Measurements of $W\gamma$ and $Z\gamma$ production in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ =7  TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

ATLAS Collaboration; Abbott, B; Aad, G; Abajyan, T; Canelli, F; et al (2015). Measurements of $W\gamma$ and $Z\gamma$ production in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ =7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 87:112003.

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The integrated and differential fiducial cross sections for the production of a $W$ or $Z$ boson in association with a high-energy photon are measured using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV. The analyses use a data sample with an integrated luminosity of $4.6 fb^{-1}$ collected by the ATLAS detector during the 2011 LHC data-taking period. Events are selected using leptonic decays of the $W$ and $Z$ bosons $[W(e \nu,\mu \nu]$ and $Z(e^+ e^-, \mu^+ \mu^-, \nu \bar{\nu}))$ with the requirement of an associated isolated photon. The data are used to test the electroweak sector of the Standard Model and search for evidence for new phenomena. The measurements are used to probe the anomalous $WW\gamma$, $ZZ\gamma$ and $Z\gamma\gamma$ triple-gauge-boson couplings and to search for the production of vector resonances decaying to $Z\gamma$ and $W\gamma$. No deviations from Standard Model predictions are observed and limits are placed on anomalous triple-gauge-boson couplings and on the production of new vector meson resonances.

Abstract

The integrated and differential fiducial cross sections for the production of a $W$ or $Z$ boson in association with a high-energy photon are measured using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV. The analyses use a data sample with an integrated luminosity of $4.6 fb^{-1}$ collected by the ATLAS detector during the 2011 LHC data-taking period. Events are selected using leptonic decays of the $W$ and $Z$ bosons $[W(e \nu,\mu \nu]$ and $Z(e^+ e^-, \mu^+ \mu^-, \nu \bar{\nu}))$ with the requirement of an associated isolated photon. The data are used to test the electroweak sector of the Standard Model and search for evidence for new phenomena. The measurements are used to probe the anomalous $WW\gamma$, $ZZ\gamma$ and $Z\gamma\gamma$ triple-gauge-boson couplings and to search for the production of vector resonances decaying to $Z\gamma$ and $W\gamma$. No deviations from Standard Model predictions are observed and limits are placed on anomalous triple-gauge-boson couplings and on the production of new vector meson resonances.

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Item Type: Journal Article, refereed, original work 07 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute 530 Physics 2015 18 Feb 2016 10:26 14 Feb 2018 11:09 American Physical Society 1550-2368 Hybrid https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.112003 arXiv:1302.1283v2