TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of the production cross section of three isolated photons in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV using the ATLAS detector
AU - The ATLAS Collaboration
AU - Aaboud, M.
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Abdinov, O.
AU - Abeloos, B.
AU - Abidi, S. H.
AU - AbouZeid, O. S.
AU - Abraham, N. L.
AU - Abramowicz, H.
AU - Abreu, H.
AU - Abulaiti, Y.
AU - Acharya, B. S.
AU - Adachi, S.
AU - Adamczyk, L.
AU - Adelman, J.
AU - Adersberger, M.
AU - Adye, T.
AU - Affolder, A. A.
AU - Afik, Y.
AU - Agheorghiesei, C.
AU - Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.
AU - Ahlen, S. P.
AU - Ahmadov, F.
AU - Aielli, G.
AU - Akatsuka, S.
AU - Åkesson, T. P.A.
AU - Akilli, E.
AU - Akimov, A. V.
AU - Alberghi, G. L.
AU - Albert, J.
AU - Albicocco, P.
AU - Alconada Verzini, M. J.
AU - Alderweireldt, S.
AU - Aleksa, M.
AU - Aleksandrov, I. N.
AU - Alexa, C.
AU - Alexander, G.
AU - Alexopoulos, T.
AU - Alhroob, M.
AU - Ali, B.
AU - Aliev, M.
AU - Alimonti, G.
AU - Alison, J.
AU - Alkire, S. P.
AU - Iizawa, T.
AU - Kaji, T.
AU - Kimura, N.
AU - Mitani, T.
AU - Morinaga, M.
AU - Yorita, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF and DNSRC, Denmark; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DRF/IRFU, France; SRNSFG, Georgia; BMBF, HGF, and MPG, Germany; GSRT, Greece; RGC, Hong Kong SAR, China; ISF, I-CORE and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW and NCN, Poland; FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; MES of Russia and NRC KI, Russian Federation; JINR; MESTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MIZŠ, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MINECO, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SERI, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; MOST, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. In addition, individual groups and members have received support from BCKDF, the Canada Council, Canarie, CRC, Compute Canada, FQRNT, and the Ontario Innovation Trust, Canada; EPLANET, ERC, ERDF, FP7, Horizon 2020 and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Union; Investissements d'Avenir Labex and Idex, ANR, Région Auvergne and Fondation Partager le Savoir, France; DFG and AvH Foundation, Germany; Herakleitos, Thales and Aristeia programmes co-financed by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF; BSF, GIF and Minerva, Israel; BRF, Norway; CERCA Programme Generalitat de Catalunya, Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom.
Funding Information:
We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT , Argentina; YerPhI , Armenia; ARC , Australia; BMWFW and FWF , Austria; ANAS , Azerbaijan; SSTC , Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP , Brazil; NSERC , NRC and CFI , Canada; CERN ; CONICYT , Chile; CAS , MOST and NSFC , China; COLCIENCIAS , Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF and DNSRC , Denmark; IN2P3-CNRS , CEA-DRF/IRFU , France; SRNSFG , Georgia; BMBF , HGF , and MPG , Germany; GSRT , Greece; RGC , Hong Kong SAR, China; ISF , I-CORE and Benoziyo Center , Israel; INFN , Italy; MEXT and JSPS , Japan; CNRST , Morocco; NWO , Netherlands; RCN , Norway; MNiSW and NCN , Poland; FCT , Portugal; MNE/IFA , Romania; MES of Russia and NRC KI , Russian Federation; JINR ; MESTD , Serbia; MSSR , Slovakia; ARRS and MIZŠ , Slovenia; DST/NRF , South Africa; MINECO , Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation , Sweden; SERI , SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva , Switzerland; MOST , Taiwan; TAEK , Turkey; STFC , United Kingdom; DOE and NSF , United States of America. In addition, individual groups and members have received support from BCKDF , the Canada Council , Canarie , CRC , Compute Canada , FQRNT , and the Ontario Innovation Trust , Canada; EPLANET , ERC , ERDF , FP7 , Horizon 2020 and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions , European Union; Investissements d'Avenir Labex and Idex , ANR , Région Auvergne and Fondation Partager le Savoir , France; DFG and AvH Foundation , Germany; Herakleitos , Thales and Aristeia programmes co-financed by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF; BSF , GIF and Minerva , Israel; BRF , Norway; CERCA Programme Generalitat de Catalunya , Generalitat Valenciana , Spain; the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust , United Kingdom.
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PY - 2018/6/10
Y1 - 2018/6/10
N2 - A measurement of the production of three isolated photons in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy s=8 TeV is reported. The results are based on an integrated luminosity of 20.2 fb−1 collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The differential cross sections are measured as functions of the transverse energy of each photon, the difference in azimuthal angle and in pseudorapidity between pairs of photons, the invariant mass of pairs of photons, and the invariant mass of the triphoton system. A measurement of the inclusive fiducial cross section is also reported. Next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD predictions are compared to the cross-section measurements. The predictions underestimate the measurement of the inclusive fiducial cross section and the differential measurements at low photon transverse energies and invariant masses. They provide adequate descriptions of the measurements at high values of the photon transverse energies, invariant mass of pairs of photons, and invariant mass of the triphoton system.
AB - A measurement of the production of three isolated photons in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy s=8 TeV is reported. The results are based on an integrated luminosity of 20.2 fb−1 collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The differential cross sections are measured as functions of the transverse energy of each photon, the difference in azimuthal angle and in pseudorapidity between pairs of photons, the invariant mass of pairs of photons, and the invariant mass of the triphoton system. A measurement of the inclusive fiducial cross section is also reported. Next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD predictions are compared to the cross-section measurements. The predictions underestimate the measurement of the inclusive fiducial cross section and the differential measurements at low photon transverse energies and invariant masses. They provide adequate descriptions of the measurements at high values of the photon transverse energies, invariant mass of pairs of photons, and invariant mass of the triphoton system.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.057
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.057
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85045053512
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 781
SP - 55
EP - 76
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
ER -