Search for microscopic black holes in a like-sign dimuon final state using large track multiplicity with the ATLAS detector


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Aad G., Abajyan T., Abbott B., Abdallah J., Abdel Khalek S., Abdinov O., ...More

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, no.7, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevd.88.072001
  • Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A search is presented for microscopic black holes in a like-sign dimuon final state in proton-proton collisions at root s = 8 TeV. The data were collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb(-1). Using a high track multiplicity requirement, 0.6 +/- 0.2 background events from Standard Model processes are predicted and none observed. This result is interpreted in the context of low-scale gravity models and 95% C.L. lower limits on microscopic black hole masses are set for different model assumptions.