This paper presents the first observation of top-quark pair production in association with two photons (tt¯γγ). The measurement is performed in the single-lepton decay channel using proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 recorded during Run 2 at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The tt¯γγ production cross section, measured in a fiducial phase space based on particle-level kinematic criteria for the lepton, photons, and jets, is found to be 2.42−0.53+0.58fb, corresponding to an observed significance of 5.2 standard deviations. Additionally, the ratio of the production cross section of tt¯γγ to top-quark pair production in association with one photon is determined, yielding (3.30−0.65+0.70)×10−3.
Observation of tt¯γγ production at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Cobal M.;Giordani M. P.;Giugliarelli G.;Monzani S.;Panizzo G.;Primomo L.;
2026-01-01
Abstract
This paper presents the first observation of top-quark pair production in association with two photons (tt¯γγ). The measurement is performed in the single-lepton decay channel using proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 recorded during Run 2 at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The tt¯γγ production cross section, measured in a fiducial phase space based on particle-level kinematic criteria for the lepton, photons, and jets, is found to be 2.42−0.53+0.58fb, corresponding to an observed significance of 5.2 standard deviations. Additionally, the ratio of the production cross section of tt¯γγ to top-quark pair production in association with one photon is determined, yielding (3.30−0.65+0.70)×10−3.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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