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Measurement of the inclusive and differential WZ production cross sections, polarization angles, and triple gauge couplings in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV. / The CMS collaboration.
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T1 - Measurement of the inclusive and differential WZ production cross sections, polarization angles, and triple gauge couplings in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV
AU - The CMS collaboration
AU - Tumasyan, A.
AU - Adam, W.
AU - Andrejkovic, J. W.
AU - Bergauer, T.
AU - Chatterjee, S.
AU - Dragicevic, M.
AU - Escalante Del Valle, A.
AU - Frühwirth, R.
AU - Jeitler, M.
AU - Krammer, N.
AU - Lechner, L.
AU - Liko, D.
AU - Mikulec, I.
AU - Paulitsch, P.
AU - Pitters, F. M.
AU - Schieck, J.
AU - Schöfbeck, R.
AU - Spanring, M.
AU - Templ, S.
AU - Waltenberger, W.
AU - Wulz, C. E.
AU - Chekhovsky, V.
AU - Litomin, A.
AU - Makarenko, V.
AU - Darwish, M. R.
AU - De Wolf, E. A.
AU - Janssen, X.
AU - Kello, T.
AU - Lelek, A.
AU - Rejeb Sfar, H.
AU - Van Mechelen, P.
AU - Van Putte, S.
AU - Van Remortel, N.
AU - Blekman, F.
AU - Bols, E. S.
AU - D’Hondt, J.
AU - De Clercq, J.
AU - Delcourt, M.
AU - El Faham, H.
AU - Lowette, S.
AU - Moortgat, S.
AU - Morton, A.
AU - Müller, D.
AU - Sahasransu, A. R.
AU - Blinov, V.
AU - Dimova, T.
AU - Kardapoltsev, L.
AU - Kozyrev, A.
AU - Ovtin, I.
AU - Skovpen, Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - The associated production of a W and a Z boson is studied in final states with multiple leptons produced in proton-proton (pp) collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV using 137 fb−1 of data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. A measurement of the total inclusive production cross section yields σtot(pp → WZ) = 50.6 ± 0.8 (stat) ± 1.5 (syst) ± 1.1 (lumi) ± 0.5 (theo) pb. Measurements of the fiducial and differential cross sections for several key observables are also performed in all the final-state lepton flavour and charge compositions with a total of three charged leptons, which can be electrons or muons. All results are compared with theoretical predictions computed up to next-to-next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics plus next-to-leading or- der in electroweak theory and for various sets of parton distribution functions. The results include direct measurements of the charge asymmetry and the W and Z vector boson polarization. The first observation of longitudinally polarized W bosons in WZ production is reported. Anomalous gauge couplings are searched for, leading to new constraints on beyond-the-standard-model contributions to the WZ triple gauge coupling.
AB - The associated production of a W and a Z boson is studied in final states with multiple leptons produced in proton-proton (pp) collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV using 137 fb−1 of data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. A measurement of the total inclusive production cross section yields σtot(pp → WZ) = 50.6 ± 0.8 (stat) ± 1.5 (syst) ± 1.1 (lumi) ± 0.5 (theo) pb. Measurements of the fiducial and differential cross sections for several key observables are also performed in all the final-state lepton flavour and charge compositions with a total of three charged leptons, which can be electrons or muons. All results are compared with theoretical predictions computed up to next-to-next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics plus next-to-leading or- der in electroweak theory and for various sets of parton distribution functions. The results include direct measurements of the charge asymmetry and the W and Z vector boson polarization. The first observation of longitudinally polarized W bosons in WZ production is reported. Anomalous gauge couplings are searched for, leading to new constraints on beyond-the-standard-model contributions to the WZ triple gauge coupling.
KW - Hadron-Hadron Scattering
KW - Particle Correlations and Fluctuations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135977210&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP07(2022)032
DO - 10.1007/JHEP07(2022)032
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135977210
VL - 2022
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
SN - 1029-8479
IS - 7
M1 - 32
ER -
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