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Measurement of W+W- production in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous WWZ and WWγ couplings

  • ATLAS Collaboration
  • University of Freiburg
  • University of Bonn
  • University of Oklahoma
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona
  • Université Paris-Sud
  • University of Geneva
  • Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Michigan State University
  • University of Toronto
  • Tel Aviv University
  • CEA Saclay (Commissariat À l'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives)
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
  • AGH University of Krakow
  • United States Department of Energy
  • Hampton University
  • Yale University
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  • Brandeis University
  • Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
  • University of Granada
  • University of Bern
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Boston University
  • Stony Brook University
  • University of Texas at Dallas
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • Bogazici University
  • Lund University
  • The University of Tokyo
  • RAS - P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute
  • SUNY Albany
  • Royal Holloway University of London
  • University of Victoria BC
  • Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie de Grenoble
  • CERN
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  • Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
  • National Technical University of Athens
  • University of Udine
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Glasgow

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Abstract

This paper presents a measurement of the W+W- production cross section in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV. The leptonic decay channels are analyzed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb-1 collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The W+W- production cross section σ(pp→W+W-+X) is measured to be 51.9±2.0(stat)±3.9(syst)±2.0(lumi) pb, compatible with the Standard Model prediction of 44.7-1.9 +2.1 pb. A measurement of the normalized fiducial cross section as a function of the leading lepton transverse momentum is also presented. The reconstructed transverse momentum distribution of the leading lepton is used to extract limits on anomalous WWZ and WWγ couplings.

Original languageEnglish
Article number112001
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume87
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jun 2013
Externally publishedYes

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