Searches for Leptoquarks with the ATLAS Detector

Abstract

Leptoquarks (LQ) are predicted by many new physics theories to describe the similarities between the lepton and quark sectors of the Standard Model and offer an attractive potential explanation for the lepton flavour anomalies observed at LHCb and flavour factories. The ATLAS experiment has a broad program of direct searches for Leptoquarks, coupling to the first-, second- or third-generation particles. The most recent 13 TeV results on the searches for Leptoquarks and contact interactions with the ATLAS detector are reviewed, covering flavour-diagonal and cross-generational final states.

arXiv comment10 pages, 14 figures, contribution to the Phenomenology 2021 Symposium, Pittsburgh, online, 24-26 May 2021

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