Measurement of WW/ WZ→ ℓνqq′ production with the hadronically decaying boson reconstructed as one or two jets in pp collisions at √s=8TeV with ATLAS, and constraints on anomalous gauge couplings

Summary, in English

This paper presents a study of the production of WW or WZ boson pairs, with one W boson decaying to eν or μν and one W or Z boson decaying hadronically. The analysis uses 20.2fb-1 of s=8TeVpp collision data, collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Cross-sections for WW / WZ production are measured in high-pT 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. © 2017, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.

• Author: M Aaboud; G Aad; B. Abbott; O Abdinov; B Abeloos; S. H. Abidi; Torsten Åkesson; Simona Bocchetta; Caterina Doglioni; Vincent Hedberg; Göran Jarlskog; Charles Kalderon; Edgar Kellermann; Else Lytken; Katja Mankinen; Ulf Mjörnmark; Ruth Pöttgen; Trine Poulsen; Oxana Smirnova; Oleksandr Viazlo
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics; eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
• Publishing year: 2017
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: European Physical Journal C
• Volume: 77
• Issue: 8
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5084-2
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Springer
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1434-6044