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency9">b1L-SRA600</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency10">b1L-SRA750</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency11">b1L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Efficiency12">b1L-best</a><br/><br/><b>Best SR Mapping:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=BestSR4">b0L</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=BestSR1">b1L</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=BestSR2">b0L</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=BestSR3">combined</a><br/><br/><b>Exclusion Contour:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> b0L-SRA350&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour1">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour2">obs</a> b0L-SRA450&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour5">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour6">obs</a> b0L-SRA550&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour9">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour10">obs</a> b0L-SRB&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour11">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour12">obs</a> b0L-SRC&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour15">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour16">obs</a> b0L-best&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour17">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour18">obs</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> b0L-SRA350&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour3">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour4">obs</a> b0L-SRA450&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour7">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour8">obs</a> b0L-SRB&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour13">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour14">obs</a> b0L-best&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour19">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour20">obs</a> b1L-SRA300-2j&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour21">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour22">obs</a> b1L-SRA450&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour23">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour24">obs</a> b1L-SRA600&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour25">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour26">obs</a> b1L-SRA750&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour27">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour28">obs</a> b1L-SRB&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour29">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour30">obs</a> b1L-best&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour31">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour32">obs</a> A-LowMass&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour33">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour34">obs</a> A-HighMass&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour35">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour36">obs</a> B combination&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour37">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour38">obs</a> Best combination&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour39">exp</a>&nbsp;<a href="79165?version=1&table=Contour40">obs</a><br/><br/><b>SR Distribution:</b><br/><a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution1">b0L-SRA</a>: $m_{\mathrm{CT}}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution2">b0L-SRB</a>: $\mathrm{min[m_{T}(jet_{1-4}, E_{T}^{miss})]}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution3">b0L-SRC</a>: ${\cal A}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution4">b1L-SRA300-2j</a>: $\mathrm{m_{bb}}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution5">b1L-SRA</a>: $\mathrm{m_{eff}}$ <a href="79165?version=1&table=SRdistribution6">b1L-SRB</a>: $\mathrm{m_{T}}$<br/><br/><b>Cross section upper limit:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection1">b0L-best</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection2">b0L-SRA350</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection3">b0L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection4">b0L-SRA550</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection5">b0L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection6">b0L-SRC</a><br/><i>asymmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection7">b0L-best</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection8">b0L-SRA350</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection9">b0L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection10">b0L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection11">b1L-best</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection12">b1L-SRA300-2j</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection13">b1L-SRA450</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection14">b1L-SRA600</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection15">b1L-SRA750</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection16">b1L-SRB</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection17">best combination</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection18">A-LowMass</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection19">A-HighMass</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=Limitoncrosssection20">B combination</a><br/><br/><b>Cutflow:</b><br/><i>symmetric:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable1">b0L-SRA (1 TeV, 1 GeV)</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable2">b0L-SRB (700 GeV, 450 GeV)</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable3">b0L-SRC (450 GeV, 430 GeV)</a><br/><i>mixed:</i> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable4">b1L-SRA (700 GeV, 300 GeV)</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable5">b1L-SRA300-2j (700 GeV, 300 GeV)</a> <a href="79165?version=1&table=CutflowTable6">b0L-SRA (700 GeV, 300 GeV)</a><br/><br/><b>Truth Code</b> and <b>SLHA Files</b> for the cutflows are available under "Resources" (purple button on the left)

Signal acceptance (in %) in the ( M(SBOTTOM), M(NEUTRALINO) ) mass plane for the symmetric decay of the sbottom into bottom quark and neutralino, for the b0L-SRA350 signal region.

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Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying into top and bottom quarks at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, Morad ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
JHEP 11 (2018) 085, 2018.
Inspire Record 1686365 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.83203

A search for charged Higgs bosons heavier than the top quark and decaying via $H^\pm \rightarrow tb$ is presented. The data analysed corresponds to 36.1 fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV and was recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015 and 2016. The production of a charged Higgs boson in association with a top quark and a bottom quark, $pp \rightarrow tb H^\pm$, is explored in the mass range from $m_{H^\pm}$ = 200 to 2000 GeV using multi-jet final states with one or two electrons or muons. Events are categorised according to the multiplicity of jets and how likely these are to have originated from hadronisation of a bottom quark. Multivariate techniques are used to discriminate between signal and background events. No significant excess above the background-only hypothesis is observed and exclusion limits are derived for the production cross-section times branching fraction of a charged Higgs boson as a function of its mass, which range from 2.9 pb at $m_{H^\pm}$ = 200 GeV to 0.070 pb at $m_{H^\pm}$ = 2000 GeV. The results are interpreted in two benchmark scenarios of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model.

