Vector Boson Scattering prospective studies in the ZZ fully leptonic decay channel for the High-Luminosity and High-Energy LHC upgrades

Collaboration
2018
18 pages
Report number:
  • CMS-PAS-FTR-18-014
Experiments:

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20172018201901
Abstract:
Prospective studies for the vector boson scattering (VBS) in the ZZ channel at the HL-LHC are presented, where the Z bosons are identified and measured through their leptonic decays, =e,μ\ell = e, \mu. The results obtained from the 2016 analysis with an integrated luminosity of 36 fb136~\mathrm{fb}^{-1} are projected to the HL-LHC luminosity of 3000 fb13000~\mathrm{fb}^{-1} and center-of-mass energy of 14 TeV, taking into account the increased acceptance of the CMS detector. The projected uncertainty in the VBS ZZ cross section is 8.5--10.3%\% depending on the lepton η\eta coverage and assumptions made for the systematic uncertainties. A study is performed to separate the longitudinal polarization (ZL\mathrm{Z_L}) from the dominant transverse polarizations. The expected sensitivity for the VBS ZLZL\mathrm{Z_LZ_L} fraction is 1.41.4 standard deviations. The foreseen upgrade coverage of up to η=3(2.8)\vert \eta \vert = 3(2.8) for electrons (muons) leads to a 13%13\% improvement in sensitivity compared to the Run 2 acceptance. Extending the coverage for electrons up to η=4\vert \eta \vert = 4 would result in a modest increase in the sensitivity. Finally, the HE-LHC option would allow to bring the sensitivity at the 5σ\sigma level for this process.
Note:
  • Preliminary results
  • Data
  • p p: scattering
  • p p: colliding beams
  • Z0: pair production
  • Z0: leptonic decay
  • CERN LHC Coll: upgrade
  • vector boson: scattering
  • polarization: longitudinal
  • polarization: transverse
  • sensitivity