Measurement of W±γ differential cross sections in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV and effective field theory constraints

CMS Collaboration, Freya Blekman, Emil Sørensen Bols, Jarne Theo De Clercq, Jorgen D'Hondt, Martin Delcourt, Hesham El Faham, Steven Lowette, Seth Moortgat, Alexander Morton, Denise Müller, Abanti Ranadhir Sahasransu, Stefaan Tavernier, Walter Van Doninck, Petra Van Mulders

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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.

Originele taal-2English
Artikelnummer052003
Aantal pagina's34
TijdschriftPhys. Rev. D
Volume105
Nummer van het tijdschrift5
DOI's
StatusPublished - 9 mrt 2022

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Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables, including additional supplementary figures, can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/SMP-20-005 (CMS Public Pages)

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