Evidence for WW Production from Double-Parton Interactions in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s =13 TeV
European Physical Journal C 2020
Viesturs Veckalns

A search for WW production from double-parton scattering processes using same-charge electron-muon and dimuon events is reported, based on proton-proton collision data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV. The analyzed data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 77.4fb-1, collected using the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016 and 2017. Multivariate classifiers are used to discriminate between the signal and the dominant background processes. A maximum likelihood fit is performed to extract the signal cross section. This leads to the first evidence for WW production via double-parton scattering, with a significance of 3.9 standard deviations. The measured inclusive cross section is 1.41±0.28(stat)±0.28(syst)pb.


Keywords
CMS | Physics | WW production
DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7541-6
Hyperlink
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140%2Fepjc%2Fs10052-019-7541-6

Veckalns, V., CERN international group of authors. Evidence for WW Production from Double-Parton Interactions in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s =13 TeV. European Physical Journal C, 2020, Vol. 80, No. 1, Article Number 41. ISSN 1434-6044. e-ISSN 1434-6052. Available from: doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7541-6

Publication language
English (en)
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