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Measurement of the Wγ Production Cross Section in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV and Constraints on Effective Field Theory Coefficients

A fiducial cross section for W$\gamma$ production in proton-proton collisions is measured at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 137 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected using the CMS detector at the LHC. The W $\to$ e$\nu$ and $\mu\nu$ decay modes are used in a maximum-likelihood fit to the lepton-photon i...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2021-06, Vol.126 (25), p.252002-252002
Main Authors: Andrejkovic, J W, Litomin, A, Kello, T, Van Mechelen, P, Blekman, F, Vannerom, D, Dobur, D, Chen, H S, Brücken, E, Lobanov, A, Fontaine, J-C, Camen, C, Shchablo, K, Mondal, S, Harb, A, Jomhari, N Z, Pitzl, D, Zenaiev, O, Eich, M, Kasieczka, G, Lange, T, Giffels, M, Theofilatos, K, Kumar, D, Behera, P K, Behera, S C, De Filippis, N, Fabbri, F, Tosi, N, Piccolo, D, Massironi, A, Fabozzi, F, Yarar, H, Azzurri, P, Grippo, M T, Mandorli, G, Turini, N, Berenguer Antequera, J, Pinna Angioni, G L, Sola, V, Kim, T J, Park, S K, Bhyun, J H, Mondragon Herrera, C A, Sanchez-Hernandez, A, Avati, V, Araujo, M, Bastos, D, Shalaev, V, Ivanov, Y, Safronov, G, Terkulov, A, Ryutin, R, Matorras, F, Piedra Gomez, J, Baillon, P, Bianco, M, Florent, A, Janot, P, Pantaleo, F, Quast, T, Rovere, M, Scarfi, S, Wozniak, K A, Brzhechko, D, Huwiler, M, Kaynak, B, Flacher, H, Winterbottom, D, Zecchinelli, A G, Caraway, B, Bartek, R, Zou, D, Landsberg, G, Narain, M, Wong, W Y, Lander, R, Masciovecchio, M, Sarica, U, Ferguson, T, Cranshaw, D J, Monroy, J, Zientek, M, McBride, P, Errico, F, Becerril Gonzalez, H, Snyder, C, Baldenegro Barrera, C, Adams, E, Baron, O, Hansen, P, Madigan, G, Odell, N, Hildreth, M, Addesa, F M, Stickland, D, Spanier, S, Romeo, F, Cummings, G, Smith, W H
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Summary:A fiducial cross section for W$\gamma$ production in proton-proton collisions is measured at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 137 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected using the CMS detector at the LHC. The W $\to$ e$\nu$ and $\mu\nu$ decay modes are used in a maximum-likelihood fit to the lepton-photon invariant mass distribution to extract the combined cross section. The measured cross section is compared with theoretical expectations at next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics. In addition, 95% confidence level intervals are reported for anomalous triple-gauge couplings within the framework of effective field theory.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.252002