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Expected and observed limits for the production of $H^{+} \to tb$ in association with a top quark and a bottom quark. The bands surrounding the expected limit show the 68% and 95% confidence intervals. The limits are based on the combination of the $\ell+$jets and $\ell\ell$ final states. Theory predictions are shown for three representative values of $\tan\beta$ in the $m_h^{\mathrm{mod-}}$ benchmark scenario. Uncertainties in the predicted $H^+$ cross-sections or branching ratios are not considered.

Expected and observed upper limits on $\tan\beta$ as a function of $m_{H^{+}}$ in the $m_h^{\mathrm{mod-}}$ scenario of the MSSM. Limits are shown for $\tan\beta$ values in the range of 0.5-60, where predictions are available from both scenarios. The bands surrounding the expected limits show the 68% and 95% confidence intervals. The limits are based on the combination of the $\ell+$jets and $\ell\ell$ final states. The production cross-section of $t\bar{t}H$ and $tH$, as well as the branching ratios of the $H$, are fixed to their SM values at each point in the plane. Uncertainties on the predicted $H^{+}$ cross-sections or branching ratios are not considered.

Expected and observed lower limits on $\tan\beta$ as a function of $m_{H^{+}}$ in the $m_h^{\mathrm{mod-}}$ scenario of the MSSM. Limits are shown for $\tan\beta$ values in the range of 0.5-60, where predictions are available from both scenarios. The bands surrounding the expected limits show the 68% and 95% confidence intervals. The limits are based on the combination of the $\ell+$jets and $\ell\ell$ final states. The production cross-section of $t\bar{t}H$ and $tH$, as well as the branching ratios of the $H$, are fixed to their SM values at each point in the plane. Uncertainties on the predicted $H^{+}$ cross-sections or branching ratios are not considered.

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Measurements of Higgs boson properties in the diphoton decay channel with 36 fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, Morad ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 98 (2018) 052005, 2018.
Inspire Record 1654582 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.83417

Properties of the Higgs boson are measured in the two-photon final state using 36.1 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data recorded at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Cross-section measurements for the production of a Higgs boson through gluon-gluon fusion, vector-boson fusion, and in association with a vector bosonor a top-quark pair are reported. The signal strength, defined as the ratio of the observed to the expected signal yield, is measured for each of these production processes as well as inclusively. The global signal strength measurement of $0.99 \pm 0.14$ improves on the precision of the ATLAS measurement at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ and 8 TeV by a factor of two. Measurements of gluon-gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion productions yield signal strengths compatible with the Standard Model prediction. Measurements of simplified template cross sections, designed to quantify the different Higgs boson production processes in specific regions of phase space, are reported. The cross section for the production of the Higgs boson decaying to two isolated photons in a fiducial region closely matching the experimental selection of the photons is measured to be $55 \pm 10$ fb, which is in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction of $64 \pm 2$ fb. Furthermore, cross sections in fiducial regions enriched in Higgs boson production in vector-boson fusion or in association with large missing transverse momentum, leptons or top-quark pairs are reported. Differential and double-differential measurements are performed for several variables related to the diphoton kinematics as well as the kinematics and multiplicity of the jets produced in association with a Higgs boson. No significant deviations from a wide array of Standard Model predictions are observed.

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Measured differential cross section with associated uncertainties as a function of PT(2GAMMA). Each systematic uncertainty sources is fully uncorrelated with the other sources and fully correlated across bins, except for the background modelling systematics for which an uncorrelated treatment across bins is more appropriate.

Measured differential cross section with associated uncertainties as a function of YRAP(2GAMMA). Each systematic uncertainty sources is fully uncorrelated with the other sources and fully correlated across bins, except for the background modelling systematics for which an uncorrelated treatment across bins is more appropriate.

