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Measurement of the ZZ Production Cross Section and Limits on Anomalous Neutral Triple Gauge Couplings in Proton-Proton Collisions at s=7TeV with the ATLAS Detector

G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 041804 – Published 25 January 2012

Abstract

A measurement of the ZZ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at s=7TeV using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.02fb1 recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC is presented. Twelve events containing two Z boson candidates decaying to electrons and/or muons are observed, with an expected background of 0.3±0.3(stat)0.3+0.4(syst) events. The cross section measured in a phase-space region with good detector acceptance and for dilepton masses within the range 66 to 116 GeV is σZZ++fid=19.45.2+6.3(stat)0.7+0.9(syst)±0.7(lumi)fb. The resulting total cross section for on-shell ZZ production, σZZtot=8.52.3+2.7(stat)0.3+0.4(syst)±0.3(lumi)pb, is consistent with the standard model expectation of 6.50.2+0.3pb calculated at the next-to-leading order in QCD. Limits on anomalous neutral triple gauge boson couplings are derived.

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  • Received 23 October 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.041804

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Vol. 108, Iss. 4 — 27 January 2012

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