A search for new physics in central exclusive production using the missing mass technique with the CMS detector and the CMS-TOTEM precision proton spectrometer
Abstract
A generic search is presented for the associated production of a Z boson or a photon with an additional unspecified massive particle X, pp pp + Z/ + X, in proton-tagged events from proton-proton collisions at = 13 TeV, recorded in 2017 with the CMS detector and the CMS-TOTEM precision proton spectrometer. The missing mass spectrum is analysed in the 600-1600 GeV range and a fit is performed to search for possible deviations from the background expectation. No significant excess in data with respect to the background predictions has been observed. Model-independent upper limits on the visible production cross section of pp pp + Z/ + X are set.
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@article{arxiv.2303.04596,
title = {A search for new physics in central exclusive production using the missing mass technique with the CMS detector and the CMS-TOTEM precision proton spectrometer},
author = {CMS Collaboration and TOTEM Collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.04596},
year = {2023}
}
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Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/EXO-19-009 (CMS Public Pages)