@article{LindertPozzoriniBoughezaletal.2017,
  author    = {Lindert, J. M. and Pozzorini, S. and Boughezal, R. and Campbell, J. M. and Denner, A. and Dittmaier, S. and Gehrmann-De Ridder, A. and Gehrmann, T. and Glover, N. and Huss, A. and Kallweit, S. and Maierh{\"o}fer, P. and Mangano, M. L. and Morgan, T. A. and M{\"u}ck, A. and Petriello, F. and Salam, G. P. and Sch{\"o}nherr, M. and Williams, C.},
  title     = {Precise predictions for \(V+\)jets dark matter backgrounds},
  series = {European Physical Journal C},
  volume    = {77},
  journal   = {European Physical Journal C},
  doi       = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5389-1},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172555},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {High-energy jets recoiling against missing transverse energy (MET) are powerful probes of dark matter at the LHC. Searches based on large MET signatures require a precise control of the \({Z(ν\overline{ν})}+\) jet background in the signal region. This can be achieved by taking accurate data in control regions dominated by \(Z(ℓ^+ℓ^-)+\) jet, \(W(ℓν)+\) jet and \(γ+\) jet production, and extrapolating to the \({Z(ν\overline{ν})}+\) jet background by means of precise theoretical predictions. In this context, recent advances in perturbative calculations open the door to significant sensitivity improvements in dark matter searches. In this spirit, we present a combination of state-of-the-art calculations for all relevant \(V+\) jets processes, including throughout NNLO QCD corrections and NLO electroweak corrections supplemented by Sudakov logarithms at two loops. Predictions at parton level are provided together with detailed recommendations for their usage in experimental analyses based on the reweighting of Monte Carlo samples. Particular attention is devoted to the estimate of theoretical uncertainties in the framework of dark matter searches, where subtle aspects such as correlations across different \(V+\) jet processes play a key role. The anticipated theoretical uncertainty in the \({Z(ν\overline{ν})}+\) jet background is at the few percent level up to the TeV range.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17335,
  title     = {Measurement of the inclusive cross-sections of single top-quark and top-antiquark \(t\)-channel production in \(pp\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {04},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2017)086},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173357},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {A measurement of the \(t\)-channel single-top-quark and single-top-antiquark production cross-sections in the lepton+jets channel is presented, using 3.2 fb\(^{-1}\) of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015. Events are selected by requiring one charged lepton (electron or muon), missing transverse momentum, and two jets with high transverse momentum, exactly one of which is required to be \(b\)-tagged. Using a binned maximum-likelihood fit to the discriminant distribution of a neural network, the cross-sections are determined to be \({σ(tq)}\) = 156 ± 5 (stat.) ± 27 (syst.) ± 3 (lumi.) pb for single top-quark production and \(σ(\overline{t}q)\) = 91 ± 4 (stat.) ± 18 (syst.) ± 2 (lumi.) pb for single top-antiquark production, assuming a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV. The cross-section ratio is measured to be \(R_{t}\) = \(σ(tq)/σ(\overline{t}q)\) = 1.72 ± 0.09 (stat.) ± 0.18 (syst.). All results are in agreement with Standard Model predictions.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17336,
  title     = {Measurement of charged-particle distributions sensitive to the underlying event in \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {03},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2017)157},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173361},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {We present charged-particle distributions sensitive to the underlying event, measured by the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, in low-luminosity Large Hadron Collider fills corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.6 nb\(^{-1}\). The distributions were constructed using charged particles with absolute pseudorapidity less than 2.5 and with transverse momentum greater than 500 MeV, in events with at least one such charged particle with transverse momentum above 1 GeV. These distributions characterise the angular distribution of energy and particle flows with respect to the charged particle with highest transverse momentum, as a function of both that momentum and of charged-particle multiplicity. The results have been corrected for detector effects and are compared to the predictions of various Monte Carlo event generators, experimentally establishing the level of underlying-event activity at LHC Run 2 energies and providing inputs for the development of event generator modelling. The current models in use for UE modelling typically describe this data to 5\% accuracy, compared with data uncertainties of less than 1\%.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17275,
  title     = {Searches for the \(Z\)γ decay mode of the Higgs boson and for new high-mass resonances in \({pp}\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {10},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2017)112},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172751},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This article presents searches for the \({Zγ}\) decay of the Higgs boson and for narrow high-mass resonances decaying to \(Z\)γ, exploiting \(Z\) boson decays to pairs of electrons or muons. The data analysis uses 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\) of \({pp}\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=13\) recorded by the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The data are found to be consistent with the expected Standard Model background. The observed (expected — assuming Standard Model \({pp} → H → {Z}γ\) production and decay) upper limit on the production cross section times the branching ratio for \({pp} → H → {Z}γ\) is 6.6. (5.2) times the Standard Model prediction at the 95\% confidence level for a Higgs boson mass of 125.09 GeV. In addition, upper limits are set on the production cross section times the branching ratio as a function of the mass of a narrow resonance between 250 GeV and 2.4 TeV, assuming spin-0 resonances produced via gluon-gluon fusion, and spin-2 resonances produced via gluon-gluon or quark-antiquark initial states. For high-mass spin-0 resonances, the observed (expected) limits vary between 88 fb (61 fb) and 2.8 fb (2.7 fb) for the mass range from 250 GeV to 2.4 TeV at the 95\% confidence level.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17278,
