The ATLAS trigger system for LHC Run 3 and trigger performance in 2022

The ATLAS trigger system is a crucial component of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. It is responsible for selecting events in line with the ATLAS physics programme. This paper presents an overview of the changes to the trigger and data acquisition system during the second long shutdown of the LHC, and shows the performance of the trigger system and its components in the proton-proton collisions during the 2022 commissioning period as well as its expected performance in proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions for the remainder of the third LHC data-taking period (2022–2025)

Beam-induced backgrounds measured in the ATLAS detector during local gas injection into the LHC beam vacuum

Inelastic beam-gas collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), within a few hundred metres of the ATLAS experiment, are known to give the dominant contribution to beam backgrounds. These are monitored by ATLAS with a dedicated Beam Conditions Monitor (BCM) and with the rate of fake jets in the calorimeters. These two methods are complementary since the BCM probes backgrounds just around the beam pipe while fake jets are observed at radii of up to several metres. In order to quantify the correlation between the residual gas density in the LHC beam vacuum and the experimental backgrounds recorded by ATLAS, several dedicated tests were performed during LHC Run 2. Local pressure bumps, with a gas density several orders of magnitude higher than during normal operation, were introduced at different locations. The changes of beam-related backgrounds, seen in ATLAS, are correlated with the local pressure variation. In addition the rates of beam-gas events are estimated from the pressure measurements and pressure bump profiles obtained from calculations. Using these rates, the efficiency of the ATLAS beam background monitors to detect beam-gas events is derived as a function of distance from the interaction point. These efficiencies and characteristic distributions of fake jets from the beam backgrounds are found to be in good agreement with results of beam-gas simulations performed with theFluka Monte Carlo programme

Electron and photon energy calibration with the ATLAS detector using LHC Run 2 data

This paper presents the electron and photon energy calibration obtained with the ATLAS detector using 140 fb-1 of LHC proton-proton collision data recorded at √(s) = 13 TeV between 2015 and 2018. Methods for the measurement of electron and photon energies are outlined, along with the current knowledge of the passive material in front of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter. The energy calibration steps are discussed in detail, with emphasis on the improvements introduced in this paper. The absolute energy scale is set using a large sample of Z-boson decays into electron-positron pairs, and its residual dependence on the electron energy is used for the first time to further constrain systematic uncertainties. The achieved calibration uncertainties are typically 0.05% for electrons from resonant Z-boson decays, 0.4% at ET ∼ 10 GeV, and 0.3% at ET ∼ 1 TeV; for photons at ET ∼ 60 GeV, they are 0.2% on average. This is more than twice as precise as the previous calibration. The new energy calibration is validated using J/ψ → ee and radiative Z-boson decays

Performance and calibration of quark/gluon-jet taggers using 140 fb−1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The identification of jets originating from quarks and gluons, often referred to as quark/gluon tagging, plays an important role in various analyses performed at the Large Hadron Collider, as Standard Model measurements and searches for new particles decaying to quarks often rely on suppressing a large gluon-induced background. This paper describes the measurement of the efficiencies of quark/gluon taggers developed within the ATLAS Collaboration, using √s = 13 TeV proton–proton collision data with an integrated luminosity of 140 fb-1 collected by the ATLAS experiment. Two taggers with high performances in rejecting jets from gluon over jets from quarks are studied: one tagger is based on requirements on the number of inner-detector tracks associated with the jet, and the other combines several jet substructure observables using a boosted decision tree. A method is established to determine the quark/gluon fraction in data, by using quark/gluon-enriched subsamples defined by the jet pseudorapidity. Differences in tagging efficiency between data and simulation are provided for jets with transverse momentum between 500 GeV and 2 TeV and for multiple tagger working points

Perfil de ácidos graxos do leite de vacas alimentadas com óleo de soja e monensina no início da lactação Milk fatty acid profile of cows fed monensin and soybean oil in early lactation

