The production of Z bosons in association with a high-energy photon (Zγ production) is studied in the neutrino decay channel of the Z boson using pp collisions at s=13 TeV. The analysis uses a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 36.1fb −1 collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015 and 2016. Candidate Zγ events with invisible decays of the Z boson are selected by requiring significant transverse momentum (p T ) of the dineutrino system in conjunction with a single isolated photon with large transverse energy (E T ). The rate of Zγ production is measured as a function of photon E T , dineutrino system p T and jet multiplicity. Evidence of anomalous triple gauge-boson couplings is sought in Zγ production with photon E T greater than 600 GeV. No excess is observed relative to the Standard Model expectation, and upper limits are set on the strength of ZZγ and Zγγ couplings.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abhayasinghe, D.K., et al. (2018). Measurement of the Zγ→ νν¯ γ production cross section in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous triple gauge-boson couplings. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2018(12) [10.1007/JHEP12(2018)010].

Measurement of the Zγ→ νν¯ γ production cross section in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous triple gauge-boson couplings

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