Search for microscopic black holes in a like-sign dimuon final state using large track multiplicity with the ATLAS detector
Journal
Physics Review
Journal Volume
D88
Journal Issue
7
Pages
072001
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
Aad, Georges
Abstract
A search is presented for microscopic black holes in a like-sign dimuon final state in proton-proton collisions at ffiffi ffi s p 8 TeV. The data were collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20:3 fb 1 . Using a high track multiplicity requirement, 0:6 AE 0:2 background events from Standard Model processes are predicted and none observed. This result is interpreted in the context of low-scale gravity models and 95% C.L. lower limits on microscopic black hole masses are set for different model assumptions.
Type
journal article