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@ARTICLE{Hayrapetyan:636435,
author = {Hayrapetyan, Aram and others},
collaboration = {{CMS Collaboration}},
title = {{M}easurement of light-by-light scattering and the
{B}reit-{W}heeler process, and search for axion-like
particles in ultraperipheral {P}b{P}b collisions at
$\sqrt{{s}_{\text{{NN}}}}$ = 5.02 {T}e{V}},
journal = {Journal of high energy physics},
volume = {08},
number = {8},
issn = {1126-6708},
address = {Heidelberg},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-03659, arXiv:2412.15413. CMS-HIN-21-015.
CERN-EP-2024-284},
pages = {006},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Measurements of light-by-light scattering (LbL, γγ →
γγ) and the Breit-Wheeler process (BW, γγ
→e$^{+}$e$^{−}$) are reported in ultraperipheral PbPb
collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of
5.02 TeV. The data sample, corresponding to an integrated
luminosity of 1.7 nb$^{−1}$, was collected by the CMS
experiment at the CERN LHC in 2018. Events with an
exclusively produced γγ or e$^{+}$e$^{−}$ pair with
invariant masses m$^{γγ,ee}$> 5 GeV, along with other
fiducial criteria, are selected. The measured BW fiducial
production cross section, σ$_{fid}$(γγ →
e$^{+}$e$^{−}$) = 263.5 ± 1.8(stat) ± 17.8(syst) μb, as
well as the differential distributions for various kinematic
observables, are in agreement with leading-order quantum
electrodynamics predictions complemented with final-state
photon radiation. The measured differential BW cross
sections allow discrimination between different theoretical
descriptions of the photon flux of the lead ion. In the LbL
final state, 26 exclusive diphoton candidate events are
observed compared with 12.0 ± 2.9 expected for the
background. Combined with previous results, the observed
significance of the LbL signal with respect to the
background-only hypothesis is above five standard
deviations. The measured fiducial LbL scattering cross
section, σ$_{fid}$(γγ → γγ) = 107 ± 24(stat) ±
13(syst) nb, is in agreement with next- to-leading-order
predictions. Limits on the production of axion-like
particles coupled to photons are set over the mass range
5–100 GeV, including the most stringent limits to date in
the range of 5–10 GeV.[graphic not available: see
fulltext]},
keywords = {Hadron-Hadron Scattering (autogen) / Photon Production
(autogen) / Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics (autogen)},
cin = {CMS},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)CMS-20120731},
pnm = {611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611) / DFG
project G:(GEPRIS)390833306 - EXC 2121: Quantum Universe
(390833306) / HIDSS-0002 - DASHH: Data Science in Hamburg -
Helmholtz Graduate School for the Structure of Matter
$(2019_IVF-HIDSS-0002)$},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611 / G:(GEPRIS)390833306 /
$G:(DE-HGF)2019_IVF-HIDSS-0002$},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)LHC-Exp-CMS-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
eprint = {2412.15413},
howpublished = {arXiv:2412.15413},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
SLACcitation = {$\%\%CITATION$ = $arXiv:2412.15413;\%\%$},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP08(2025)006},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/636435},
}