BARC/PUB/2021/0167

 
 

Hard color-singlet exchange in dijet events in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

 
     
 
Author(s)

Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Dutta, D.; Jha, V.; V. Kumar; Mishra, D. K.; Naskar, K.; Netrakanti, P. K.; Pant, L. M.; Shukla, P.; and other
(PG)

Source

Physical Review-D, 2021. Vol. 104 (3): Article no. 32009

ABSTRACT

Events where the two leading jets are separated by a pseudorapidity interval devoid of particle activity, known as jet-gap-jet events, are studied in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. The signature is expected from hard color-singlet exchange. Each of the highest transverse momentum (pT) jets must have pjetT > 40 GeV and pseudorapidity 1.4 < │ηjet│ < 4.7, with ηjet1 ηjet2 < 0, where jet1 and jet2 are the leading and subleading jets in pT, respectively. The analysis is based on data collected by the CMS and TOTEM experiments during a low luminosity, high-β* run at the CERN LHC in 2015, with an integrated luminosity of 0.66 pb-1. Events with a low number of charged particles with pT > 0.2 GeV in the interval │η│ < 1 between the jets are observed in excess of calculations that assume only color-exchange. The fraction of events produced via color-singlet exchange, fCSE, is measured as a function of pjet2T, the pseudorapidity difference between the two leading jets, and the azimuthal angular separation between the two leading jets. The fraction fCSE has values of 0.4-1.0%. The results are compared with previous measurements and with predictions from perturbative quantum chromodynamics. In addition, the first study of jet-gap-jet events detected in association with an intact proton using a subsample of events with an integrated luminosity of 0.40pb-1 is presented. The intact protons are detected with the Roman pot detectors of the TOTEM experiment. The fCSE in this sample is 2.910. 70(stat)+1.08-1.01(syst) times larger than that for inclusive dijet production in dijets with similar kinematics.

 
 
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