Measurement of the WZ production cross section in pp collisions at $\\sqrts = 7$ and 8 $\\,\\textTeV$ and search for anomalous triple gauge couplings at $\\sqrts = 8\\,\\textTeV $
Journal
European Physical Journal
Journal Volume
C77
Journal Issue
4
Pages
236
Date Issued
2017
Abstract
The WZ production cross section is measured by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in proton-proton collision data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of 4.9[Formula: see text] collected at [Formula: see text], and 19.6[Formula: see text] at [Formula: see text]. The measurements are performed using the fully-leptonic WZ decay modes with electrons and muons in the final state. The measured cross sections for [Formula: see text] are [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]. Differential cross sections with respect to the [Formula: see text] boson [Formula: see text], the leading jet [Formula: see text], and the number of jets are obtained using the [Formula: see text] data. The results are consistent with standard model predictions and constraints on anomalous triple gauge couplings are obtained.
Type
journal article