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Measurement of the W+W Production Cross Section and Search for Anomalous WWγ and WWZ Couplings in pp Collisions at √s=1.96  TeV

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Published inPhysical review letters, vol. 104, no. 20, 201801
Publication date2010
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This Letter describes the current most precise measurement of the W boson pair production cross section and most sensitive test of anomalous WWγ and WWZ couplings in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The WW candidates are reconstructed from decays containing two charged leptons and two neutrinos. Using data collected by the CDF II detector from 3.6  fb−1 of integrated luminosity, a total of 654 candidate events are observed with an expected background of 320±47 events. The measured cross section is σ(pp→W+W−+X)=12.1±0.9(stat)+1.6−1.4(syst)  pb, which is in good agreement with the standard model prediction. The same data sample is used to place constraints on anomalous WWγ and WWZ couplings.

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CDF Collaboration. Measurement of the <em>W<sup>+</sup>W<sup>−</sup></em> Production Cross Section and Search for Anomalous <em>WWγ</em> and <em>WWZ</em> Couplings in <em>pp</em> Collisions at √s=1.96  TeV. In: Physical review letters, 2010, vol. 104, n° 20, p. 201801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.201801
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