Search for contact interactions using the inclusive jet p(T) spectrum in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

Search for contact interactions using the inclusive jet p(T) spectrum in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

Results are reported of a search for a deviation in the jet production cross section from the prediction of perturbative quantum chromodynamics at next-to-leading order. The search is conducted using a 7 TeV proton-proton data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb-1, collected w...

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Main Authors: Chatrchyan, S, Khachatryan, V, Sirunyan, A, Tumasyan, A, Adam, W, Aguilo, E, Bergauer, T, Dragicevic, M, Eroe, J, Fabjan, C, Friedl, M, Fruehwirth, R, Ghete, V, Hoermann, N, Hrubec, J, Jeitler, M, Kiesenhofer, W, Knuenz, V, Krammer, M, Kraetschmer, I, Liko, D, Mikulec, I, Pernicka, M, Rabady, D, Rahbaran, B
Format: Journal article
Published: 2013
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Summary:Results are reported of a search for a deviation in the jet production cross section from the prediction of perturbative quantum chromodynamics at next-to-leading order. The search is conducted using a 7 TeV proton-proton data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb-1, collected with the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at the Large Hadron Collider. A deviation could arise from interactions characterized by a mass scale Λ too high to be probed directly at the LHC. Such phenomena can be modeled as contact interactions. No evidence of a deviation is found. Using the CL s criterion, lower limits are set on Λ of 9.9 TeV and 14.3 TeV at 95% confidence level for models with destructive and constructive interference, respectively. Limits obtained with a Bayesian method are also reported. © 2013 CERN.

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