Search for anomalous couplings in boosted WW/WZ -> l upsilon q(q)over-bar production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8TeV

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2017
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This Letter presents a search for new physics manifested as anomalous triple gauge boson couplings in WW and WZ diboson production in proton-proton collisions. The search is performed using events containing a W boson that decays leptonically and a W or Z boson whose decay products are merged into a single reconstructed jet. The data, collected at (\sqrt{s}) = 8 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19 fb⁻¹. No evidence for anomalous triple gauge couplings is found and the following 95% confidence level limits are set on their values: (\lambda([-0.011, 0.011), \Delta ᴋ_{\gamma} ([-0.044, 0.063)), and (\Delta g_{1}^{Z} ([-0.0087,0.024])). These limits are also translated into their effective field theory equivalents: (c_{WWW}/\Lambda^{2} ([-2.7, 2.7] TeV^{-2}), c_{B}/\Lambda^{2} ([-14, 17] TeV^{-2})), and (c_{W}/\Lambda^{2} ([-2.0, 5.7] TeV^{-2})).

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CMS, Physics, aTGC, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Nuclear, Physics, Particles & Fields
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Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., Brondolin, E., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Flechl, M., Friedl, M., Frühwirth, R., Ghete, V. M., Hartl, C., Hörmann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., König, A., Krätschmer, I., … Woods, N. (2017). Search for anomalous couplings in boosted WW/WZ→ℓνqq‾ production in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV. In Physics Letters B (Vol. 772, pp. 21–42). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.06.009