Abstract
Dijet events are studied in the proton-proton collision data set recorded at with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 and 2016, corresponding to integrated luminosities of and respectively. Invariant mass and angular distributions are compared to background predictions and no significant deviation is observed. For resonance searches, a new method for fitting the background component of the invariant mass distribution is employed. The data set is then used to set upper limits at a 95% confidence level on a range of new physics scenarios. Excited quarks with masses below 6.0 TeV are excluded, and limits are set on quantum black holes, heavy bosons, bosons, and a range of masses and couplings in a dark matter mediator model. Model-independent limits on signals with a Gaussian shape are also set, using a new approach allowing factorization of physics and detector effects. From the angular distributions, a scale of new physics in contact interaction models is excluded for scenarios with either constructive or destructive interference. These results represent a substantial improvement over those obtained previously with lower integrated luminosity.
- Received 28 March 2017
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.052004
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