Rivet analyses

Exclusive photon-photon production of muon pairs in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV

Experiment: ATLAS (LHC)

Inspire ID: 1615866

Status: VALIDATED

Authors: - Peter Richardson

References: - Phys.Lett.B 777 (2018) 303-323

Beams: p+ p+

Beam energies: (6500.0, 6500.0)GeV

Run details: - gamma gamma -> mu+ mu- process.

The production of exclusive γγ → μ+μ− events in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.2fb−1. The measurement is performed for a dimuon invariant mass of between 12 GeV and 70 GeV, including the differential cross section as a function of the mass.

Source code:ATLAS_2018_I1615866.cc

// -*- C++ -*-
#include "Rivet/Analysis.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/ChargedFinalState.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/IdentifiedFinalState.hh"

namespace Rivet {


  /// @brief gamma gamma -> mu+ mu-
  class ATLAS_2018_I1615866 : public Analysis {
  public:

    /// Constructor
    RIVET_DEFAULT_ANALYSIS_CTOR(ATLAS_2018_I1615866);


    /// @name Analysis methods
    /// @{

    /// Book histograms and initialise projections before the run
    void init() {
      ChargedFinalState cfs(Cuts::abseta < 2.5 and Cuts::pT > 0.4);
      declare(cfs, "CFS");
      // Get muons which pass the initial kinematic cuts
      IdentifiedFinalState muon_fs(Cuts::abseta < 2.4 && Cuts::pT > 6 * GeV);
      muon_fs.acceptIdPair(PID::MUON);
      declare(muon_fs, "MUON_FS");
      // histograms
      book(_h_sigma, 1, 1, 1);
      book(_h_mass, 2, 1, 1);
    }

    /// Perform the per-event analysis
    void analyze(const Event& event) {
      const ChargedFinalState& cfs = apply<ChargedFinalState>(event, "CFS");
      if (cfs.size() != 2) vetoEvent; // no other charged particles in 2.5
      // extract the muons
      const Particles& muonFS = apply<IdentifiedFinalState>(event, "MUON_FS").particles();
      // have 2 muons with opposite charge
      if (muonFS.size() != 2) vetoEvent;
      if (muonFS[0].pid() != -muonFS[1].pid()) vetoEvent;
      // invariant mass between 12 and 70
      const double mmumu = (muonFS[0].momentum() + muonFS[1].momentum()).mass();
      if (mmumu < 12. or mmumu > 70.) vetoEvent;
      // cut pt >10 if pair mass >30
      for (unsigned int ix = 0; ix < 2; ++ix) {
        if (mmumu > 30 && muonFS[ix].perp() < 10.) vetoEvent;
      }
      // fill histogram
      _h_mass->fill(mmumu);
      _h_sigma->fill();
    }


    /// Normalise histograms etc., after the run
    void finalize() {
      scale(_h_sigma, crossSection() / picobarn / sumOfWeights());
      scale(_h_mass, crossSection() / picobarn / sumOfWeights());
    }

    /// @}


    /// @name Histograms
    /// @{
    CounterPtr _h_sigma;
    Histo1DPtr _h_mass;
    /// @}
  };


  RIVET_DECLARE_PLUGIN(ATLAS_2018_I1615866);

}