Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-17-2010
Abstract
This Letter describes the current most precise measurement of the W boson pair production cross section and most sensitive test of anomalous WWγ and WWZ couplings in pp̄ collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The WW candidates are reconstructed from decays containing two charged leptons and two neutrinos. Using data collected by the CDF II detector from 3.6fb -1 of integrated luminosity, a total of 654 candidate events are observed with an expected background of 320±47 events. The measured cross section is σ(pp̄→W+W-+X)=12.1±0. 9(stat)-1.4+1.6(syst)pb, which is in good agreement with the standard model prediction. The same data sample is used to place constraints on anomalous WWγ and WWZ couplings. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review Letters
Recommended Citation
Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Annovi, A., Antos, J., Apollinari, G., Apresyan, A., Arisawa, T., Artikov, A., Asaadi, J., Ashmanskas, W., Álvarez González, B., Attal, A., Aurisano, A., Azfar, F., Badgett, W., Barbaro-Galtieri, A., Barnes, V., Barnett, B., Barria, P., Bartos, P., Bauer, G., Beauchemin, P., Bedeschi, F., Beecher, D., & Behari, S. (2010). Measurement of the W+w- production cross section and search for anomalous WWγ and WWZ couplings in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.96TeV. Physical Review Letters, 104 (20) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.201801