Measurement of the Wγ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV and constraints on effective field theory coefficients
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Journal Article
Abstract
A fiducial cross section for Wγ production in proton-proton collisions is measured at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 137 fb^{-1} of data collected using the CMS detector at the LHC. The W→eν and μν decay modes are used in a maximum-likelihood fit to the lepton-photon invariant mass distribution to extract the combined cross section. The measured cross section is compared with theoretical expectations at next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics. In addition, 95% confidence level intervals are reported for anomalous triple-gauge couplings within the framework of effective field theory.
Date Issued
2021-06-25
Date Acceptance
2021-05-11
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2021, 126 (25)
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
126
Issue
25
Copyright Statement
© 2021 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34241533
Subjects
CMS Collaboration
hep-ex
hep-ex
General Physics
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
ARTN 252002