A search for new phenomena in LHC proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s]=8 TeV was performed with the ATLAS detector using an integrated luminosity of 17.3 fb^{-1}. The angular distributions are studied in events with at least two jets; the highest dijet mass observed is 5.5 TeV. All angular distributions are consistent with the predictions of the standard model. In a benchmark model of quark contact interactions, a compositeness scale below 8.1 TeV in a destructive interference scenario and 12.0 TeV in a constructive interference scenario is excluded at 95% C.L.; median expected limits are 8.9 TeV for the destructive interference scenario and 14.1 TeV for the constructive interference scenario

Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., et al. (2015). Search for New Phenomena in Dijet Angular Distributions in Proton-Proton Collisions at root √s=8 TeV Measured with the ATLAS Detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 114(22), 1-17 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.221802].

Search for New Phenomena in Dijet Angular Distributions in Proton-Proton Collisions at root √s=8 TeV Measured with the ATLAS Detector

F. Ceradini;B. Di Micco;R. Di Nardo;D. Orestano;F. Petrucci;D. Puddu;