Search for soft unclustered energy patterns containing muons in the final state in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Search for soft unclustered energy patterns containing muons in the final state in pp collisions at sqrt{s} = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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ATLAS observes no significant excess of soft unclustered energy patterns containing muons and sets exclusion limits on hidden-sector mediators.

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The paper searches for soft unclustered energy patterns, known as SUEPs, which are high-multiplicity isotropic sprays of low-momentum particles that could arise in hidden sector theories beyond the Standard Model. It focuses on cases where these patterns include muons in the final state and uses 140 fb^{-1} of 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector. The search targets production of a scalar mediator through gluon-gluon fusion in Hidden Valley scenarios. No more events are seen than expected from known Standard Model processes. This allows the experiment to place upper limits on the rate of such mediator production and decay into SUEPs at various mediator masses.

Core claim

No significant excess over the Standard Model expectation is observed. Exclusion limits are set on the product of the mediator production cross section and the branching fraction for its decay into a SUEP, down to 0.05 fb for a mediator mass of m_S = 750 GeV, 0.4 fb for m_S = 400 GeV, and 70 fb for m_S = 125 GeV; the last value, when identifying the mediator with the Standard Model Higgs boson, translates to an upper limit on the branching fraction of around 0.2%.

What carries the argument

The SUEP signature in Hidden Valley models, consisting of high-multiplicity isotropic distributions of low-momentum particles including muons, used to probe possible decays of a scalar mediator produced via gluon-gluon fusion.

If this is right

Mediator cross section times branching fraction to SUEPs is excluded below 0.05 fb at 750 GeV mass.
The corresponding exclusion is 0.4 fb at 400 GeV and 70 fb at 125 GeV.
If the mediator is identified with the Higgs boson, its branching fraction to SUEPs is limited to roughly 0.2%.
These bounds constrain the parameter space of strongly-coupled hidden sector models that produce isotropic particle sprays.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

Extending the analysis to other final states such as electrons or photons could cover additional hidden sector decay modes.
Higher integrated luminosity at future LHC runs would allow tighter limits on lower-mass or lower-rate mediators.
The isotropic high-multiplicity signature may overlap with other beyond-Standard-Model phenomena such as dark showers or emerging jets.

Load-bearing premise

The signal is modeled using gluon-gluon fusion production of a scalar mediator in Hidden Valley scenarios with accurate simulation of SUEP decay products including muons, and that all relevant Standard Model backgrounds are correctly estimated without unaccounted contributions.

What would settle it

A statistically significant excess in the number or distribution of high-multiplicity isotropic muon events above the predicted Standard Model backgrounds would indicate the presence of SUEPs from a hidden sector mediator.

read the original abstract

Soft unclustered energy patterns (SUEPs) refer to high-multiplicity, isotropic distributions of low-momentum particles that could arise in strongly-coupled hidden sector theories. A search for SUEPs whose decay products contain muons in the final state is presented using 140 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider during 2015-2018. The analysis targets SUEP signatures via gluon-gluon fusion production of a scalar mediator in Hidden Valley scenarios. No significant excess over the Standard Model expectation is observed. Exclusion limits are set on the product of the mediator production cross section and the branching fraction for its decay into a SUEP, down to 0.05 fb for a mediator mass of $m_S$ = 750 GeV, 0.4 fb for $m_S$ = 400 GeV, and 70 fb for $m_S$ = 125 GeV; the last value, when identifying the mediator with the Standard Model Higgs boson, translates to an upper limit on the branching fraction of around 0.2%.

Editorial analysis

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ATLAS muon SUEP search is a standard null result with useful new limits, but background modeling in high-multiplicity isotropic events deserves scrutiny.

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Hey, the main thing to know about this ATLAS paper is that they searched for soft unclustered energy patterns containing muons using the full Run 2 dataset and found no significant excess over Standard Model expectations, setting new exclusion limits on a scalar mediator in hidden valley models down to 0.05 fb at 750 GeV. It's a dedicated extension of prior SUEP work to this specific muon signature with 140 fb inverse of 13 TeV data. They model the signal via gluon-gluon fusion production and include muon decays in the simulation, then apply the usual limit-setting procedures. The paper does well by providing a clean interpretation when the mediator is taken as the SM Higgs, which gives a branching fraction bound around 0.2 percent. The analysis follows conventional ATLAS methods for background estimates, efficiency corrections, and systematic uncertainties, which is appropriate for this kind of exotic search. The soft spot is the background modeling for these high-multiplicity, low-pT, isotropic events that also contain muons. The main backgrounds come from QCD multi-jet, V plus jets, and heavy-flavor processes, and if the Monte Carlo misses correlations between muon production and the soft unclustered topology due to hadronization or pile-up effects, the prediction in the signal region could be off. This is the assumption the stress test flags, and it is worth checking in the full paper because the no-excess claim and the quoted limits rest on it. That said, ATLAS papers of this type typically use data-driven control regions to cross-check, so the issue may turn out to be minor rather than load-bearing. This work is mainly for experimentalists and theorists focused on hidden sector models or BSM signatures at the LHC. A reader looking for concrete bounds on mediator parameters will find the limits useful and the approach grounded. It shows clear, honest engagement with the data and similar searches in the literature. I would send it for peer review rather than desk reject because the dataset is large, the signature is new, and the methods are established enough to merit referee time even if revisions are needed on the background details.

Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript presents a search for soft unclustered energy patterns (SUEPs) containing muons in the final state using 140 fb^{-1} of ATLAS pp collision data at √s = 13 TeV. The analysis targets gluon-gluon fusion production of a scalar mediator in Hidden Valley scenarios. No significant excess over the Standard Model expectation is observed. Exclusion limits are set on the product of the mediator production cross section and the branching fraction to SUEP, reaching 0.05 fb at m_S = 750 GeV, 0.4 fb at 400 GeV, and 70 fb at 125 GeV (corresponding to an upper limit of ~0.2% on the branching fraction if the mediator is identified with the SM Higgs boson).

Significance. If the background modeling and efficiency corrections hold, the result constrains Hidden Valley models with muon-containing SUEP decays across a range of mediator masses. The limits are derived from standard ATLAS null-result procedures on a large dataset and provide new coverage for an exotic high-multiplicity isotropic signature. The translation of the lowest-mass limit into a Higgs branching-fraction bound is a useful cross-check against existing invisible-decay constraints.

major comments (2)

[Section 5.2] Section 5.2 (Background estimation): The signal region is defined by high particle multiplicity, low p_T, isotropy, and the presence of muons. The paper relies on Monte Carlo simulation for the dominant QCD multi-jet, V+jets, and heavy-flavor backgrounds. A quantitative assessment of possible mismodeling of muon production correlations with the soft unclustered topology (e.g., from hadronization or pile-up) is needed, as any residual bias would directly shift the observed limits (0.05 fb, 0.4 fb, 70 fb).
[Section 6.1] Section 6.1 (Limit extraction): The reported limits assume that all relevant SM backgrounds are correctly estimated without unaccounted contributions in the muon-enriched isotropic region. The manuscript should include a dedicated study of the impact of varying the background normalization or shape within the uncertainties on the final exclusion contours.

minor comments (2)

[Figure 3] Figure 3: The caption should explicitly state the integrated luminosity and the exact definition of the SUEP selection variables used in the plot.
[Table 1] Table 1: The efficiency values for the muon identification and isolation requirements should be listed separately from the overall acceptance.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive comments on the background estimation and limit extraction sections. We address each point below and have incorporated additional material in the revised version to strengthen the presentation of these aspects.

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Referee: [Section 5.2] Section 5.2 (Background estimation): The signal region is defined by high particle multiplicity, low p_T, isotropy, and the presence of muons. The paper relies on Monte Carlo simulation for the dominant QCD multi-jet, V+jets, and heavy-flavor backgrounds. A quantitative assessment of possible mismodeling of muon production correlations with the soft unclustered topology (e.g., from hadronization or pile-up) is needed, as any residual bias would directly shift the observed limits (0.05 fb, 0.4 fb, 70 fb).

Authors: We agree that a quantitative assessment of potential mismodeling of muon production correlations with the soft unclustered topology is important to include. The current manuscript validates the Monte Carlo predictions in several control regions that share key features with the signal region, including muon-enriched samples and regions with varying multiplicity. To directly address the referee's concern, the revised manuscript will add an explicit study in Section 5.2 in which we vary hadronization and pile-up modeling parameters relevant to muon production and evaluate the resulting shifts in background yields within the signal region. The impact of these variations on the extracted limits will also be quantified. revision: yes
Referee: [Section 6.1] Section 6.1 (Limit extraction): The reported limits assume that all relevant SM backgrounds are correctly estimated without unaccounted contributions in the muon-enriched isotropic region. The manuscript should include a dedicated study of the impact of varying the background normalization or shape within the uncertainties on the final exclusion contours.

Authors: The limit extraction employs a profile likelihood fit in which background normalization and shape uncertainties are incorporated as nuisance parameters and profiled together with the signal strength. To provide the dedicated study requested, the revised Section 6.1 will include explicit variations of the background normalizations and shapes within their assigned uncertainties, with the resulting changes to the exclusion contours shown in additional figures or tables. This will illustrate the robustness of the reported limits (0.05 fb at 750 GeV, 0.4 fb at 400 GeV, and 70 fb at 125 GeV) against such variations. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: experimental search sets data-driven limits without self-referential reductions

full rationale

The paper is a standard ATLAS experimental search for an exotic signature in 140 fb^{-1} of 13 TeV data. Signal is modeled via gluon-gluon fusion in Hidden Valley scenarios with full detector simulation; backgrounds are estimated from Monte Carlo or control regions. The central result (no excess, exclusion limits on mediator cross-section times branching fraction) follows directly from comparing observed yields in the signal region to predicted SM expectations. No equation in the analysis defines a quantity in terms of itself, renames a fit as a prediction, or relies on a self-citation chain for a uniqueness theorem. The derivation is self-contained against external benchmarks (detector calibration, SM cross-sections, and validated MC generators) and does not reduce to its own inputs by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 1 invented entities

The search relies on standard assumptions about detector performance and background modeling plus a postulated signal model for the hidden sector.

axioms (2)

domain assumption Standard Model processes and detector response are accurately modeled by Monte Carlo simulations for background estimation.
Used to predict expected event yields in the absence of new physics.
domain assumption Muon identification and reconstruction efficiencies are well known from control samples.
Critical for signal acceptance and background rejection in the muon final state.

invented entities (1)

Scalar mediator in Hidden Valley scenario no independent evidence
purpose: Produced via gluon-gluon fusion and decaying to SUEP
New particle postulated to generate the target signature in hidden sector theories.

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