  title     = {Search for supersymmetry in final states with two same-sign or three leptons and jets using 36 fb\(^{-1}\) of \(\sqrt{s}=13\) TeV \(pp\) collision data with the ATLAS detector},
  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)084},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172787},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {A search for strongly produced supersymmetric particles using signatures involving multiple energetic jets and either two isolated same-sign leptons (\(e\) or \(µ\)), or at least three isolated leptons, is presented. The analysis relies on the identification of \(b\)-jets and high missing transverse momentum to achieve good sensitivity. A data sample of proton-proton collisions at \(\sqrt{s} = 13\) TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 and 2016, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\), is used for the search. No significant excess over the Standard Model prediction is observed. The results are interpreted in several simplified supersymmetric models featuring \(R\)-parity conservation or \(R\)-parity violation, extending the exclusion limits from previous searches. In models considering gluino pair production, gluino masses are excluded up to 1.87 TeV at 95\% confidence level. When bottom squarks are pair-produced and decay to a chargino and a top quark, models with bottom squark masses below 700 GeV and light neutralinos are excluded at 95\% confidence level. In addition, model-independent limits are set on a possible contribution of new phenomena to the signal region yields.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{OPUS4-17238,
  title     = {Measurements of top-quark pair differential cross-sections in the lepton+jets channel in pp collisions at \( \sqrt{s}=13 \) TeV using the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {191},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP11(2017)191},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172386},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Measurements of differential cross-sections of top-quark pair production in fiducial phase-spaces are presented as a function of top-quark and \(t\overline{t}\) system kinematic observables in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb\(^{-1}\), recorded in 2015 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Events with exactly one electron or muon and at least two jets in the final state are used for the measurement. Two separate selections are applied that each focus on different top-quark momentum regions, referred to as resolved and boosted topologies of the \(t\overline{t}\) final state. The measured spectra are corrected for detector effects and are compared to several Monte Carlo simulations by means of calculated \(χ^2\) and \(p\)-values.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17360,
  title     = {Measurements of charge and CP asymmetries in \(b\)-hadron decays using top-quark events collected by the ATLAS detector in \(pp\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {02},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP02(2017)071},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173603},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Same- and opposite-sign charge asymmetries are measured in lepton+jets \({t\overline{t}}\) events in which a \(b\)-hadron decays semileptonically to a soft muon, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb\(^{-1}\) from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The charge asymmetries are based on the charge of the lepton from the top-quark decay and the charge of the soft muon from the semileptonic decay of a \(b\)-hadron and are measured in a fiducial region corresponding to the experimental acceptance. Four CP asymmetries (one mixing and three direct) are measured and are found to be compatible with zero and consistent with the Standard Model.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17241,
  title     = {Measurement of \(b\)-hadron pair production with the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=8\) TeV},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {11},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP11(2017)062},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172414},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {A measurement of \(b\)-hadron pair production is presented, based on a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 11.4 fb\(^{-1}\) of proton-proton collisions recorded at \(\sqrt{s}=8\) TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events are selected in which a \(b\)-hadron is reconstructed in a decay channel containing \(J/ψ → μμ\), and a second \(b\)-hadron is reconstructed in a decay channel containing a muon. Results are presented in a fiducial volume defined by kinematic requirements on three muons based on those used in the analysis. The fiducial cross section is measured to be 17.7 ± 0.1(stat.) ± 2.0(syst.) nb. A number of normalised differential cross sections are also measured, and compared to predictions from the PHYTHIA8, HERWIG++, MADGRAPH5_AMC@NLO+PYTHIA8 and SHERPA event generators, providing new constraints on heavy flavour production.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17239,
