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New physics @ ATLAS. Alan Barr University of Oxford. Freiburg 11 th May 2011. December 2008:. British press report the turn on of the LHC…. Did you hear about the ATLAS di-photon distribution?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
New physics @ ATLAS
Alan BarrUniversity of Oxford
Freiburg 11th May 2011
British press reportthe turn on of the LHC…
December 2008:
Alan Barr, University of Oxford 323/03/2011
Did you hear about the ATLAS di-photon
distribution?
April 2011:
Alan Barr, University of Oxford 4
This talk
• Why a Large Hadron Collider?• Accelerator and detector status• 100 years of discovery in 10 months• The energy-frontier measurements
– Supersymmetry– Exotics
• Prospects for the future (inc. Higgs)
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Alan Barr, University of Oxford 523/03/2011
Electroweak symmetry breaking
Hierarchy problem?
Physics at the TeV-scale?
WIMPs?
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CMS
LHCb ATLAS
ALICE
Proton - ProtonControlled environmentCM energy = 7 TeV (14)~ 109 collision / second~ decade of operation
Alan Barr, University of Oxford 7
Semiconductor Tracker @ Oxford
11/05/2011
Alan Barr, University of Oxford 823/03/2011
UPDATE ME
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22 July ICHEP2010 to same vertical scale
35 pb-1
Alan Barr, University of Oxford 10
Parton-parton luminosity
23/03/2011
Event rate at the unitary limit as a function of CM energy
Exciting!
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Top candidate event
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pT(μ)= 48 GeV pT(e)=23 GeVET
miss=77 GeV, HT=196 GeVpT (b-tagged jet) = 57 GeVSecondary vertex: -- distance from primary: 3.8 mm -- 3 tracks pT > 1 GeV -- mass=1.56 GeV
pT (tracks) > 1 GeV
Alan Barr, University of Oxford 1323/03/2011
Top quark σ
WW
Inelastic cross-section
J/Ψ suppression in Pb-Pb
Interesting things I won’t discuss…
Alan Barr, University of Oxford 1423/03/2011
Measurement of the WW cross section in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV pp collisions with ATLAS Inspire record, Plots
Submitted to PRL (27 April 2011)
Measurement of the differential cross-sections of inclusive, prompt and non-prompt J/psi production in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV
Inspire record, Plots
Submitted to Nuclear Physics B (15 April 2011)
Measurement of the Inelastic Proton-Proton Cross-Section at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector
Inspire record, Plots
Submitted to Nature Comm (2 April 2011)
Measurement of the Muon Charge Asymmetry from W Bosons Produced in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Inspire record, Plots
submitted to PLB (15 Mar 2011)
Measurements of underlying event properties using neutral and charged particles in p-p collisions at 900 GeV and 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
Inspire record, Plots
submitted to EPJC (9 Mar 2011)
Measurement of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations in pp Collisions at √s=7 TeV Inspire record, Plots
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 172002 (2011) (14 Feb 2011)
Luminosity Determination in pp Collisions at √(s)=7 TeV Using the ATLAS Detector at the LHC
Inspire record, Plots
EPJC 71 (2011) , 1630 (11 Jan 2011)
Study of Jet Shapes in Inclusive Jet Production in pp Collisions at √s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS Detector
Inspire record, Plots
Phys. Rev. D 83, 052003 (2011) (30 Dec 2010)
Measurement of the centrality dependence of J/Psi yields and observation of Z production in lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
Inspire record, Plots
Phys Lett. B697 (2011) 294-312 (24 Dec 2010)
Measurement of the production cross section for W-bosons in association with jets in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Inspire record, Plots
Phys. Lett. B698 (2011) 325-345 (23 Dec 2010)
Charged-particle multiplicities in pp interactions measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
Inspire record, Plots
accepted by New J Phys (submitted 22 Dec 2010)
Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross section in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Inspire record, Plots
Phys. Rev. D 83, 052005 (2011) (20 Dec 2010)
Measurement of the top quark-pair production cross section with ATLAS in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV
Inspire record, Plots
EPJC 71 (2011) 1577 (8 Dec 2010)
Measurement of underlying event characteristics using charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 900 GeV and 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Inspire record, Plots
accepted by Phys Rev D (submitted 3 Dec 2010)
Measurement of the W -> lnu and Z/gamma* -> ll production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Inspire record, Plots
JHEP 12 (2010) 060 (11 Oct 2010)
Measurement of inclusive jet and dijet cross sections in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy with the ATLAS detector
Inspire record, Plots, Data points
EPJC 71 (2011) 1-59 (30 Sep 2010)
See: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AtlasPublic
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Lots of other very interesting things not covered ...