Avaliaram-se os efeitos da adição de monensina sódica combinada com óleo de soja na dieta de vacas lactantes sobre o perfil de ácidos graxos (AG) do leite na 5ª e 15ª semanas da lactação. Foram utilizadas 16 vacas multíparas cruzadas, dispostas em delineamento em blocos casualizados, em um arranjo fatorial 2 x 2 (presença ou não de monensina e presença ou não de óleo de soja). Os tratamentos consistiram das dietas: CT (controle) = sem monensina ou óleo; MN = 33 ppm de monensina; OL = 3,9% de óleo de soja; e OM = óleo e monensina. Os animais foram confinados e alimentados com 52% de silagem de milho e 48% de concentrado. Não foi verificada interação entre óleo de soja e monensina para os ácidos graxos avaliados. A monensina aumentou os AG insaturados, monoinsaturados e poliinsaturados em 9,0; 8,8; e 10,7%, respectivamente. O óleo apresentou maior impacto sobre os AG poliinsaturados, aumentando-os em 39,2; 39,3; e 24,2%, respectivamente. Também reduziu os AG de cadeias curta (43,7%) e média (49,1%) e aumentou os AG de cadeia longa (55,3%). Os isômeros trans-C18:1 foram aumentados tanto pelo óleo como pela monensina, indicando efeito aditivo para trans-10 C18:1, que foi negativamente correlacionado ao teor de gordura do leite. O isômero cis-9 trans-11 do ácido linoléico conjugado (CLA) não foi influenciado pelos tratamentos, observando-se que o óleo reduziu a atividade da delta9-desaturase. Houve interação entre tratamentos e semana da lactação sobre os AG de cadeias curta e média, C14:0, C16:0, cis-9 C18:1 e trans-10 C18:1. Os maiores efeitos sobre o perfil de AG do leite foram registrados quando monensina e óleo foram fornecidos em conjunto na dieta de vacas lactantes.<br>The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effects of dietary monensin and soybean oil on milk fatty acid (FA) profile in the 5th and 15th week of lactation of dairy cows. Sixteen multiparous crossbred dairy cows averaging 30 days in milk were assigned to a completely randomized block design in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement (presence or absence of monensin and soybean oil). The following diets were used: control not supplemented with monensin or soybean oil (CT), 33 ppm of monensin (MN), 3.9% of soybean oil (OL) or a combination of soybean oil plus monensin (OM). Cows were confined and fed diets with 52% of corn silage and 48% of concentrate. No significant interaction between soybean oil and monensin was observed for any measured FA. Monensin increased unsaturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated FA by 9.0, 8.8 and 10.7%, respectively, while supplementation with soybean oil resulted in greater responses: 39.2, 39.3, and 24.2% for the same FA. Soybean oil also reduced short chain FA (43.7%) and medium chain FA (49.1%) and increased long chain FA (55.3%) in this study. The isomers trans-C18:1 were increased by inclusion of oil and monensin in the diet indicating an additive effect for trans-10 C18:1 that was negatively correlated with milk fat content. The CLA isomer cis-9 trans-11 C18:2 was not affected by treatments but soybean oil reduced delta9-desaturase activity. There were interactions between treatment and week of lactation for short and medium chain FA, C14:0, C16:0, cis-9 C18:1 and trans-10. The combination of monensin and soybean oil in diet of lactating dairy cows was responsible for the most significant changes observed in the profile of milk FA

The Physical oceanography of Singapore coastal waters and its implications for oil spills

10.1007/1-4020-3655-8_23tThe Environment in Asia Pacific Harbours393-41

Performance of the reconstruction of large impact parameter tracks in the inner detector of ATLAS

Searches for long-lived particles (LLPs) are among the most promising avenues for discovering physics beyond the Standard Model at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). However, displaced signatures are notoriously difficult to identify due to their ability to evade standard object reconstruction strategies. In particular, the ATLAS track reconstruction applies strict pointing requirements which limit sensitivity to charged particles originating far from the primary interaction point. To recover efficiency for LLPs decaying within the tracking detector volume, the ATLAS Collaboration employs a dedicated large-radius tracking (LRT) pass with loosened pointing requirements. During Run 2 of the LHC, the LRT implementation produced many incorrectly reconstructed tracks and was therefore only deployed in small subsets of events. In preparation for LHC Run 3, ATLAS has significantly improved both standard and large-radius track reconstruction performance, allowing for LRT to run in all events. This development greatly expands the potential phase-space of LLP searches and streamlines LLP analysis workflows. This paper will highlight the above achievement and report on the readiness of the ATLAS detector for track-based LLP searches in Run 3

Search for the decay of the Higgs boson to a Z boson and a light pseudoscalar particle decaying to two photons

A search for the decay of the Higgs boson to a Z boson and a light, pseudoscalar particle, a, decaying respectively to two leptons and to two photons is reported. The search uses the full LHC Run 2 proton–proton collision data at s=13 TeV, corresponding to 139 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector. This is one of the first searches for this specific decay mode of the Higgs boson, and it probes unexplored parameter space in models with axion-like particles (ALPs) and extended scalar sectors. The mass of the a particle is assumed to be in the range 0.1–33 GeV. The data are analysed in two categories: a merged category where the photons from the a decay are reconstructed in the ATLAS calorimeter as a single cluster, and a resolved category in which two separate photons are detected. The main background processes are from Standard Model Z boson production in association with photons or jets. The data are in agreement with the background predictions, and upper limits on the branching ratio of the Higgs boson decay to Za times the branching ratio a→γγ are derived at the 95% confidence level and they range from 0.08% to 2% depending on the mass of the a particle. The results are also interpreted in the context of ALP models

Observation of gauge boson joint-polarisation states in W±Z production from pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Measurements of joint-polarisation states of W and Z gauge bosons in W±Z production are presented. The data set used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 of proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The W±Z candidate events are reconstructed using leptonic decay modes of the gauge bosons into electrons and muons. The simultaneous pair-production of longitudinally polarised vector bosons is measured for the first time with a significance of 7.1 standard deviations. The measured joint helicity fractions integrated over the fiducial region are f00=0.067±0.010, f0T=0.110±0.029, fT0=0.179±0.023 and fTT=0.644±0.032, in agreement with the next-to-leading-order Standard Model predictions. Individual helicity fractions of the W and Z bosons are also measured and found to be consistent with joint helicity fractions within the expected amounts of correlation. Both the joint and individual helicity fractions are also measured separately in W+Z and W−Z events. Inclusive and differential cross sections for several kinematic observables sensitive to polarisation are presented