Measurements of production cross sections of polarized same-sign W boson pairs in association with two jets in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV
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Journal Article
Abstract
The first measurements of production cross sections of polarized same-sign W±W±boson pairs in proton-proton collisions are reported. The measurements are based on a data sample collected with the CMS detector at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1. Events are selected by requiring exactly two same-sign leptons, electrons or muons, moderate missing transverse momentum, and two jets with a large rapidity separation and a large dijet mass to enhance the contribution of same-sign W±W±scattering events. An observed (expected) 95% confidence level upper limit of 1.17 (0.88) fb is set on the production cross section for longitudinally polarized same-sign W±W±boson pairs. The electroweak production of same-sign W±W±boson pairs with at least one of the W bosons longitudinally polarized is measured with an observed (expected) significance of 2.3 (3.1) standard deviations.
Date Issued
2021-01
Date Acceptance
2020-12-08
Citation
Physics Letters B, 2021, 812, pp.1-27
ISSN
0370-2693
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Start Page
1
End Page
27
Journal / Book Title
Physics Letters B
Volume
812
Copyright Statement
©2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by SCOAP3.
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320308212?via%3Dihub
Subjects
hep-ex
hep-ex
Nuclear & Particles Physics
0105 Mathematical Physics
0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Publication Status
Published
OA Location
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320308212?via%3Dihub
Article Number
136018
Date Publish Online
2020-12-11