Evidence for Electroweak Production of W±W±jj in pp Collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

G. Aad; B. Abbott; J. Abdallah; S. Abdel Khalek; O. Abdinov; R. Aben; B. Abi; M. Abolins; Mogens Dam; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Stefania Xella; Peter Henrik Hansen; Troels Christian Petersen; Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen; Sascha Mehlhase; Morten Dam Jørgensen; Almut Maria Pingel; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster; James William Monk; Lars Egholm Pedersen; Graig Wiglesworth

Evidence for Electroweak Production of W±W±jj in pp Collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, O. Abdinov, R. Aben, B. Abi, M. Abolins, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian Petersen, Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Sascha Mehlhase, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Almut Maria Pingel, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Alejandro Alonso DiazGorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster, James William Monk, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig Wiglesworth

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Abstract

This Letter presents the first study of W±W±jj, same-electric-charge diboson production in association with two jets, using 20.3 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data at √s=8 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events with two reconstructed same-charge leptons (e±e±, e±μ±, and μ±μ±) and two or more jets are analyzed. Production cross sections are measured in two fiducial regions, with different sensitivities to the electroweak and strong production mechanisms. First evidence for W±W±jj production and electroweak-only W±W±jj production is observed with a significance of 4.5 and 3.6 standard deviations, respectively. The measured production cross sections are in agreement with standard model predictions. Limits at 95% confidence level are set on anomalous quartic gauge couplings.

Original language	English
Article number	141803
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	113
Number of pages	19
ISSN	0031-9007
Publication status	Published - 3 Oct 2014

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., Petersen, T. C., Thomsen, L. A., Mehlhase, S., Jørgensen, M. D., Pingel, A. M., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., ... Wiglesworth, G. (2014). Evidence for Electroweak Production of W±W±jj in pp Collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector. Physical Review Letters, 113, [141803]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141803

Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdel Khalek, S, Abdinov, O, Aben, R, Abi, B, Abolins, M, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Thomsen, LA, Mehlhase, S, Jørgensen, MD, Pingel, AM, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Alonso Diaz, A, Galster, GAGK, Monk, JW, Pedersen, LE & Wiglesworth, G 2014, 'Evidence for Electroweak Production of W±W±jj in pp Collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector', Physical Review Letters, vol. 113, 141803. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141803>

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Evidence for Electroweak Production of W±W±jj in pp Collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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