Evidence for WW production from double-parton interactions in proton–proton collisions at √s=13TeV
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Abstract
A search for WW production from double-parton scattering processes using same-charge electron-muon and dimuon events is reported, based on proton-proton collision data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV. The analyzed data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 77.4fb-1, collected using the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016 and 2017. Multivariate classifiers are used to discriminate between the signal and the dominant background processes. A maximum likelihood fit is performed to extract the signal cross section. This leads to the first evidence for WW production via double-parton scattering, with a significance of 3.9 standard deviations. The measured inclusive cross section is 1.41±0.28(stat)±0.28(syst)pb. © 2020, CERN for the benefit of the CMS collaboration.
Keywords
CMS, Physics, WW production
Divisions
PHYSICS
Publication Title
The European Physical Journal C
Volume
80
Issue
1
Publisher
SpringerOpen