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SUSY & BSM strategy• Precision reliable hermetic detector• Basic kinematics• Understand detector and SM• Look at final states with:
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Proton
Proton
Lepton(s)
Jet(s)
Invisible(s)
Photon(s)
Examples given
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Why Supersymmetry?
top
Δm2(h) Λ2cutoff
higgs higgs
stop?
higgs higgs
λλ λ λ
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Basic kinematics
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Transverse mass mT =
Transverse momenta, pT
Scalar sums of transverse momenta: HT, meff = HT + ETmiss
Missing transverse momentum, ETmiss
“Stransverse” mass mT2
(generalisation of mT to 2 parent particles)
Azimuthal angle differences Δφ
Pseudorapidity, η = - ln tan θ/2
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Final states ReferenceLepton + Jets + ET
miss Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 131802 (2011)
Jets + ETmiss arXiv:1102.5290
(submitted to PLB)
≥ 3 leptons + jets + ETmiss ATLAS-CONF-2011-039
≥ 1 b-jet + jets (± leptons) + ET
miss arXiv:1103.4344 (submitted to PLB)
Identical flavours.................Either sign combination.......
arXiv:1103.6208arXiv:1103.6214
Statistical combination(0-lep + 1-lep)
ATLAS-CONF-2011-064
1-lepton SUSY
0-lepton SUSY
Multi-lepton SUSY
SUSY with b jets
Di-lepton SUSY
For all public papers see:https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AtlasPublic/SupersymmetryPublicResults
1-lepton SUSY0-lepton SUSY
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1-lepton + Jets + ETmiss
1-lepton SUSY
1 electron or muon pT>20 GeV3 jets pT > {60, 30, 30} GeVET
miss > 125 GeVET
miss > 0.25 * meff
mT > 100 GeVmeff > 500 GeVSelection based heavily on pre data-takingMC studies e.g. arXiv:0901.0512
First ATLAS SUSY paperarXiv:1102.2357 accepted by PRL
Lepton reduces QCD BGExpect leptons in SUSY cascade decays
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Control regions – some examples
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Multiple redundant control regionsQCD background separately
Systematics include (not only) JES, JER, lumi, lepton efficiency, CR stats, extrapolation, … Top C/R distinguished from
W+jets using b-tagging
1-lepton SUSY
Great care with BG for all analyses presented
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1-lepton results
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1-lepton SUSY
Likelihood ratio as a function of signal strengthToy MCs for p-valuesProfile likelihood for nuisance parameters (conservative systematics)Fully simulated backgrounds, signal pointsIncludes systematic uncertainties on signal strength
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SUSY: Jets + ETmiss
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0-lepton SUSY
Squark decays Gluino decays more jets
Conceptually simple search for squarks and gluinosSeveral overlapping signal regions:
Four overlapping signal regions
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Robust background determinations
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• 2-4 measurement methods per background
• Examples:– Reversal of cuts & kinematic control
regions– Fully data-driven inc. jet transfer
functions– Tau re-decay, smear– Z νν from:
Z ee, Z μμW eν, W μν
0-lepton SUSY
Only a couple of very many data-driven checks/BG determinations
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0-lepton SUSY
Exclude non-SM effective cross sections (σ x BR x Acc x Eff):A: 1.3 pb B: 0.35 pb C: 1.1 pb D: 0.11 pb
Squark, Gluino interpretations
Auxiliary plots (Acc x Eff) allow reinterpretation in a variety of models
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Multi-lepton SUSY
23/03/2011
Multi-lepton SUSY
Expect:
Observe no events
Top dominates after Z veto
≥ 3 leptons (electron or muon)
Charginos and neutralino cascade decays
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SUSY with b-jets
23/03/2011
SUSY with b jets
Done for both 1-lepton, 0-lepton channels
Sensitive to Stop, Sbottom, Gluinoproduction
Top background dominates after b-jet requirementData-driven QCD background determination
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Dilepton SUSY
23/03/2011
Di-lepton SUSY
Two papers: 1) Opposite sign and same sign 2) Charge asymmetry analysis
Majorana nature of gluinos, neutralino same sign dilepton eventsLepton number carried by sleptons flavour correlations
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Stable charged particle search
23/03/2011
95% confidence limits:
Stable gluino > 586 GeVStable stop > 309 GeV Stable sbottom 294 GeV
R-hadrons
Two independent detector subsystems:dE/dx: pixels (Time over threshold)β: tile (ToF resolution ~ns)
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Combined exclusion
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1-lepton SUSY0-lepton SUSY Statistical combination from
product of likelihoods
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Wider interpretation...
