Measurement of W±γ Differential Cross Sections in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13  TeV and Effective Field Theory Constraints
Physical Review D 2022
Toms Torims, Viesturs Veckalns

Differential cross section measurements of W±γ production in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV are presented. The data set used in this study was collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2016-2018 with an integrated luminosity of 138 fb-1. Candidate events containing an electron or muon, a photon, and missing transverse momentum are selected. The measurements are compared with standard model predictions computed at next-to-leading and next-to-next-to-leading orders in perturbative quantum chromodynamics. Constraints on the presence of TeV-scale new physics affecting the WWγ vertex are determined within an effective field theory framework, focusing on the O3W operator. A simultaneous measurement of the photon transverse momentum and the azimuthal angle of the charged lepton in a special reference frame is performed. This two-dimensional approach provides up to a factor of ten more sensitivity to the interference between the standard model and the O3W contribution than using the transverse momentum alone.


DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.105.052003
Hyperlink
https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.052003

The CMS Collaboration, A.Tumasyan, T.Torims, V.Veckalns ... [et al.]. Measurement of W±γ Differential Cross Sections in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13  TeV and Effective Field Theory Constraints. Physical Review D, 2022, Vol. 105, No. 5, Article number 052003. ISSN 2470-0010. e-ISSN 2470-0029. Pieejams: doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.052003

Publication language
English (en)
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