  title     = {Measurement of the \(t\overline{t}γ\) production cross section in proton-proton collisions at \(\sqrt{s} = 8\) TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {86},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2017)086},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172399},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The cross section of a top-quark pair produced in association with a photon is measured in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of \(\sqrt{s} = 8\) TeV with 20.2 fb\(^{-1}\) of data collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. The measurement is performed by selecting events that contain a photon with transverse momentum \(p_T\) > 15 GeV, an isolated lepton with large transverse momentum, large missing transverse momentum, and at least four jets, where at least one is identified as originating from a \(b\)-quark. The production cross section is measured in a fiducial region close to the selection requirements. It is found to be 139 ± 7 (stat.) ± 17 (syst.) fb, in good agreement with the theoretical prediction at next-to-leading order of 151 ± 24 fb. In addition, differential cross sections in the fiducial region are measured as a function of the transverse momentum and pseudorapidity of the photon.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17221,
  title     = {Evidence for the \(H\) → \({b\overline{b}}\) decay with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP12(2017)024},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172216},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {A search for the decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson into a \({b\overline{b}}\) pair when produced in association with a \(W\) or \(Z\) boson is performed with the ATLAS detector. The analysed data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\), were collected in proton-proton collisions in Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. Final states containing zero, one and two charged leptons (electrons or muons) are considered, targeting the decays \(Z\) → \({νν}\), \(W\) → \({ℓν}\) and \(Z\) → \({ℓℓ}\). For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, an excess of events over the expected background from other Standard Model processes is found with an observed significance of 3.5 standard deviations, compared to an expectation of 3.0 standard deviations. This excess provides evidence for the Higgs boson decay into b-quarks and for its production in association with a vector boson. The combination of this result with that of the Run 1 analysis yields a ratio of the measured signal events to the Standard Model expectation equal to 0.90 ± 0.18(stat.)\(^{+0.21}_{-0.19}\)(syst.). Assuming the Standard Model production cross-section, the results are consistent with the value of the Yukawa coupling to \(b\)-quarks in the Standard Model.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17231,
  title     = {Analysis of the Wtb vertex from the measurement of triple-differential angular decay rates of single top quarks produced in the \(t\)-channel at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal or High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal or High Energy Physics},
  number    = {17},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP12(2017)017},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172310},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The electroweak production and subsequent decay of single top quarks in the \(t\)-channel is determined by the properties of the \({Wtb}\) vertex, which can be described by the complex parameters of an effective Lagrangian. An analysis of a triple-differential decay rate in \(t\)-channel production is used to simultaneously determine five generalised helicity fractions and phases, as well as the polarisation of the produced top quark. The complex parameters are then constrained. This analysis is based on 20.2 fb\(^{-1}\) of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The fraction of decays containing transversely polarised \(W\) bosons is measured to be \(f_1\) = 0.30 ± 0.05. The phase between amplitudes for transversely and longitudinally polarised \(W\) bosons recoiling against left-handed \(b\)-quarks is measured to be \(\delta\)_ = 0.002\(\pi^{+0.016\pi}_{+0.017\pi}\), giving no indication of CP violation. The fractions of longitudinal or transverse \(W\) bosons accompanied by right-handed \(b\)-quarks are also constrained. Based on these measurements, limits are placed at 95\% CL on the ratio of the complex coupling parameters Re [\({g_R/V_L}\) \(\in\) [-0.12, 0.17] and Im [\({g_R/V_L}\) \(\in\) [-0.07, 0.06]. Constraints are also placed on the ratios |\({V_R}/{V_L}\)| and |\({g_L}/{V_L}\)|. In addition, the polarisation of single top quarks in the \(t\)-channel is constrained to be \(P\) > 0.72 (95\% CL). None of the above measurements make assumptions about the value of any of the other parameters or couplings and all of them are in agreement with the Standard Model.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17323,
  title     = {Probing the \(W tb\) vertex structure in \(t\)-channel single-top-quark production and decay in \(pp\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {04},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2017)124},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173234},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {To probe the \(W tb\) vertex structure, top-quark and \(W\)-boson polarisation observables are measured from \(t\)-channel single-top-quark events produced in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.2 fb\(^{-1}\), recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Selected events contain one isolated electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum and exactly two jets, with one of them identified as likely to contain a \(b\)-hadron. Stringent selection requirements are applied to discriminate \(t\)-channel single-top-quark events from background. The polarisation observables are extracted from asymmetries in angular distributions measured with respect to spin quantisation axes appropriately chosen for the top quark and the \(W\) boson. The asymmetry measurements are performed at parton level by correcting the observed angular distributions for detector effects and hadronisation after subtracting the background contributions. The measured top-quark and \(W\)-boson polarisation values are in agreement with the Standard Model predictions. Limits on the imaginary part of the anomalous coupling \(g_R\) are also set from model independent measurements.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17318,