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.0969
Allanach, Khoo, Lester, Williams
Cassel, Ghilencea, Kraml, Lessa, Rosshttp://arxiv.org/abs/1101.4664
Points sampled from fits to global dataGlobal CMSSM fits
Regions with low fine tuning
ATLAS 0/1 leptonCMS αT
Excluded by ATLAS0-lepton search
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A RACE THROUGH SOME EXOTIC SIGNATURES…
Not only Supersymmetry...
11/05/2011
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W’ searches
23/03/2011
Electrons Muons
arxiv:1103.1391
Electron pT > 25 GeV, |η| < 1.37 or 1.52 < |η| < 2.40Muon pT > 25 GeV, |η| < 1.05ET
miss > 25 GeVM(W’SSM) > 1.49 TeV
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Z’ searches…
23/03/2011
Electrons Muons
M(Z’SSM) > 1.05 TeV
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Dijet inv. mass, angular distributions
23/03/2011
http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.3864Compositeness scale, Λ > 9.6 TeV
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Diphoton resonances
23/03/2011
https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/CONFNOTES/ATLAS-CONF-2011-044/
Limits on RS graviton: 545 GeV (920 GeV), for k/MPl = 0.02 (0.1)
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Diphoton + ETmiss
23/03/2011
Interpret in context of Universal Extra DimensionsVary size of extra dimension with constant ΛR = 20
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Fourth generation Q search• Di-leptonic channel
23/03/2011
Approximate mass reconstruction on varying Δη, Δφ
Excludes m(Q) < 270 GeV (@95% CL)
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(e,mu) resonance search
• Limits on RPV sneutrino e mu• Limits on flavour violating Z’
23/03/2011
Paper in the pipeline
Story so far• Excellent operation of LHC and ATLAS• Commissioned physics objects:
Jets, e, mu, ETmiss , photons, b-jets, (tau)
• Monte Carlo doing very well• Data-driven backgrounds proven• Wide variety of final states studied• Also exotics… R-hadrons, multi-charged particles,
stopped gluinos…• Many limits well beyond previous colliders
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Higgs -> WW
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SM: H→γγ• Mass range: 110 GeV - 140 GeV• Data-driven estimation of all background components
– γγ, γj, jj• Inclusive
– only discriminant diphoton inv. mass
Sensitivity close to the current Tevatron limits.
ATLAS-CONF-2011-025
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Physics prospects: Higgs
23/03/2011
Alan Barr, University of Oxford 43
Current h ττ
23/03/2011https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/CONFNOTES/ATLAS-CONF-2011-024/
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EXPLORING NEW WORLDS...Launch is complete
11/05/2011
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EXTRASA few little
23/03/2011
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Exotics conf notes
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https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AtlasPublic/ExoticsPublicResults
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0-lepton SUSY
Missing transverse momentum
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meff distributions
23/03/2011
0-lepton SUSY
Cuts shown on mass-sensitive variable in final selection
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BG example: ETmiss tails
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0-lepton SUSY
One example of very, very, very many background studies
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1-lepton SUSY
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1-lepton results
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1-lepton SUSY
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Profile likelihood
• Hatted quantities maximise likelihood• Double hatted quantities maximise L for given
value of s• s and s-hat constrained to be non-negative• Likelihood ratio is the test statistic used to
calculate the p-value
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Kinematic distributions
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1-lepton SUSY
Electron channel Muon channel
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Jets, Electrons, Muons, ETmiss
• Charginos and neutralino cascade decays• ≥ 3 leptons (electron or muon)
pT > {20, 20, 20(e) or 10 (mu)} GeV• ≥ 2 jets with pT > 50 GeV and |η| < 2.5• ET
miss > 50 GeV
• mll (ossf) Z mass veto (within 5 GeV of mZ)• mll (ossf) photon veto (< 20 GeV)
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Multi-lepton SUSY
SM: Observe no events
Top dominates after Z veto
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Z →ττmu + had
e + had
e + mu
ATLAS-CONF-2011-010ATLAS-CONF-2011-045
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Stable massive particle search• Two independent detector
subsystems• dE/dx: pixels
(Time over threshold)• β: tile
(ToF resolution ≈ns)
• ETmiss > 40 GeV (trigger)
• pT > 50 GeV
23/03/2011
http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.1984
R-hadrons
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0-lepton results0-lepton SUSY
Conservative systematicsJet energy scale (~7%)Luminosity (11%)Control region statisticsLepton vetoDifferent MCb-jet fractionMC statisticsHigher orders… more …