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# Search for Quark Compositeness with the Dijet Centrality Ratio in $pp$ Collisions at $s=7$ TeV

The CMS Collaboration (2010) Search for Quark Compositeness with the Dijet Centrality Ratio in $pp$ Collisions at $s=7$ TeV. Physical Review Letters, 105, 262001.

Record type: Article

## Abstract

A search for quark compositeness in the form of quark contact interactions, based on hadronic jet pairs (dijets) produced in proton-proton collisions at √s=7  TeV, is described. The data sample of the study corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.9  pb−1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The dijet centrality ratio, which quantifies the angular distribution of the dijets, is measured as a function of the invariant mass of the dijet system and is found to agree with the predictions of the standard model. A statistical analysis of the data provides a lower limit on the energy scale of quark contact interactions. The sensitivity of the analysis is such that the expected limit is 2.9 TeV; because the observed value of the centrality ratio at high invariant mass is below the expectation, the observed limit is 4.0 TeV at the 95% confidence level.

Published date: 2010
Organisations: Physics & Astronomy

## Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 411574
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411574
PURE UUID: 3f79a836-28bd-4f5e-801a-bc94061e0504
ORCID for Alexander Belyaev: orcid.org/0000-0002-1733-4408

## Catalogue record

Date deposited: 20 Jun 2017 16:33

## Contributors

Author: Vardan Khachatryan
Corporate Author: The CMS Collaboration