Publication
Evidence for exclusive $\gamma\gamma \to W^+ W^-$ production and constraints on anomalous quartic gauge couplings in $pp$ collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ and 8 TeV
| dc.contributor.author | CMS collaboration (2282 authors) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Calpas, Betty | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nayak, Aruna | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bargassa, Pedrame | |
| dc.contributor.author | Beirão Da Cruz E Silva, Cristóvão | |
| dc.contributor.author | Di Francesco, Agostino | |
| dc.contributor.author | Faccioli, Pietro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ferreira Parracho, Pedro Guilherme | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gallinaro, Michele | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hollar, Jonathan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leonardo, Nuno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lloret Iglesias, Lara | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Federico | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rodrigues Antunes, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Seixas, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Toldaiev, Oleksii | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vadruccio, Daniele | |
| dc.contributor.author | Varela, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vischia, Pietro | |
| dc.contributor.author | David Tinoco Mendes, Andre | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Musella, Pasquale | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pela, Joao | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-04T09:46:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-04T09:46:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-08-22 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-04T09:46:33Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | A search for exclusive or quasi-exclusive γγ → W$^{+}$ W$^{−}$ production, via pp → p$^{(*)}$ W$^{+}$ W$^{−}$ p$^{(*)}$ → p$^{(*)}$ μ$^{±}$e$^{∓}$ p$^{(*)}$ at $ \sqrt{s}=8 $ TeV, is reported using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb$^{−1}$. Events are selected by requiring the presence of an electron-muon pair with large transverse momentum p$_{T}$(μ$^{±}$e$^{∓}$) > 30 GeV, and no associated charged particles detected from the same vertex. The 8 TeV results are combined with the previous 7 TeV results (obtained for 5.05 fb$^{−1}$ of data). In the signal region, 13 (2) events are observed over an expected background of 3.9 ± 0.6 (0.84 ± 0.15) events for 8 (7) TeV, resulting in a combined excess of 3.4σ over the background-only hypothesis. The observed yields and kinematic distributions are compatible with the standard model prediction for exclusive and quasi-exclusive γγ → W$^{+}$ W$^{−}$ production. Upper limits on the anomalous quartic gauge coupling operators a$_{0,C}^{W}$ (dimension-6) and f$_{M0,1,2,3}$ (dimension-8), the most stringent to date, are derived from the measured dilepton transverse momentum spectrum. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier | JHEP 1608 (2016) 119; DOI 10.1007/JHEP08(2016)119 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2016)119 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27070 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.title | Evidence for exclusive $\gamma\gamma \to W^+ W^-$ production and constraints on anomalous quartic gauge couplings in $pp$ collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ and 8 TeV | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt |
| rcaap.type | article |