Search for new phenomena using the invariant mass distribution of same-flavour opposite-sign dilepton pairs in events with missing transverse momentum in $$\sqrt{s}=13$$s=13 $$\text {Te}\text {V}$$Tepp collisions with the ATLAS detector

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Arnaez | A. Artamonov | G. Artoni | S. Asai | L. Asquith | K. Assamagan | M. Atkinson | K. Augsten | G. Avolio | R. Avramidou | G. Azuelos | H. Bachacou | K. Bachas | M. Backes | J. Baines | O. Baker | P. Balek | E. Banas | L. Barak | E. Barberio | D. Barberis | M. Barbero | T. Barillari | T. Barklow | N. Barlow | B. Barnett | R. Barnett | A. Baroncelli | G. Barone | F. Barreiro | R. Bartoldus | A. Barton | R. Bates | J. Batley | F. Bauer | H. Bawa | T. Beau | P. Bechtle | H. Beck | A. Beddall | V. Bednyakov | C. Bee | M. Begel | G. Bella | L. Bellagamba | M. Bellomo | K. Belotskiy | O. Benary | D. Benchekroun | N. Benekos | Y. Benhammou | M. Benoit | J. Bensinger | S. Bentvelsen | D. Berge | N. Berger | C. Bernius | F. Bernlochner | T. Berry | C. Bertella | G. Besjes | N. Besson | S. Bethke | R. Bianchi | O. Biebel | K. Bierwagen | M. Biglietti | M. Bindi | A. Bingul | C. Bini | K. Black | R. Blair | T. Blažek | I. Bloch | U. Blumenschein | S. Bocchetta | T. Bold | M. Bomben | M. 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