  title     = {Measurement of the \(k_t\) splitting scales in \(Z → ℓℓ\) events in \(pp\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=8\) TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {08},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP08(2017)026},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173180},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {A measurement of the splitting scales occuring in the \(k_t\) jet-clustering algorithm is presented for final states containing a \(Z\) boson. The measurement is done using 20.2 fb\(^{-1}\) of proton-proton collision data collected at a centre-of-mass energy of \(\sqrt{s} = 8\) TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2012. The measurement is based on charged-particle track information, which is measured with excellent precision in the \(p_T\) region relevant for the transition between the perturbative and the non-perturbative regimes. The data distributions are corrected for detector effects, and are found to deviate from state-of-the-art predictions in various regions of the observables.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17354,
  title     = {Measurements of top-quark pair to \(Z\)-boson cross-section ratios at \(\sqrt{s}\) \(=13 , 8, 7\) TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {02},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP02(2017)117},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173544},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Ratios of top-quark pair to \(Z\)-boson cross sections measured from proton-proton collisions at the LHC centre-of-mass energies of \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV, 8 TeV, and 7 TeV are presented by the ATLAS Collaboration. Single ratios, at a given \(\sqrt{s}\) for the two processes and at different \(\sqrt{s}\) for each process, as well as double ratios of the two processes at different \(\sqrt{s}\), are evaluated. The ratios are constructed using previously published ATLAS measurements of the \({t\overline{t}}\) and \(Z\)-boson production cross sections, corrected to a common phase space where required, and a new analysis of \(Z\) → ℓ\(^+\)ℓ\(^-\) where ℓ = \(e, µ\) at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV performed with data collected in 2015 with an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb\(^-1\). Correlations of systematic uncertainties are taken into account when evaluating the uncertainties in the ratios. The correlation model is also used to evaluate the combined cross section of the \(Z\) → \(e\)\(^+\)\(e\)\(^-\) and the \(Z\) → \(µ\)\(^+\)\(µ\)\(^-\) channels for each \(\sqrt{s}\) value. The results are compared to calculations performed at next-to-next-to-leading-order accuracy using recent sets of parton distribution functions. The data demonstrate significant power to constrain the gluon distribution function for the Bjorken-\(x\) values near 0.1 and the light-quark sea for \(x\) < 0.02.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17322,
  title     = {Studies of \(Zγ\) production in association with a high-mass dijet system in \(pp\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {07},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)107},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173229},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The production of a \(Z\) boson and a photon in association with a high-mass dijet system is studied using 20.2 fb\(^{-1}\) of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider. Final states with a photon and a Z boson decaying into a pair of either electrons, muons, or neutrinos are analysed. Electroweak and total \(pp\) → \(Zγjj\) cross-sections are extracted in two fiducial regions with different sensitivities to electroweak production processes. Quartic couplings of vector bosons are studied in regions of phase space with an enhanced contribution from pure electroweak production, sensitive to vector-boson scattering processes \(V V → Zγ\). No deviations from Standard Model predictions are observed and constraints are placed on anomalous couplings parameterized by higher-dimensional operators using effective field theory.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17247,
  title     = {Search for pair production of heavy vector-like quarks decaying to high-\(p_T\) \(W\) bosons and \(b\) quarks in the lepton-plus-jets final state in \(pp\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=13\) TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {141},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP10(2017)141},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172472},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {A search is presented for the pair production of heavy vector-like \(T\) quarks, primarily targeting the \(T\) quark decays to a \(W\) boson and a \(b\)-quark. The search is based on 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\) of \(pp\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=13\) TeV recorded in 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Data are analysed in the lepton-plus-jets final state, including at least one \(b\)-tagged jet and a large-radius jet identified as originating from the hadronic decay of a high-momentum \(W\) boson. No significant deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed in the reconstructed \(T\) mass distribution. The observed 95\% confidence level lower limit on the \(T\) mass are 1350 GeV assuming 100\% branching ratio to \(Wb\). In the SU(2) singlet scenario, the lower mass limit is 1170 GeV. This search is also sensitive to a heavy vector-like \(B\) quark decaying to \(Wt\) and other final states. The results are thus reinterpreted to provide a 95\% confidence level lower limit on the \(B\) quark mass at 1250 GeV assuming 100\% branching ratio to \(Wt\); in the SU(2) singlet scenario, the limit is 1080 GeV. Mass limits on both \(T\) and \(B\) production are also set as a function of the decay branching ratios. The 100\% branching ratio limits are found to be applicable to heavy vector-like \(Y\) and \(X\) production that decay to \(Wb\) and \(Wt\), respectively.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17350,