Measured differential cross section with associated uncertainties as a function of PTTHRUST(2GAMMA). Each systematic uncertainty sources is fully uncorrelated with the other sources and fully correlated across bins, except for the background modelling systematics for which an uncorrelated treatment across bins is more appropriate.

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Search for dark matter in events with a hadronically decaying vector boson and missing transverse momentum in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, M. ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
JHEP 10 (2018) 180, 2018.
Inspire Record 1684341 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.83180

A search for dark matter (DM) particles produced in association with a hadronically decaying vector boson is performed using $pp$ collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb$^{-1}$, recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. This analysis improves on previous searches for processes with hadronic decays of $W$ and $Z$ bosons in association with large missing transverse momentum (mono-$W/Z$ searches) due to the larger dataset and further optimization of the event selection and signal region definitions. In addition to the mono-$W/Z$ search, the as yet unexplored hypothesis of a new vector boson $Z^\prime$ produced in association with dark matter is considered (mono-$Z^\prime$ search). No significant excess over the Standard Model prediction is observed. The results of the mono-$W/Z$ search are interpreted in terms of limits on invisible Higgs boson decays into dark matter particles, constraints on the parameter space of the simplified vector-mediator model and generic upper limits on the visible cross sections for $W/Z$+DM production. The results of the mono-$Z^\prime$ search are shown in the framework of several simplified-model scenarios involving DM production in association with the $Z^\prime$ boson.

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The product of the acceptance and effifiency. Defined as the number of signal events satisfying the full set of selection criteria, divided by the total number of generated signal events, after the full event selection for the combined mono-W and mono-Z signal of the simplified vector-mediator model, shown in dependence on mass of the Z' mediator (mZp). For a given model, the signal contributions from each category are summed together.

The product of the acceptance and effifiency. Defined as the number of signal events satisfying the full set of selection criteria, divided by the total number of generated signal events, after the full event selection for the mono-Z' dark fermion and dark-Higgs signal models, shown in dependence on the mass of the Z' mediator (mZp). For a given model, the signal contributions from each category are summed together.

The observed and expected MET distributions with 36.1fb-1 of data with sqrt(s) = 13 TeV in the mono-W/Z signal region with the merged event topology after the profile-likelihood fit. This is shown for the 0b-tagged jet, high purity, event category.

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Measurement of lepton differential distributions and the top quark mass in $t\bar{t}$ production in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, M. ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 77 (2017) 804, 2017.
Inspire Record 1626105 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.77890

This paper presents single lepton and dilepton kinematic distributions measured in dileptonic $t\bar{t}$ events produced in 20.2 fb$^{-1}$ of $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV $pp$ collisions recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Both absolute and normalised differential cross-sections are measured, using events with an opposite-charge $e\mu$ pair and one or two $b$-tagged jets. The cross-sections are measured in a fiducial region corresponding to the detector acceptance for leptons, and are compared to the predictions from a variety of Monte Carlo event generators, as well as fixed-order QCD calculations, exploring the sensitivity of the cross-sections to the gluon parton distribution function. Some of the distributions are also sensitive to the top quark pole mass; a combined fit of NLO fixed-order predictions to all the measured distributions yields a top quark mass value of $m_t^{\rm pole}=173.2\pm 0.9\pm0.8\pm1.2$ GeV, where the three uncertainties arise from data statistics, experimental systematics, and theoretical sources.

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Absolute differential cross-section in the fiducial region as a function of lepton pT. The first column gives the cross-section including contributions from leptonic tau decays, the second without. Systematic uncertainties are given for ttbar modelling (ttmod), lepton calibration (lept), jet and b-tagging calibration (jet), backgrounds (bkg) and integrated luminosity and beam energy (leb).

Absolute differential cross-section in the fiducial region as a function of lepton pT. The first column gives the cross-section including contributions from leptonic tau decays, the second without. Systematic uncertainties are given for ttbar modelling (ttmod), lepton calibration (lept), jet and b-tagging calibration (jet), backgrounds (bkg) and integrated luminosity and beam energy (leb).

Normalised differential cross-section in the fiducial region as a function of lepton pT. The first column gives the cross-section including contributions from leptonic tau decays, the second without. Systematic uncertainties are given for ttbar modelling (ttmod), lepton calibration (lept), jet and b-tagging calibration (jet), backgrounds (bkg) and integrated luminosity and beam energy (leb).

