Measurement of the WW cross section in √s = 7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous gauge couplings
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Taylor, Frank E.
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This Letter reports a measurement of the WW production cross section in√s = 7 TeV pp collisions using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.02 fb[superscript −1] collected with the ATLAS detector. Using leptonic decays of oppositely charged W bosons, the total measured cross section is σ(pp→WW) = 54.4±4.0 (stat.) ±3.9 (syst.) ±2.0 (lumi.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model prediction of σ(pp→WW) = 44.4±2.8 pb. Limits on anomalous electroweak triple-gauge couplings are extracted from a fit to the transverse-momentum distribution of the leading charged lepton in the event.
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2012-05Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Physics Letters B
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Elsevier
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Aad, G., B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, A.A. Abdelalim, A. Abdesselam, O. Abdinov, et al. “Measurement of the WW Cross Section in √s = 7 TeV Pp Collisions with the ATLAS Detector and Limits on Anomalous Gauge Couplings.” Physics Letters B 712, no. 4–5 (June 2012): 289–308. © 2012 CERN
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03702693