Search for heavy resonances decaying to a photon and a hadronically decaying $Z/W/H$ boson in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ $\mathrm{TeV}$ with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS collaboration (2904 authors)Aguilar Saavedra, Juan AntonioAmor Dos Santos, Susana PatriciaAraque Espinosa, Juan PedroCastro, Nuno FilipeConde Muino, PatriciaDa Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario JoseDias DO Vale, TiagoFaisca Rodrigues Pereira, Rui MiguelFiolhais, MiguelGalhardo, BrunoGomes, AgostinhoGoncalo, RicardoJorge, PedroMachado Miguens, JoanaMaio, AmeliaManeira, JoseOleiro Seabra, Luis FilipeOnofre, AntonioCosta Batalha Pedro, RutePereira Peixoto, Ana PaulaSantos, HelenaSaraiva, JoaoSilva, Jose ManuelTavares Delgado, AdemarVeloso, FilipeWolters, Helmut2019-02-052019-02-052018-08-28http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.032015http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27627Many extensions of the Standard Model predict new resonances decaying to a Z, W, or Higgs boson and a photon. This paper presents a search for such resonances produced in pp collisions at s=13 TeV using a data set with an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb-1 collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The Z/W/H bosons are identified through their decays to hadrons. The data are found to be consistent with the Standard Model expectation in the entire investigated mass range. Upper limits are set on the production cross section times branching fraction for resonance decays to Z/W+γ in the mass range from 1.0 to 6.8 TeV and for the first time into H+γ in the mass range from 1.0 to 3.0 TeV.engSearch for heavy resonances decaying to a photon and a hadronically decaying $Z/W/H$ boson in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ $\mathrm{TeV}$ with the ATLAS detectorjournal article2019-02-05