  title     = {Measurements of top quark spin observables in \(t\overline{t}\) events using dilepton final states in \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV \(pp\) collisions with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {03},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP03(2017)113},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173505},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Measurements of top quark spin observables in \(t\overline{t}\) events are presented based on 20.2 fb\(^{-1}\) of \(\sqrt{s}\) = 8 TeV proton-proton collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The analysis is performed in the dilepton final state, characterised by the presence of two isolated leptons (electrons or muons). There are 15 observables, each sensitive to a different coefficient of the spin density matrix of \(t\overline{t}\) production, which are measured independently. Ten of these observables are measured for the first time. All of them are corrected for detector resolution and acceptance effects back to the parton and stable-particle levels. The measured values of the observables at parton level are compared to Standard Model predictions at next-to-leading order in QCD. The corrected distributions at stable-particle level are presented and the means of the distributions are compared to Monte Carlo predictions. No significant deviation from the Standard Model is observed for any observable.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17276,
  title     = {Top-quark mass measurement in the all-hadronic \(t\overline{t}\) decay channel at \(\sqrt{s}=8\) TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  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)118},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172762},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The top-quark mass is measured in the all-hadronic top-antitop quark decay channel using proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of \(\sqrt{s}=8\) TeV with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The data set used in the analysis corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.2 fb\(^{-1}\). The large multi-jet background is modelled using a data-driven method. The top-quark mass is obtained from template fits to the ratio of the three-jet to the dijet mass. The three-jet mass is obtained from the three jets assigned to the top quark decay. From these three jets the dijet mass is obtained using the two jets assigned to the W boson decay. The top-quark mass is measured to be 173.72 ± 0.55 (stat.) ± 1.01 (syst.) GeV.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17246,
  title     = {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},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {182},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP10(2017)182},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172462},
  year      = {2017},
  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 TeV for the E\(_6\)-motivated \(Z^′_χ\). Lower limits on the \({qqℓℓ}\) contact interaction scale are set between 2.4 TeV and 40 TeV, depending on the model.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17312,
  title     = {Measurement of the inclusive jet cross-sections in proton-proton collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=8\) TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {09},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP09(2017)020},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173123},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Inclusive jet production cross-sections are measured in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of \(\sqrt{s} = 8\) TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The total integrated luminosity of the analysed data set amounts to 20.2 fb\(^{-1}\). Double-differential cross-sections are measured for jets defined by the anti-\(k_t\) jet clustering algorithm with radius parameters of \(R\) = 0.4 and \(R\) = 0.6 and are presented as a function of the jet transverse momentum, in the range between 70 GeV and 2.5 TeV and in six bins of the absolute jet rapidity, between 0 and 3.0. The measured cross-sections are compared to predictions of quantum chromodynamics, calculated at next-to-leading order in perturbation theory, and corrected for non-perturbative and electroweak effects. The level of agreement with predictions, using a selection of different parton distribution functions for the proton, is quantified. Tensions between the data and the theory predictions are observed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17321,