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Search for vector-boson resonances decaying to a top quark and bottom quark in the lepton plus jets final state in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, Morad ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 788 (2019) 347-370, 2019.
Inspire Record 1684216 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.83825

A search for new charged massive gauge bosons, $W^\prime$, is performed with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Data were collected in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 $\textrm{fb}^{-1}$. This analysis searches for $W^\prime$ bosons in the $W^\prime \rightarrow t\bar{b}$ decay channel in final states with an electron or muon plus jets. The search covers resonance masses between 0.5 and 5.0 TeV and considers right-handed $W^\prime$ bosons. No significant deviation from the Standard Model (SM) expectation is observed and upper limits are set on the $W^\prime \rightarrow t\bar{b}$ cross section times branching ratio and the $W^\prime$ boson effective couplings as a function of the $W^\prime$ boson mass. For right-handed $W^\prime$ bosons with coupling to the SM particles equal to the SM weak coupling constant, masses below 3.15 TeV are excluded at the 95% confidence level. This search is also combined with a previously published ATLAS result for $W^\prime \rightarrow t\bar{b}$ in the fully hadronic final state. Using the combined searches, right-handed $W^\prime$ bosons with masses below 3.25 TeV are excluded at the 95% confidence level.

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Signal selection efficiency (efficiency is defined as the number of events passing all selections divided by the total number of simulated $W' \to t\bar{b} \to \ell \nu b \bar{b}$ events) in the signal region as a function of the simulated $W^\prime_{\textrm{R}}$ mass.

Distribution of the reconstructed invariant mass of the $W^\prime$ boson candidate in the 2-jet 1-tag VR$_{\textrm{HF}}$ electron validation region. Background templates are fit to data in each VR using the same statistical method as for the signal region except that the normalizations of $t\bar{t}$ and $W$+jets backgrounds are constrained to the post-fit rates obtained in the signal region. Uncertainties include all the systematic and statistical uncertainties.

Distribution of the reconstructed invariant mass of the $W^\prime$ boson candidate in the 2-jet 1-tag VR$_{\textrm{HF}}$ muon validation region. Background templates are fit to data in each VR using the same statistical method as for the signal region except that the normalizations of $t\bar{t}$ and $W$+jets backgrounds are constrained to the post-fit rates obtained in the signal region. Uncertainties include all the systematic and statistical uncertainties.

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Search for new phenomena in events with same-charge leptons and $b$-jets in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}= 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aaboud, Morad ; Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; et al.
JHEP 12 (2018) 039, 2018.
Inspire Record 1684489 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.83662

A search for new phenomena in events with two same-charge leptons or three leptons and jets identified as originating from $b$-quarks in a data sample of 36.1 fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}= 13$ TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider is reported. No significant excess is found and limits are set on vector-like quark, four-top-quark, and same-sign top-quark pair production. The observed (expected) 95% CL mass limits for a vector-like $T$- and $B$-quark singlet are $m_T &gt; 0.98$ $(0.99)$ TeV and $m_B &gt; 1.00$ $(1.01)$ TeV respectively. Limits on the production of the vector-like $T_{5/3}$-quark are also derived considering both pair and single production; in the former case the lower limit on the mass of the $T_{5/3}$-quark is (expected to be) 1.19 (1.21) TeV. The Standard Model four-top-quark production cross-section upper limit is (expected to be) 69 (29) fb. Constraints are also set on exotic four-top-quark production models. Finally, limits are set on same-sign top-quark pair production. The upper limit on $uu \to tt$ production is (expected to be) 89 (59) fb for a mediator mass of 1 TeV, and a dark-matter interpretation is also derived, excluding a mediator of 3 TeV with a dark-sector coupling of 1.0 and a coupling to ordinary matter above 0.31.

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Expected and observed limits on vector-like B-quark pair production as a function of mass, assuming the branching ratios expected in the singlet model.

Expected and observed limits on vector-like B-quark pair production as a function of mass, assuming the branching ratios expected in the singlet model.

Expected and observed limits on vector-like T-quark pair production as a function of mass, assuming the branching ratios expected in the singlet model.

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