Search for contact interactions in dimuon events from pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
2011
Abstract
A search for contact interactions has been performed using dimuon events recorded with the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at root s = 7 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 42 pb(-1).
No significant deviation from the standard model is observed in the dimuon mass spectrum, allowing the following 95% C. L. limits to be set on the energy scale of contact interactions: Lambda } 4: 9 TeV (4.5 TeV) for constructive (destructive) interference in the left-left isoscalar compositeness model.
These limits are the most stringent to date for mu mu qq contact interactions.
