Aaboud, M;
Aad, G;
Abbott, B;
Abdallah, J;
Abdinov, O;
Abeloos, B;
Abidi, SH;
... Zwalinski, L; + view all
(2017)
Evidence for light-by-light scattering in heavy-ion collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC.
Nature Physics
, 13
(9)
pp. 852-858.
10.1038/NPHYS4208.
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Abstract
Light-by-light scattering (γγ right arrow γγ) is a quantum-mechanical process that is forbidden in the classical theory of electrodynamics. This reaction is accessible at the Large Hadron Collider thanks to the large electromagnetic field strengths generated by ultra-relativistic colliding lead ions. Using 480 μb−1 of lead–lead collision data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5.02 TeV by the ATLAS detector, here we report evidence for light-by-light scattering. A total of 13 candidate events were observed with an expected background of 2.6 ± 0.7 events. After background subtraction and analysis corrections, the fiducial cross-section of the process Pb + Pb (γγ) right arrow Pb(∗) + Pb(∗)γγ, for photon transverse energy ET > 3 GeV, photon absolute pseudorapidity |η| < 2.4, diphoton invariant mass greater than 6 GeV, diphoton transverse momentum lower than 2 GeV and diphoton acoplanarity below 0.01, is measured to be 70 ± 24 (stat.) ± 17 (syst.) nb, which is in agreement with the standard model predictions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evidence for light-by-light scattering in heavy-ion collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/NPHYS4208 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS4208 |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1574711 |
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