Title: | Measurement of the ZZ production cross section and Z → ℓ<sup>+</sup>ℓ<sup>−</sup>ℓ<sup>′+</sup>ℓ<sup>′−</sup> branching fraction in pp collisions at s=13 TeV |
Authors: | Khachatryan, V Sirunyan, AM Tumasyan, A Adam, W Asilar, E Bergauer, T Brandstetter, J Brondolin, E Dragicevic, M Erö, J Flechl, M Friedl, M Frühwirth, R Ghete, VM Hartl, C Hörmann, N Hrubec, J Jeitler, M König, A Krätschmer, I Liko, D Matsushita, T Mikulec, I Rabady, D Rad, N Rahbaran, B Rohringer, H Schieck, J Strauss, J Treberer-Treberspurg, W Waltenberger, W Wulz, CE Mossolov, V Shumeiko, N Suarez Gonzalez, J Alderweireldt, S De Wolf, EA Janssen, X Lauwers, J Van De Klundert, M Van Haevermaet, H Van Mechelen, P Van Remortel, N Van Spilbeeck, A Abu Zeid, S Blekman, F D'Hondt, J Daci, N De Bruyn, I Deroover, K Heracleous, N Lowette, S Moortgat, S Moreels, L Olbrechts, A Python, Q Tavernier, S Van Doninck, W Van Mulders, P Van Parijs, I Brun, H Caillol, C Clerbaux, B De Lentdecker, G Delannoy, H Fasanella, G Favart, L Goldouzian, R Grebenyuk, A Karapostoli, G Lenzi, T Léonard, A Luetic, J Maerschalk, T Marinov, A Randle-conde, A Seva, T Vander Velde, C Vanlaer, P Yonamine, R Zenoni, F Zhang, F Cimmino, A Cornelis, T Dobur, D Fagot, A Garcia, G Gul, M Poyraz, D Salva, S Schöfbeck, R Tytgat, M Van Driessche, W Yazgan, E Zaganidis, N Bakhshiansohi, H Beluffi, C Bondu, O Brochet, S Bruno, G |
Keywords: | CMS;Physics;Electroweak |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 763: pp. 280 - 303,(2016) |
Abstract: | Four-lepton production in proton–proton collisions, pp→(Z/γ⁎)(Z/γ⁎)→ℓ+ℓ−ℓ′+ℓ′−, where ℓ,ℓ′=e or μ, is studied at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.6 fb−1. The ZZ production cross section, σ(pp→ZZ)=14.6−1.8+1.9(stat)−0.3+0.5(syst)±0.2(theo)±0.4(lumi)pb, is measured for events with two opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs produced in the mass region 60<mℓ+ℓ−,mℓ′+ℓ′−<120 GeV. The Z boson branching fraction to four leptons is measured to be B(Z→ℓ+ℓ−ℓ′+ℓ′−)=4.9−0.7+0.8 (stat)−0.2+0.3 (syst)−0.1+0.2(theo)±0.1(lumi)×10−6 for the four-lepton invariant mass in the range 80<mℓ+ℓ−ℓ′+ℓ′−<100 GeV and dilepton mass mℓ+ℓ−<4 GeV for all opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs. The results are in agreement with standard model predictions. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13616 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.10.054 |
ISSN: | 0370-2693 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers
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