The first observation of the production of 𝑊±⁢𝑊± bosons from double parton scattering processes using same-sign electron-muon and dimuon events in proton-proton collisions is reported. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138  fb−1 recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV using the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. Multivariate discriminants are used to distinguish the signal process from the main backgrounds. A binned maximum likelihood fit is performed to extract the signal cross section. The measured cross section for production of same-sign 𝑊 bosons decaying leptonically is 80.7±11.2⁢(stat)⁢ +9.5 −8.6⁢(syst)±12.1⁢(model)  fb, whereas the measured fiducial cross section is 6.28±0.81⁢(stat)±0.69⁢(syst)±0.37⁢(model)  fb. The observed significance of the signal is 6.2 standard deviations above the background-only hypothesis.

Observation of Same-Sign WW Production from Double Parton Scattering in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Costa S.
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Potenza R.
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Tricomi A.
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Tuve C.
Membro del Collaboration Group
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2023-01-01

Abstract

The first observation of the production of 𝑊±⁢𝑊± bosons from double parton scattering processes using same-sign electron-muon and dimuon events in proton-proton collisions is reported. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138  fb−1 recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV using the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. Multivariate discriminants are used to distinguish the signal process from the main backgrounds. A binned maximum likelihood fit is performed to extract the signal cross section. The measured cross section for production of same-sign 𝑊 bosons decaying leptonically is 80.7±11.2⁢(stat)⁢ +9.5 −8.6⁢(syst)±12.1⁢(model)  fb, whereas the measured fiducial cross section is 6.28±0.81⁢(stat)±0.69⁢(syst)±0.37⁢(model)  fb. The observed significance of the signal is 6.2 standard deviations above the background-only hypothesis.
2023
Maximum likelihood, Signal processing, Tellurium compounds
A-center, Center-of-mass energies, Centre-of-mass energies, CMS detectors, Data sample, Integrated luminosity, Maximum-likelihood, Parton scattering, Proton proton collisions, Scattering process
article, boson, human, luminance, maximum likelihood method
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