Search for resonant WZ production in the WZ -> lvl ' l ' channel in root(s)=7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

A generic search is presented for a heavy particle decaying to WZ→ℓνℓ′ℓ′ (ℓ, ℓ′=e, μ) final states. The data were recorded by the ATLAS detector in √s=7  TeV pp collisions at the Large Hadron Collider and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 1.02  fb−1. The transverse mass distribution of the s...

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Main Author: Onofre, A. (author)
Other Authors: Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes (author), ATLAS Collaboration (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/48871
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/48871
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Summary:A generic search is presented for a heavy particle decaying to WZ→ℓνℓ′ℓ′ (ℓ, ℓ′=e, μ) final states. The data were recorded by the ATLAS detector in √s=7  TeV pp collisions at the Large Hadron Collider and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 1.02  fb−1. The transverse mass distribution of the selected WZ candidates is found to be consistent with the standard model expectation. Upper limits on the production cross section times branching ratio are derived using two benchmark models predicting a heavy particle decaying to a WZ pair.