Search for new high-mass phenomena in the dilepton final state using 36 fb${}^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

A search is conducted for new resonant and non-resonant high-mass phenomena in dielectron and dimuon final states. The search uses 36.1 fb${}^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data, collected at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015 and 2016. No significant deviation from the Standard Model prediction is observed. Upper limits at 95% credibility level are set on the cross-section times branching ratio for resonances decaying into dileptons, which are converted to lower limits on the resonance mass, up to 4.1 for the E${}_6$-motivated Z'${}_{\chi }$. Lower limits on the $qq\ell \ell$ contact interaction scale are set between 24 TeV and 40 TeV, depending on the model.

54 pages in total, author list starting page 38, 7 figures, 11 tables, submitted to JHEP, All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/EXOT-2016-05/

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