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Search for contact interactions in μ(+)μ(−) events in pp collisions at s√=7 TeV
Baringer, Philip S. Bean, Alice Benelli, Gabriele Grachov, Oleg A. Kenny, R. P., III Murray, Michael J. Noonan, Danny Sanders, Stephen J. Stringer, Robert W. Tinti, Gemma
Baringer, Philip S.
Bean, Alice
Benelli, Gabriele
Grachov, Oleg A.
Kenny, R. P., III
Murray, Michael J.
Noonan, Danny
Sanders, Stephen J.
Stringer, Robert W.
Tinti, Gemma
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Results are reported from a search for the effects of contact interactions using events with a high-mass, oppositely charged muon pair. The events are collected in proton-proton collisions at s√=7 TeV using the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.3 fb(−1). The observed dimuon mass spectrum is consistent with that expected from the standard model. The data are interpreted in the context of a quark- and muon-compositeness model with a left-handed isoscalar current and an energy scale parameter Λ. The 95% confidence level lower limit on Λ is 9.5 TeV under the assumption of destructive interference between the standard model and contact-interaction amplitudes. For constructive interference, the limit is 13.1 TeV. These limits are comparable to the most stringent ones reported to date.
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This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032001.
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2013-02-01
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S. Chatrchyan et al. (CMS Collaboration). (2013). "Search for contact interactions in μ+μ− events in pp collisions at s√=7 TeV." Physical Review D, 87(3):032001. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032001.