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Abstract
A search for contact interactions has been performed using dimuon events recorded with the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7 TeV$. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $42 pb^{−1}$. No significant deviation from the standard model is observed in the dimuon mass spectrum, allowing the following 95% C.L. limits to be set on the energy scale of contact interactions: $𝛬>4.9 TeV$ (4.5 TeV) for constructive (destructive) interference in the left-left isoscalar compositeness model. These limits are the most stringent to date for $uuqq$ contact interactions.