Simultaneous measurements of the t(t)over-bar, W+W-, and Z/gamma* -> tau tau production cross-sections in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

TY - JOUR

T1 - Simultaneous measurements of the t(t)over-bar, W+W-, and Z/gamma* -> tau tau production cross-sections in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

AU - Aad, G.

AU - Abbott, B.

AU - Abdallah, J.

AU - Abdel Khalek, S.

AU - Abdinov, O.

AU - Aben, R.

AU - Abi, B.

AU - Abolins, M.

AU - AbouZeid, O.S.

AU - Abramowicz, H.

AU - Dam, Mogens

AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines

AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck

AU - Xella, Stefania

AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik

AU - Petersen, Troels Christian

AU - Thomsen, Lotte Ansgaard

AU - Mehlhase, Sascha

AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam

AU - Pingel, Almut Maria

AU - Løvschall-Jensen, Ask Emil

AU - Alonso Diaz, Alejandro

AU - Monk, James William

AU - Pedersen, Lars Egholm

AU - Wiglesworth, Graig

AU - Galster, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn

PY - 2015/3/6

Y1 - 2015/3/6

N2 - Simultaneous measurements of the tt¯, W+W-, and Z/γ∗→ττ production cross-sections using an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb-1 of pp collisions at √s=7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. Events are selected with two high transverse momentum leptons consisting of an oppositely charged electron and muon pair. The three processes are separated using the distributions of the missing transverse momentum of events with zero and greater than zero jet multiplicities. Measurements of the fiducial cross-section are presented along with results that quantify for the first time the underlying correlations in the predicted and measured cross-sections due to proton parton distribution functions. These results indicate that the correlated next-to-leading-order predictions for tt¯ and Z/γ∗→ττ underestimate the data, while those at next-to-next-to-leading-order generally describe the data well. The full cross-sections are measured to be σ(tt¯)=181.2±2.8-9.5+9.7±3.3±3.3 pb, σ(W+W-)=53.3±2.7-8.0+7.3±1.0±0.5 pb, and σ(Z/γ∗→ττ)=1174±24-87+72±21±9 pb, where the cited uncertainties are due to statistics, systematic effects, luminosity and the LHC beam energy measurement, respectively. The W+W- measurement includes the small contribution from Higgs boson decays, H→W+W-.

AB - Simultaneous measurements of the tt¯, W+W-, and Z/γ∗→ττ production cross-sections using an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb-1 of pp collisions at √s=7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. Events are selected with two high transverse momentum leptons consisting of an oppositely charged electron and muon pair. The three processes are separated using the distributions of the missing transverse momentum of events with zero and greater than zero jet multiplicities. Measurements of the fiducial cross-section are presented along with results that quantify for the first time the underlying correlations in the predicted and measured cross-sections due to proton parton distribution functions. These results indicate that the correlated next-to-leading-order predictions for tt¯ and Z/γ∗→ττ underestimate the data, while those at next-to-next-to-leading-order generally describe the data well. The full cross-sections are measured to be σ(tt¯)=181.2±2.8-9.5+9.7±3.3±3.3 pb, σ(W+W-)=53.3±2.7-8.0+7.3±1.0±0.5 pb, and σ(Z/γ∗→ττ)=1174±24-87+72±21±9 pb, where the cited uncertainties are due to statistics, systematic effects, luminosity and the LHC beam energy measurement, respectively. The W+W- measurement includes the small contribution from Higgs boson decays, H→W+W-.

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.052005

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.052005

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1550-7998

VL - 91

JO - Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)

JF - Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)

IS - 5

M1 - 052005

ER -