Measurement of WW/WZνqqWW/WZ \to \ell \nu q q^{\prime} production with the hadronically decaying boson reconstructed as one or two jets in pppp collisions at s=8\sqrt{s}=8 TeV with ATLAS, and constraints on anomalous gauge couplings

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Jun 6, 2017

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Abstract: (Springer)
This paper presents a study of the production of WW or WZ boson pairs, with one W boson decaying to eνe\nu or μν\mu \nu and one W or Z boson decaying hadronically. The analysis uses 20.2  fb 120.2~\text{ fb }^{-1} of s=8 TeV\sqrt{s} =8~\text {TeV} pp collision data, collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Cross-sections for WW / WZ production are measured in high- pTp_{\mathrm {T}} fiducial regions defined close to the experimental event selection. The cross-section is measured for the case where the hadronically decaying boson is reconstructed as two resolved jets, and the case where it is reconstructed as a single jet. The transverse momentum distribution of the hadronically decaying boson is used to search for new physics. Observations are consistent with the Standard Model predictions, and 95% confidence intervals are calculated for parameters describing anomalous triple gauge-boson couplings.
Note:
  • p p: scattering
  • p p: colliding beams
  • W: pair production
  • Z0: associated production
  • W: leptonic decay
  • W: hadronic decay
  • Z0: hadronic decay
  • channel cross section: measured
  • transverse momentum: momentum spectrum
  • new physics: search for