  title     = {Search for direct top squark pair production in events with a Higgs or \(Z\) boson, and missing transverse momentum in \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV \(pp\) collisions with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {08},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2017)006},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173210},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {A search for direct top squark pair production resulting in events with either a same-flavour opposite-sign dilepton pair with invariant mass compatible with a \(Z\) boson or a pair of jets compatible with a Standard Model (SM) Higgs boson (\(h\)) is presented. Requirements on the missing transverse momentum, together with additional selections on leptons, jets, jets identified as originating from \(b\)-quarks are imposed to target the other decay products of the top squark pair. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015-2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\). No excess is observed in the data with respect to the SM predictions. The results are interpreted in two sets of models. In the first set, direct production of pairs of lighter top squarks (\(\tilde{t}_1\)) with long decay chains involving \(Z\) or Higgs bosons is considered. The second set includes direct pair production of the heavier top squark pairs (\(\tilde{t}_2\)) decaying via \(\tilde{t}_2\) → \(Z\tilde{t}_1\) or \(\tilde{t}_2\) → \(h\tilde{t}_1\). The results exclude at 95\% confidence level \(\tilde{t}_2\) and \(\tilde{t}_1\) masses up to about 800 GeV, extending the exclusion region of supersymmetric parameter space covered by previous LHC searches.},
  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{OPUS4-17272,
  title     = {Measurement of inclusive and differential cross sections in the \(H\) → \({ZZ}^*\) → \(4{ℓ}\) decay channel in \({pp}\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s} = 13\) TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {10},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2017)132},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172724},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Inclusive and differential fiducial cross sections of Higgs boson production in proton-proton collisions are measured in the \(H\) → \({ZZ^*}\) → \(4{ℓ}\) decay channel. The proton-proton collision data were produced at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\). The inclusive fiducial cross section in the \(H\) → \({ZZ^*}\) → \(4{ℓ}\) decay channel is measured to be 3.62 ± 0.50(stat)\(^{+0.25}_{- 0.20}\) (sys) fb, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction of 2.91 ± 0.13 fb. The cross section is also extrapolated to the total phase space including all Standard Model Higgs boson decays. Several differential fiducial cross sections are measured for observables sensitive to the Higgs boson production and decay, including kinematic distributions of jets produced in association with the Higgs boson. Good agreement is found between data and Standard Model predictions. The results are used to put constraints on anomalous Higgs boson interactions with Standard Model particles, using the pseudo-observable extension to the kappa-framework.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17256,
  title     = {Search for top quark decays \(t → qH\), with \(H → γγ\), in \(\sqrt{s} = 13\) TeV \(pp\) collisions using the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {10},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2017)129},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172568},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This article presents a search for flavour-changing neutral currents in the decay of a top quark into an up-type (\({q = c, u}\)) quark and a Higgs boson, where the Higgs boson decays into two photons. The proton-proton collision data set analysed amounts to 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\) at \(\sqrt{s} = 13\) TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Top quark pair events are searched for, where one top quark decays into \(qH\) and the other decays into \(bW\). Both the hadronic and leptonic decay modes of the \(W\) boson are used. No significant excess is observed and an upper limit is set on the \({t → cH}\) branching ratio of 2.2 × 10\(^{-3}\) at the 95\% confidence level, while the expected limit in the absence of signal is 1.6 × 10\(^{-3}\). The corresponding limit on the \(tcH\) coupling is 0.090 at the 95\% confidence level. The observed upper limit on the \({t → uH}\) branching ratio is 2.4 × 10\(^{-3}\).},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OPUS4-17232,
  title     = {Search for supersymmetry in events with \(b\)-tagged jets and missing transverse momentum in \(pp\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector},
  series = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  volume    = {2017},
  journal   = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  number    = {195},
  organization    = {The ATLAS Collaboration},
  doi       = {10.1007/JHEP11(2017)195},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172320},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {A search for the supersymmetric partners of the Standard Model bottom and top quarks is presented. The search uses 36.1 fb\(^{-1}\) of \(pp\) collision data at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Direct production of pairs of bottom and top squarks (\(\overline{b}_1\) and \(\overline{t}_1\)) is searched for in final states with \(b\)-tagged jets and missing transverse momentum. Distinctive selections are defined with either no charged leptons (electrons or muons) in the final state, or one charged lepton. The zero-lepton selection targets models in which the \(\overline{b}_1\) is the lightest squark and decays via \(\overline{b}_1\) → \(b\overline{χ}^0_1\), where \(\overline{χ}^0_1\) is the lightest neutralino. The one-lepton final state targets models where bottom or top squarks are produced and can decay into multiple channels, \(\overline{b}_1\) → \(b\overline{χ}^0_1\) and \(\overline{b}_1\) → \(t\overline{χ}^±_1\), or \(\overline{t}_1\) → \(t\overline{χ}^0_1\) and \(\overline{t}_1\) → \(b\overline{χ}^±_1\), where \(\overline{χ}^±_1\) is the lightest chargino and the mass difference \(m_{\overline{χ}^±_1}\) - \(m_{\overline{χ}^0_1}\) is set to 1 GeV. No excess above the expected Standard Model background is observed. Exclusion limits at 95\% confidence level on the mass of third-generation squarks are derived in various supersymmetry-inspired simplified 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}
}