Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ZZ → ℓ⁻ℓ⁺ℓ′⁻ℓ′⁺ and ZZ→ ℓ⁻...

• Autores: Alconada Verzini, María Josefina; Alonso, Francisco; Arduh, Francisco Anuar; Dova, María Teresa; Hoya, Joaquín; Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The ATLAS Collaboration
• Año de publicación: 2017
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Ciencias Exactas; Física; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de La Plata

A measurement of the ZZ production cross section in the ℓ⁻ℓ⁺ℓ′⁻ℓ′⁺ and ℓ⁻ℓ⁺νν¯ channels (ℓ = e, μ) in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb^-1 collected by the ATLAS experiment in 2012 is presented. The fiducial cross sections for ZZ → ℓ⁻ℓ⁺ℓ′⁻ℓ′⁺ and ZZ→ ℓ⁻ℓ⁺νν¯ are measured in selected phase-space regions. The total cross section for ZZ events produced with both Z bosons in the mass range 66 to 116 GeV is measured from the combination of the two channels to be 7.3 ± 0.4(stat) ± 0.3(syst)^-0.2_-0.1 (lumi) pb, which is consistent with the Standard Model prediction of 6. 6^+0.7_-0.6 pb. The differential cross sections in bins of various kinematic variables are presented. The differential event yield as a function of the transverse momentum of the leading Z boson is used to set limits on anomalous neutral triple gauge boson couplings in ZZ production.
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Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Instituto de Física La Plata