Measurement of hard double-parton interactions in W(-> lv) plus 2-jet events at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, T. Abajyan, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S.A. Khalek, Mogens Dam, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Sascha Mehlhase, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Troels Christian Petersen, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

The production of W bosons in association with two jets in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √ s = 7 TeV has been analysed for the presence of double-parton interactions using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb-1, collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The fraction of events arising from double-parton interactions, f(D) DP, has been measured through the pT balance between the two jets and amounts to f(D) DP = 0.08 ±0.01 (stat.)±0.02 (sys.) for jets with transverse momentum pT > 20 GeV and rapidity |y| < 2.8. This corresponds to a measurement of the effective area parameter for hard double-parton interactions of σeff = 15 ± 3 (stat.) +5 -3 (sys.) mb.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033038
JournalNew Journal of Physics
Volume15
ISSN1367-2630
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Mar 2013

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