Naslov
Measurement of the ZZ production cross section and Z to l+l-l'+l'- branching fraction in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV

Autori
Khachatryan, Vardan ; ... ; Godinović, Nikola ; Lelas, Damir ; Puljak, Ivica ; ... ; Antunović, Željko ; Kovač, Marko ; Brigljević, Vuko ; Kadija, Krešo ; Luetić, Jelena ; Mićanović, Saša ; Sudić, Lucija ; ... ; Morović, Srećko ; ... ; Ferenček, Dinko ; ... ; Đurić, Senka ; Šuša, Tatjana ; ... ; Woods, Nate

Izvornik
Physics letters. B (0370-2693) 763 (2016); 280-303

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
High energy physics, Experimental particle physics, LHC, CMS, Standard Model

Sažetak
Four-lepton production in proton-proton collisions, pp to (Z/gamma*)(Z/gamma*) to l+l-l'+l'-, where l, l' = e or mu, is studied at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.6 inverse femtobarns. The ZZ production cross section, sigma(pp to ZZ) = 14.6 +1.9/-1.8 (stat) +0.5/-0.3 (syst) +/- 0.2 (theo) +/- 0.4 (lumi) pb, is measured for events with two opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs produced in the mass region 60 < m[l+l-], m[l'+l'-] < 120 GeV. The Z boson branching fraction to four leptons is measured to be B(Z to l+l-l'+l'-) = 4.9 +0.8/-0.7 (stat) +0.3/-0.2 (syst) +0.2/-0.1 (theo) +/- 0.1 (lumi) x E-6 for the four-lepton invariant mass in the range 80 < m[l+l-l'+l'-] < 100 GeV and dilepton mass m[l+l-] > 4 GeV for all opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs. The results are in agreement with standard model predictions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

Napomena
The CMS Collaboration.

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