Measurements of the pp → ZZ production cross section and the Z → 4ℓ branching fraction, and constraints on anomalous triple gauge couplings at √s = 13TeV
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Journal Article
Abstract
Four-lepton production in proton-proton collisions, pp→(Z/γ∗)(Z/γ∗)→4ℓ , where 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 35.9 fb−1 . The ZZ production cross section, σ(pp→ZZ)=17.2±0.5(stat)±0.7(syst)±0.4(theo)±0.4(lumi) pb , measured using events with two opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs produced in the mass region 60<mℓ+ℓ−<120GeV , is consistent with standard model predictions. Differential cross sections are measured and are well described by the theoretical predictions. The Z boson branching fraction to four leptons is measured to be B(Z→4ℓ)=4.8±0.2(stat)±0.2(syst)±0.1(theo)±0.1(lumi)×10−6 for events with a four-lepton invariant mass in the range 80<m4ℓ<100GeV and a dilepton mass mℓℓ>4GeV for all opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs. The results agree with standard model predictions. The invariant mass distribution of the four-lepton system is used to set limits on anomalous ZZZ and ZZ γ couplings at 95% confidence level: −0.0012<fZ4<0.0010 , −0.0010<fZ5<0.0013 , −0.0012<fγ4<0.0013 , −0.0012<fγ5<0.0013 .
Date Issued
2018-02-24
Date Acceptance
2018-01-17
Citation
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2018, 78 (2)
ISSN
1434-6044
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Journal / Book Title
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Volume
78
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© CERN for the benefit of the CMS collaboration 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
FINAL-STATES
NNLO QCD
COLLISIONS
COLLIDERS
LHC
TEV
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 165