Journal article
Exclusive γγ → μ+μ- production in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV
Journal of high energy physics : JHEP, Vol.2012(1), 52
01/01/2012
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2012)052
Abstract
A measurement of the exclusive two-photon production of muon pairs in proton-proton collisions at s√=7 TeV, pp → pμ + μ −p, is reported using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 40 pb−1. For muon pairs with invariant mass greater than 11.5 GeV, transverse momentum p T (μ) > 4 GeV and pseudorapidity |η(μ)| < 2.1, a fit to the dimuon p T (μ + μ −) distribution results in a measured cross section of σ(p → pμ + μ −p) = 3.38+0.58−0.55 (stat.) ± 0.16 (syst.) ± 0.14 (lumi.) pb, consistent with the theoretical prediction evaluated with the event generator LPAIR. The ratio to the predicted cross section is 0.83+0.58−0.13 (stat.) ± 0.04 (syst.) ± 0.03 (lumi.). The characteristic distributions of the muon pairs produced via γγ fusion, such as the muon acoplanarity, the muon pair invariant mass and transverse momentum agree with those from the theory.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Exclusive γγ → μ+μ- production in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV
- Creators
- CMS Collaboration
- Contributors
- Y Onel (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of high energy physics : JHEP, Vol.2012(1), 52
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- DOI
- 10.1007/JHEP01(2012)052
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199728302771
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