Measurements of the pp -> ZZ production cross section and the Z -> 4l branching fraction, and constraints on anomalous triple gauge couplings at root s=13TeV

• Main Authors: Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A. R., Adam, Wolfgang, Ambrogi, Federico, Asilar, Ece, Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer Link 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/70434/1/70434_Measurements%20of%20the%20pp%20%E2%86%92%20ZZ%20production%20cross%20section_article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/70434/7/70434_Measurements%20of%20the%20pp%20%E2%86%92%20ZZ%20production%20cross%20section_wos.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/70434/; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140%2Fepjc%2Fs10052-018-5567-9.pdf

Four-lepton production in proton-proton collisions, pp → (Z/γ ∗)(Z/γ ∗) → 4, where = e or μ, 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 35.9 fb−1. The ZZ production cross section, σ (pp → ZZ) = 17....