Vector Boson Scattering prospective studies in the ZZ fully leptonic decay channel for the High-Luminosity and High-Energy LHC upgrades
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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, . The results obtained from the 2016 analysis with an integrated luminosity of are projected to the HL-LHC luminosity of 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 coverage and assumptions made for the systematic uncertainties. A study is performed to separate the longitudinal polarization () from the dominant transverse polarizations. The expected sensitivity for the VBS fraction is standard deviations. The foreseen upgrade coverage of up to for electrons (muons) leads to a improvement in sensitivity compared to the Run 2 acceptance. Extending the coverage for electrons up to would result in a modest increase in the sensitivity. Finally, the HE-LHC option would allow to bring the sensitivity at the 5 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
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