MUSiC: a model-unspecific search for new physics in proton-proton collisions at √s=13TeV

(CMS Collaboration) Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; ..., ...; Giljanović, Duje; Godinović, Nikola; Lelas, Damir; Puljak, Ivica; Šćulac, Toni; Antunović, Željko; Kovač, Marko; Brigljević, Vuko; Ferenček, Dinko; Majumder, Devdatta; Roguljić, Matej; Starodumov, Andrey; Šuša, Tatjana; ..., ...; Vetens, W. (2021) MUSiC: a model-unspecific search for new physics in proton-proton collisions at √s=13TeV. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 81 (7). ISSN 1434-6044

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Abstract

Results of the Model Unspecific Search in CMS (MUSiC), using proton-proton collision data recorded at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb(-1), are presented. The MUSiC analysis searches for anomalies that could be signatures of physics beyond the standard model. The analysis is based on the comparison of observed data with the standard model prediction, as determined from simulation, in several hundred final states and multiple kinematic distributions. Events containing at least one electron or muon are classified based on their final state topology, and an automated search algorithm surveys the observed data for deviations from the prediction. The sensitivity of the search is validated using multiple methods. No significant deviations from the predictions have been observed. For a wide range of final state topologies, agreement is found between the data and the standard model simulation. This analysis complements dedicated search analyses by significantly expanding the range of final states covered using a model independent approach with the largest data set to date to probe phase space regions beyond the reach of previous general searches.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	high energy physics; experimental particle physics; LHC; CMS; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Higgs physics ; p p: colliding beams; Higgs particle: pair production; bottom: 2; p p: scattering; Higgs particle: coupling; Higgs particle: hadroproduction; Higgs particle: decay modes; bottom: pair production; photon: pair production; top: pair production; coupling: Yukawa; coupling constant: upper limit; vector boson: fusion; mass spectrum: two-photon; standard model
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields
Divisions:	Division of Experimental Physics
Depositing User:	Virna Brumnić
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2026 10:00
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/11487
DOI:	10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09236-z

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