Measurements of four-lepton production at the Z resonance in pp collisions at √s = 7 and 8 TeV with ATLAS

Buanes, Trygve; Dale, Ørjan; Eigen, Gerald; Kastanas, Alex; Liebig, Wolfgang; Lipniacka, Anna; Rosendahl, Peter Lundgaard; Sandaker, Heidi; Sjursen, Therese B.; Smestad, Lillian; Stugu, Bjarne; Ugland, Maren; Bugge, Lars; Bugge, Magnar Kopangen; Cameron, David Gordon; Catmore, James Richard; Czyczula, Zofia; Gjelsten, Børge Kile; Gramstad, Eirik; Ould-Saada, Farid; Pedersen, Maiken; Pylypchenko, Yuriy; Read, Alexander Lincoln; Røhne, Ole Myren; Stapnes, Steinar; Strandlie, Are; Aad, Georges; Abbott, Brad; Abdallah, Jalal; Abdel Khalek, Samah; Abdinov, Ovsat Bahram oglu; Aben, Rosemarie; Abi, Babak; Abolins, Maris; AbouZeid, Hass; Abramowicz, Halina; Abreu, Henso; Abreu, Rômulo F.; Adamczyk, Leszek; Adams, David; Adelman, Jareed; Adomeit, Stefanie; Agatonovic-Jovin, Tatjana; Aguilar Saavedra, Juan Antonio; Agustoni, Marco; Aharrouche, Mohamed; Ahlen, Steven; Ahmad, Aharrouche; Åkesson, Torsten P.A.; Akimov, Andrei; ATLAS, Collaboration

Buanes, Trygve; Dale, Ørjan; Eigen, Gerald; Kastanas, Alex; Liebig, Wolfgang; Lipniacka, Anna; Rosendahl, Peter Lundgaard; Sandaker, Heidi; Sjursen, Therese B.; Smestad, Lillian; Stugu, Bjarne; Ugland, Maren; Bugge, Lars; Bugge, Magnar Kopangen; Cameron, David Gordon; Catmore, James Richard; Czyczula, Zofia; Gjelsten, Børge Kile; Gramstad, Eirik; Ould-Saada, Farid; Pedersen, Maiken; Pylypchenko, Yuriy; Read, Alexander Lincoln; Røhne, Ole Myren; Stapnes, Steinar; Strandlie, Are; Aad, Georges; Abbott, Brad; Abdallah, Jalal; Abdel Khalek, Samah; Abdinov, Ovsat Bahram oglu; Aben, Rosemarie; Abi, Babak; Abolins, Maris; AbouZeid, Hass; Abramowicz, Halina; Abreu, Henso; Abreu, Rômulo F.; Adamczyk, Leszek; Adams, David; Adelman, Jareed; Adomeit, Stefanie; Agatonovic-Jovin, Tatjana; Aguilar Saavedra, Juan Antonio; Agustoni, Marco; Aharrouche, Mohamed; Ahlen, Steven; Ahmad, Aharrouche; Åkesson, Torsten P.A.; Akimov, Andrei; ATLAS, Collaboration

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https://hdl.handle.net/1956/9884

Date

2014-06-13

Abstract

Measurements of four-lepton (4ℓ, ℓ=e,μ) production cross sections at the Z resonance in pp collisions at the LHC with the ATLAS detector are presented. For dilepton and four-lepton invariant mass regions mℓ+ℓ−>5 GeV and 80<m4ℓ<100 GeV, the measured cross sections are 76±18(stat)±4(syst)±1.4(lumi) fb and 107±9(stat)±4(syst)±3.0(lumi) fb at s√=7 and 8 TeV, respectively. By subtracting the nonresonant 4ℓ production contributions and normalizing with Z→μ+μ− events, the branching fraction for the Z boson decay to 4ℓ is determined to be (3.20±0.25(stat)±0.13(syst))×10−6, consistent with the standard model prediction.

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American Physical Society

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Physical Review Letters

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