Study of the hard double-parton scattering contribution to inclusive four-lepton production in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The inclusive production of four isolated charged leptons in pp collisions is analysed for the presence of hard double-parton scattering, using 20.2 fb<sup>−1</sup> of data recorded in the ATLAS detector at the LHC at centre-of-mass energy √s = 8 TeV. In the four-lepton invariant-mass ra...

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Autores principales: Alconada Verzini, María Josefina, Alonso, Francisco, Arduh, Francisco Anuar, Dova, María Teresa, Hoya, Joaquín, Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel, Orellana, Gonzalo, Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo, The ATLAS Collaboration
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Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/79877
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Sumario:The inclusive production of four isolated charged leptons in pp collisions is analysed for the presence of hard double-parton scattering, using 20.2 fb<sup>−1</sup> of data recorded in the ATLAS detector at the LHC at centre-of-mass energy √s = 8 TeV. In the four-lepton invariant-mass range of 80 < m <sub>4ℓ</sub> < 1000 GeV, an artificial neural network is used to enhance the separation between single- and double-parton scattering based on the kinematics of the four leptons in the final state. An upper limit on the fraction of events originating from double-parton scattering is determined at 95% confidence level to be f<sub>DPS</sub> = 0.042, which results in an estimated lower limit on the effective cross section at 95% confidence level of 1.0 mb.