Measurement of the <em>WW</em> cross section in √s=7 TeV <em>pp</em> collisions with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous gauge couplings

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.05.003

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Measurement of the WW cross section in √s=7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous gauge couplings

ContributorsATLAS Collaboration

Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 712, no. 4-5, p. 289-308

Publication date2012

Abstract

This Letter reports a measurement of the WW production cross section in √s=7 TeV pp collisions using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.02 fb−1 collected with the ATLAS detector. Using leptonic decays of oppositely charged W bosons, the total measured cross section is σ(pp→WW)=54.4±4.0(stat.)±3.9(syst.)±2.0(lumi.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model prediction of σ(pp→WW)=44.4±2.8 pbσ(pp→WW)=44.4±2.8 pb. Limits on anomalous electroweak triple-gauge couplings are extracted from a fit to the transverse-momentum distribution of the leading charged lepton in the event.

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Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire

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ATLAS Collaboration. Measurement of the WW cross section in √s=7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous gauge couplings. In: Physics letters. B, 2012, vol. 712, n° 4-5, p. 289–308. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.05.003

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DOI : 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.05.003

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