Observation of an Excess of Dicharmonium Events in the Four-Muon Final State with the ATLAS Detector



Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abeling, K, Abidi, SH, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Hoffman, AC Abusleme, Acharya, BS
et al (show 2907 more authors) (2023) Observation of an Excess of Dicharmonium Events in the Four-Muon Final State with the ATLAS Detector PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 131 (15). 151902-. ISSN 0031-9007, 1079-7114

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Abstract

A search is made for potential ccc̄ c̄ tetraquarks decaying into a pair of charmonium states in the four ffiffi muon final state using proton-proton collision data at ps ¼ 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 recorded by the ATLAS experiment at LHC. Two decay channels, J=ψ þ J=ψ → 4μ and J=ψ þ ψ ð2SÞ → 4μ, are studied. Backgrounds are estimated based on a hybrid approach involving Monte Carlo simulations and data-driven methods. Statistically significant excesses with respect to backgrounds dominated by the single parton scattering are seen in the di-J=ψ channel consistent with a narrow resonance at 6.9 GeV and a broader structure at lower mass. A statistically significant excess is also seen in the J=ψ þ ψ ð2SÞ channel. The fitted masses and decay widths of the structures are reported.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ATLAS Collaboration
Divisions: Faculty of Health & Life Sciences
Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Systems, Molec & Integrative Biology > Inst. Systems, Molec & Integrative Biology
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 03 Nov 2023 14:54
Last Modified: 23 May 2026 08:00
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.151902
Open Access URL: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
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