@article{7f5d14ffa96241cda87f88d3a007de20,
title = "Search for Soft Unclustered Energy Patterns in Proton-Proton Collisions at 13 TeV",
abstract = "The first search for soft unclustered energy patterns (SUEPs) is performed using an integrated luminosity of Formula Presented of proton-proton collision data at Formula Presented, collected in 2016-2018 by the CMS detector at the LHC. Such SUEPs are predicted by hidden valley models with a new, confining force with a large {\textquoteright}t Hooft coupling. In events with boosted topologies, selected by high-threshold hadronic triggers, the multiplicity and sphericity of clustered tracks are used to reject the background from standard model quantum chromodynamics. With no observed excess of events over the standard model expectation, limits are set on the cross section for production via gluon fusion of a scalar mediator with SUEP-like decays.",
author = "{CMS Collaboration} and N. Breugelmans and S. Dansana and {De Moor}, A. and M. Delcourt and F. Heyen and S. Lowette and I. Makarenko and D. M{\"u}ller and S. Tavernier and M. Tytgat and {Van Onsem}, {G. P.} and {Van Putte}, S. and D. Vannerom and Jorgen D'Hondt and Nicolas Stylianou",
note = "Funding Information: We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centers and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid and other centers for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC, the CMS detector, and the supporting computing infrastructure provided by the following funding agencies: SC (Armenia), BMBWF and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, FAPERGS, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES and BNSF (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); MINCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RIF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); ERC PRG, RVTT3, and MoER TK202 (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); SRNSF (Georgia); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRI (Greece); NKFIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); MES (Latvia); LMTLT (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MOS (Montenegro); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MES and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); MESTD (Serbia); MCIN/AEI and PCTI (Spain); MOSTR (Sri Lanka); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); MHESI and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TENMAK (Turkey); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration.",
year = "2024",
month = nov,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.191902",
language = "English",
volume = "133",
journal = "Physical review letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "19",
}