We present a measurement of the W-boson-pair production cross section in pp¯ collisions at 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy and the first measurement of the differential cross section as a function of jet multiplicity and leading-jet energy. The W<sup>+</sup>W<sup>-</sup> cross section is measured in the final state comprising two charged leptons and neutrinos, where either charged lepton can be an electron or a muon. Using data collected by the CDF experiment corresponding to 9.7fb-1 of integrated luminosity, a total of 3027 collision events consistent with W<sup>+</sup>W<sup>-</sup> production are observed with an estimated background contribution of 1790 ± 190 events. The measured total cross section is σ(pp¯ → W<sup>+</sup>W<sup>-</sup>)= 14.0 ± 0.6 (stat)<inf>-1.0</inf><sup>+1.2</sup> (syst) ± 0.8 (lumi) pb, consistent with the standard model prediction.

Measurement of the production and differential cross sections of W+W- bosons in association with jets in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV

MANCA, GIULIA;
2015-01-01

Abstract

We present a measurement of the W-boson-pair production cross section in pp¯ collisions at 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy and the first measurement of the differential cross section as a function of jet multiplicity and leading-jet energy. The W+W- cross section is measured in the final state comprising two charged leptons and neutrinos, where either charged lepton can be an electron or a muon. Using data collected by the CDF experiment corresponding to 9.7fb-1 of integrated luminosity, a total of 3027 collision events consistent with W+W- production are observed with an estimated background contribution of 1790 ± 190 events. The measured total cross section is σ(pp¯ → W+W-)= 14.0 ± 0.6 (stat)-1.0+1.2 (syst) ± 0.8 (lumi) pb, consistent with the standard model prediction.
2015
Nuclear and high energy physics; Physics and astronomy (miscellaneous)
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