@article{OPUS4-22544, title = {Search for heavy resonances decaying into a W or Z boson and a Higgs boson in final states with leptons and b-jets in 36 fb\(^{-1}\) of root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector}, series = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, volume = {174}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, number = {3}, organization = {The ATLAS collaboration}, doi = {10.1007/JHEP03(2018)174}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225446}, pages = {1-52}, year = {2018}, abstract = {A search is conducted for new resonances decaying into a W or Z boson and a 125 GeV Higgs boson in the nu(nu) over barb (b) over bar, l(+/-)nu b (b) over bar, and l(+)l(-)b (b) over bar final states, where l(+/-) = e(+/-) or mu(+/-), in pp collisions at root s = 13 TeV. The data used correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb(-1) collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider during the 2015 and 2016 data-taking periods. The search is conducted by examining the reconstructed invariant or transverse mass distributions of Wh and Zh candidates for evidence of a localised excess in the mass range of 220 GeV up to 5 TeV. No significant excess is observed and the results are interpreted in terms of constraints on the production cross-section times branching fraction of heavy W' and Z' resonances in heavy-vector-triplet models and the CP-odd scalar boson A in two-Higgs-doublet models. Upper limits are placed at the 95\% confidence level and range between 9.0 x 10(-4) pb and 7.3 x 10(-1) pb depending on the model and mass of the resonance.}, language = {en} } @article{OPUS4-22072, title = {Search for Higgs boson decays to beyond-the-Standard-Model light bosons in four-lepton events with the ATLAS detector at root s=13 TeV}, series = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, volume = {166}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, number = {6}, organization = {The ATLAS collaboration}, doi = {10.1007/JHEP06(2018)166}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-220721}, pages = {1-50}, year = {2018}, abstract = {A search is conducted for a beyond-the-Standard-Model boson using events where a Higgs boson with mass 125 GeV decays to four leptons (l = e or mu). This decay is presumed to occur via an intermediate state which contains one or two on-shell, promptly decaying bosons: H -> ZX/XX -> 4l , where X is a new vector boson Z(d) or pseudoscalar a with mass between 1 and 60 GeV. The search uses pp collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC with an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb(-1) at a centre-of-mass energy root s = 13TeV. No significant excess of events above Standard Model background predictions is observed; therefore, upper limits at 95\% confidence level are set on model-independent fiducial cross-sections, and on the Higgs boson decay branching ratios to vector and pseudoscalar bosons in two benchmark models.}, language = {en} } @article{OPUS4-17280, title = {Search for new phenomena in a lepton plus high jet multiplicity final state with the ATLAS experiment using \(\sqrt{s}=13\) TeV proton-proton collision data}, series = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, volume = {2017}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, number = {09}, organization = {The ATLAS Collaboration}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2017)088}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172802}, year = {2017}, abstract = {A search for new phenomena in final states characterized by high jet multiplicity, an isolated lepton (electron or muon) and either zero or at least three \(b\)-tagged jets is presented. The search uses 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\) of \(\sqrt{s}=13\) TeV proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 and 2016. The dominant sources of background are estimated using parameterized extrapolations, based on observables at medium jet multiplicity, to predict the \(b\)-tagged jet multiplicity distribution at the higher jet multiplicities used in the search. No significant excess over the Standard Model expectation is observed and 95\% confidence-level limits are extracted constraining four simplified models of \(R\)-parity-violating supersymmetry that feature either gluino or top-squark pair production. The exclusion limits reach as high as 2.1 TeV in gluino mass and 1.2 TeV in top-squark mass in the models considered. In addition, an upper limit is set on the cross-section for Standard Model \(t\overline{t}t\overline{t}\) production of 60 fb (6.5 × the Standard Model prediction) at 95\% confidence level. Finally, model-independent limits are set on the contribution from new phenomena to the signal-region yields.}, language = {en} } @article{OPUS4-17230, title = {Search for new phenomena with large jet multiplicities and missing transverse momentum using large-radius jets and flavour-tagging at ATLAS in 13 TeV \(pp\) collisions}, series = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, volume = {34}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, organization = {The ATLAS Collaboration}, doi = {10.1007/JHEP12(2017)034}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172302}, year = {2017}, abstract = {A search is presented for particles that decay producing a large jet multiplicity and invisible particles. The event selection applies a veto on the presence of isolated electrons or muons and additional requirements on the number of \(b\)-tagged jets and the scalar sum of masses of large-radius jets. Having explored the full ATLAS 2015-2016 dataset of LHC proton-proton collisions at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV, which corresponds to 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\) of integrated luminosity, no evidence is found for physics beyond the Standard Model. The results are interpreted in the context of simplified models inspired by R-parity-conserving and R-parity-violating supersymmetry, where gluinos are pair-produced. More generic models within the phenomenological minimal supersymmetric Standard Model are also considered.}, language = {en} } @article{OPUS4-22613, title = {Search for pair production of up-type vector-like quarks and for four-top-quark events in final states with multiple \(b\)-jets with the ATLAS detector}, series = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, volume = {89}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, number = {7}, organization = {The ATLAS Collaboration}, doi = {10.1007/JHEP07(2018)089}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-226131}, pages = {1-67}, year = {2018}, abstract = {A search for pair production of up-type vector-like quarks (T) with a significant branching ratio into a top quark and either a Standard Model Higgs boson or a Z boson is presented. The same analysis is also used to search for four-top-quark production in several new physics scenarios. The search is based on a dataset of pp collisions at root s = 13TeV recorded in 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb(-1). Data are analysed in the lepton+jets final state, characterised by an isolated electron or muon with high transverse momentum, large missing transverse momentum and multiple jets, as well as the jets+E-T(miss) final state, characterised by multiple jets and large missing transverse momentum. The search exploits the high multiplicity of jets identified as originating from b-quarks, and the presence of boosted, hadronically decaying top quarks and Higgs bosons reconstructed as large-radius jets, characteristic of signal events. No significant excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed, and 95\% CL upper limits are set on the production cross sections for the different signal processes considered. These cross-section limits are used to derive lower limits on the mass of a vector-like T quark under several branching ratio hypotheses assuming contributions from T -> Wb, Zt, Ht decays. The 95\% CL observed lower limits on the T quark mass range between 0.99TeV and 1.43TeV for all possible values of the branching ratios into the three decay modes considered, significantly extending the reach beyond that of previous searches. Additionally, upper limits on anomalous four-top-quark production are set in the context of an effective field theory model, as well as in an universal extra dimensions model.}, language = {en} } @article{OPUS4-22595, title = {Searches for heavy \({ZZ}\) and \({ZW}\) resonances in the \({llqq}\) and \({vvqq}\) final states in \({pp}\) collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector}, series = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, volume = {9}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics}, organization = {The ATLAS Collaboration}, doi = {10.1007/JHEP03(2018)009}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225951}, pages = {1-52}, year = {2018}, abstract = {This paper reports searches for heavy resonances decaying into ZZ or ZW using data from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of root s - 13 TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb(-1), were recorded with the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016 at the Large Hadron Collider. The searches are performed in final states in which one Z boson decays into either a pair of light charged leptons (electrons and muons) or a pair of neutrinos, and the associated W boson or the other Z boson decays hadronically. No evidence of the production of heavy resonances is observed. Upper bounds on the production cross sections of heavy resonances times their decay branching ratios to ZZ or ZW are derived in the mass range 300-5000 GeV within the context of Standard Model extensions with additional Higgs bosons, a heavy vector triplet or warped extra dimensions. Production through gluon-gluon fusion, Drell-Yan or vector-boson fusion are considered, depending on the assumed model.}, language = {en} }