26–30 Jul 2021
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Photon-photon fusion measurements at ATLAS

29 Jul 2021, 17:15
15m
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Parallel session talk Top and Electroweak Physics T07: Top and Electroweak Physics

Speaker

Savannah Clawson (University of Manchester)

Description

Photon-photon fusion is a rare process at hadron and ion colliders. It is particularly interesting as a remarkably clean interaction with little (if any) remnant activity from the interacting particles. In this talk we present the status of photon-photon fusion measurements at the ATLAS detector. We present differential measurements of the light-by-light scattering process, γγ → γγ, in lead-lead collisions. In addition, we present photon-photon fusion measurements that contain two charged leptons in the final state. The scattered proton is detected by the ATLAS Forward Proton spectrometer while the leptons are reconstructed by the central ATLAS detector. Finally, we highlight the observation of photon-induced WW production.

Collaboration / Activity ATLAS

Primary authors

ATLAS Collaboration Savannah Clawson (University of Manchester)

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