Measurements of $$W^{+}W^{-}$$ production in decay topologies inspired by searches for electroweak supersymmetry


Aad, G ORCID: 0000-0002-6665-4934, Abbott, B ORCID: 0000-0002-5888-2734, Abbott, DC ORCID: 0000-0002-7248-3203, Abeling, K ORCID: 0000-0002-1002-1652, Abidi, SH ORCID: 0000-0002-8496-9294, Aboulhorma, A ORCID: 0000-0002-9987-2292, Abramowicz, H ORCID: 0000-0001-5329-6640, Abreu, H ORCID: 0000-0002-1599-2896, Abulaiti, Y ORCID: 0000-0003-0403-3697, Abusleme Hoffman, AC ORCID: 0000-0003-0762-7204 et al (show 2874 more authors) (2023) Measurements of $$W^{+}W^{-}$$ production in decay topologies inspired by searches for electroweak supersymmetry. The European Physical Journal C, 83 (8). 718-.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper presents a measurement of fiducial and differential cross-sections for <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^{+}W^{-}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> production in proton–proton collisions at <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\sqrt{s}=13$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msqrt> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> </mml:msqrt> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>13</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> TeV with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$^{-1}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>. Events with exactly one electron, one muon and no hadronic jets are studied. The fiducial region in which the measurements are performed is inspired by searches for the electroweak production of supersymmetric charginos decaying to two-lepton final states. The selected events have moderate values of missing transverse momentum and the ‘stransverse mass’ variable <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$m_{\textrm{T2}}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>T2</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>, which is widely used in searches for supersymmetry at the LHC. The ranges of these variables are chosen so that the acceptance is enhanced for direct <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^{+}W^{-}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> production and suppressed for production via top quarks, which is treated as a background. The fiducial cross-section and particle-level differential cross-sections for six variables are measured and compared with two theoretical SM predictions from perturbative QCD calculations.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 29 Aug 2023 08:15
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:51
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11508-9
Open Access URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3172368
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