Search for contact interactions in opposite-sign dimuon events in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

Understand

Results are reported from a search for the effects of contact interactions using events with a high-mass, oppositely charged muon pair.

• The events are collected in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at the Large Hadron Collider.
• The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.3 inverse femtobarns.
• The observed dimuon mass spectrum is consistent with that expected from the standard model.