New-physics effects on high-energy tails

Illustration of the effects of new physics on the high-mass or high-pT tails in proton-proton collisions at detectors like CMS. Also shown are expected excesses in observed data, constructive vs. destructive interference, etc.

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% Author: Izaak Neutelings (September 2022)
\documentclass[border=3pt,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{physics} % for \dd
\usepackage{xfp} % higher precision (16 digits?) with fpeval
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections}
\DeclareMathOperator{\Log}{Log}
% TIKZ
\tikzset{>=latex} % for LaTeX arrow head
\tikzstyle{curve}=[very thick,line cap=round]
\tikzstyle{dashed curve}=[curve,thick,dashed]
\pgfdeclarelayer{back} % to draw on background
\pgfsetlayers{back,main} % set order
% COLORS
\definecolor{myblue}{rgb}{.0,.13,.98} % 0,32,250
\definecolor{myred}{rgb}{.7,.1,.1}
\colorlet{mydarkred}{myred!80!black}
\colorlet{mydarkgreen}{green!30!black}
\colorlet{mylightgreen}{green!30!black!15}
%% FUNCTIONS
%\tikzset{declare function={% Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates
%  kruskalu(\x,\c) = {\fpeval{sqrt(\x*\x+(\c/2-1)*exp(\c/2))}};%
%}}
% DRAW RANDOM DATA POINTS
\def\yerrscale{0.26} % scale fluctuations
\def\ybarscale{0.7} % scale error bars
\def\wbar{1.2pt} % width of line at end of error bar
\def\drawdata[#1](#2:#3:#4){ % add data around named path
  \def\Ndata{#2} % number of data points 
  \pgfmathsetmacro\xmindata{#3} % xmin for graph
  \pgfmathsetmacro\xmaxdata{#4} % xmax for graph
  %\pgfmathsetmacro\wbar{0.2*\xmaxdata/\Ndata} % width of line at end of error bar
  \foreach \i [evaluate={
    \x=\xmindata+(\i-0.5)*(\xmaxdata-\xmindata)/\Ndata;
  }] in {1,...,\Ndata}{
    \message{^^J N=\Ndata, i=\i, x=\x}
 
 
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