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Measurement of the inclusive and differential WZ production cross sections, polarization angles, and triple gauge couplings in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV

par Tumasyan, A.;Beghin, Diego ;Bilin, Bugra ;Clerbaux, Barbara ;De Lentdecker, Gilles ;Favart, Laurent ;Grebenyuk, Anastasia ;Kalsi, Amandeep Kaur ;Lee, Kyeongpil ;Mahdavikhorrami, Mostafa ;Makarenko, Inna ;Malara, Andrea ;Moureaux, Louis ;Pétré, Laurent ;Popov, Andrey ;Postiau, Nicolas ;Starling, Elizabeth Rose ;Thomas, Laurent ;Vanden Bemden, Max ;Vander Velde, Catherine ;Vanlaer, Pascal ;Vannerom, David ;Wezenbeek, Liam ; [et al.]
Référence The journal of high energy physics (Online), 2022, 7, 32
Publication Publié, 2022-07-01

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The associated production of a W and a Z boson is studied in final states with multiple leptons produced in proton-proton (pp) collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV using 137 fb−1 of data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. A measurement of the total inclusive production cross section yields σtot(pp → WZ) = 50.6 ± 0.8 (stat) ± 1.5 (syst) ± 1.1 (lumi) ± 0.5 (theo) pb. Measurements of the fiducial and differential cross sections for several key observables are also performed in all the final-state lepton flavour and charge compositions with a total of three charged leptons, which can be electrons or muons. All results are compared with theoretical predictions computed up to next-to-next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics plus next-to-leading or- der in electroweak theory and for various sets of parton distribution functions. The results include direct measurements of the charge asymmetry and the W and Z vector boson polarization. The first observation of longitudinally polarized W bosons in WZ production is reported. Anomalous gauge couplings are searched for, leading to new constraints on beyond-the-standard-model contributions to the WZ triple gauge coupling. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]