Measurements of four-lepton production in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The four-lepton (4ℓ, ℓ=e,μ) production cross section is measured in the mass range from 80 to 1000 GeV using 20.3 fb−1 of data in pp collisions at s=8 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The 4ℓ events are produced in the decays of resonant Z and Higgs bosons and the non-resonant ZZ con...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Anders, Christoph (Author) , Andrei, George Victor (Author) , Baas, Alessandra Edda (Author) , Brandt, Oleg (Author) , Davygora, Yuriy (Author) , Djuvsland, Julia Isabell (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Geisler, Manuel Patrice (Author) , Giulini, Maddalena (Author) , Hanke, Paul (Author) , Jongmanns, Jan (Author) , Kluge, Eike-Erik (Author) , Kolb, Mathis (Author) , Kretz, Moritz (Author) , Kugel, Andreas (Author) , Lang, Valerie (Author) , Lisovyi, Mykhailo (Author) , Meier, Karlheinz (Author) , Meyer zu Theenhausen, Hanno (Author) , Narrias Villar, Daniel Isaac (Author) , S̜ahinsoy, Merve (Author) , Schätzel, Sebastian (Author) , Scharf, Veit (Author) , Schmitt, Sebastian (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Author) , Sosa Corral, David E. (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (Author) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Author) , Suchek, Stanislav (Author) , Wessels, Martin (Author)
Corporate Author: ATLAS Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Physics letters
Year: 2015, Volume: 753, Pages: 552-572
ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.12.048
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.12.048
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931500996X
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Summary:The four-lepton (4ℓ, ℓ=e,μ) production cross section is measured in the mass range from 80 to 1000 GeV using 20.3 fb−1 of data in pp collisions at s=8 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The 4ℓ events are produced in the decays of resonant Z and Higgs bosons and the non-resonant ZZ continuum originating from qq¯, gg, and qg initial states. A total of 476 signal candidate events are observed with a background expectation of 26.2±3.6 events, enabling the measurement of the integrated cross section and the differential cross section as a function of the invariant mass and transverse momentum of the four-lepton system. In the mass range above 180 GeV, assuming the theoretical constraint on the qq¯ production cross section calculated with perturbative NNLO QCD and NLO electroweak corrections, the signal strength of the gluon-fusion component relative to its leading-order prediction is determined to be μgg=2.4±1.0 (stat.)±0.5 (syst.)±0.8 (theory).
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*ATLAS Collaboration: G. Aad, C.F. Anders, V. Andrei, A.E. Baas, O. Brandt, Y. Davygora, J.I. Djuvsland, M. Dunford, M.P. Geisler, M. Giulini, P. Hanke. J. Jongmanns, E.-E. Kluge, M. Kolb, M. Kretz, A. Kugel, V.S. Lang, M. Lisovyi, K. Meier, H. Meyer zu Theenhausen, D.I. Narrias Villar, M. Sahinsoy, S. Schaetzel, V. Scharf, S. Schmitt, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, D. Sosa, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, S. Suchek, M. Wessels [und 2832 weitere Personen]
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ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.12.048