Search for the RS model with a small curvature through photon-induced process at the LHC

TL;DR

This study investigates the potential of the LHC to detect signals of a small-curvature Randall-Sundrum-like model via photon-induced muon pair production, establishing sensitivity bounds for various luminosities.

Contribution

It introduces an analysis of the Randall-Sundrum model with small curvature through photon-induced processes at the LHC, providing sensitivity bounds for the model parameters.

Findings

Sensitivity bounds at 95% CL for different luminosities

Effective use of photon-induced muon pair production channel

Potential to explore small-curvature RS model at LHC

Abstract

In this paper, potential of the LHC to explore the phenomenology of the Randall-Sundrum-like scenario with the small curvature for the process $pp \to p \gamma \gamma p \to p \mu^- \mu^+p $ through the subprocess $\gamma \gamma \to \mu^- \mu^+$ is examined for two forward detector acceptances, $0.0015 < \xi< 0.5$ and $0.1< \xi <0.5$. This process is known to be one of the most clean channels. The sensitivity bounds on the anomalous model parameters have been found at the $95\%$ confidence level for various LHC integrated luminosity values.