Search for displaced photons produced in exotic decays of the Higgs boson using 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.032016

Search for displaced photons produced in exotic decays of the Higgs boson using 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

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A search is performed for delayed and nonpointing photons originating from the displaced decay of a neutral long-lived particle (LLP). The analysis uses the full run 2 dataset of proton-proton collisions delivered by the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of Formula Presented between 2015 and 2018 and recorded by the ATLAS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of Formula Presented. The capabilities of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter are exploited to precisely measure the arrival times and trajectories of photons. The results are interpreted in a scenario where the LLPs are pair produced in exotic decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson, and each LLP subsequently decays into a photon and a particle that escapes direct detection, giving rise to missing transverse momentum. No significant excess is observed above the expectation due to Standard Model background processes. The results are used to set upper limits on the branching ratio of the exotic decay of the Higgs boson. A model-independent limit is also set on the production of photons with large values of displacement and time delay.

Original language	English
Article number	032016
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	108
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.032016
State	Published - 1 Aug 2023

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BSF-NSF
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Australian Research Council
La Caixa Banking Foundation
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
National Stroke Foundation
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
CEA-DRF
Science and Technology Facilities Council
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
INFN-CNAF
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Israel Science Foundation
Wallenberg Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
PROMETEO
Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Austrian Science Fund
Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
Alabama Space Grant Consortium
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Canarie
GridKA
Göran Gustafssons Stiftelser
MIZŠ
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Neurosurgical Research Foundation
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja
U.S. Department of Energy
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
EU-ESF
RGC
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Institutul de Fizică Atomică
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain
Irish Rugby Football Union
Cantons of Bern and Geneva
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Defence Science Institute
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Compute Canada
MNE
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Minerva Foundation
European Research Council
Royal Society of South Australia
European Regional Development Fund
CERN
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
National Research Council Canada
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation
Horizon 2020
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
CRC Health Group	21/SCI/017
NDGF	CC-IN2P3
DNSRC	IN2P3-CNRS
Norwegian Financial Mechanism	2014-2021
UNCE	SCI/013
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	754510

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Search for displaced photons produced in exotic decays of the Higgs boson using 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

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