Search for anomalous couplings in boosted $\mathrm{ WW/WZ }\to\ell\nu\mathrm{ q \bar{q} }$ production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 8 TeV

• Main Author: CMS collaboration (2235 authors)
• Publication Date: 2017
• Other Authors: Nayak, Aruna, Bargassa, Pedrame, Beirão Da Cruz E Silva, Cristóvão, Calpas, Betty, Di Francesco, Agostino, Faccioli, Pietro, Ferreira Parracho, Pedro Guilherme, Gallinaro, Michele, Hollar, Jonathan, Leonardo, Nuno, Lloret Iglesias, Lara, Rodrigues Antunes, Joao, Seixas, Joao, Toldaiev, Oleksii, Vadruccio, Daniele, Varela, Joao, Vischia, Pietro, David Tinoco Mendes, Andre, Silva, Pedro, Musella, Pasquale, Pela, Joao
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.06.009; http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27309

This Letter presents a search for new physics manifested as anomalous triple gauge boson couplings in WW and WZ diboson production in proton–proton collisions. The search is performed using events containing a W boson that decays leptonically and a W or Z boson whose decay products are merged into a single reconstructed jet. The data, collected at s=8 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19 fb−1 . No evidence for anomalous triple gauge couplings is found and the following 95% confidence level limits are set on their values: λ ( [−0.011,0.011] ), Δκγ ( [−0.044,0.063] ), and Δg1Z ( [−0.0087,0.024] ). These limits are also translated into their effective field theory equivalents: cWWW/Λ2 ( [−2.7,2.7] TeV−2 ), cB/Λ2 ( [−14,17] TeV−2 ), and cW/Λ2 ( [−2.0,5.7] TeV−2 ).