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Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

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Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. / Collaboration, D0; Bertram, Iain; Borissov, Guennadi et al.
In: Physical Review D, Vol. 84, No. 1, 011103(R), 06.07.2011.

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Collaboration, D, Bertram, I, Borissov, G, Fox, H, Ross, A, Williams, M & Ratoff, P 2011, 'Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV', Physical Review D, vol. 84, no. 1, 011103(R). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.011103

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Collaboration, D., Bertram, I., Borissov, G., Fox, H., Ross, A., Williams, M., & Ratoff, P. (2011). Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. Physical Review D, 84(1), Article 011103(R). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.011103

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Collaboration D, Bertram I, Borissov G, Fox H, Ross A, Williams M et al. Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. Physical Review D. 2011 Jul 6;84(1):011103(R). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.011103

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Collaboration, D0 ; Bertram, Iain ; Borissov, Guennadi et al. / Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. In: Physical Review D. 2011 ; Vol. 84, No. 1.

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abstract = "We present a new measurement of the production cross section $\sigma(p\bar{p} \rightarrow ZZ)$ at a center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV, obtained from the analysis of the four charged lepton final state $\ell^{+}\ell^{-}\ell^{'+} \ell^{'-}$ ($\ell$, $\ell^{'}$ = $e$ or $\mu$). We observe ten candidate events with an expected background of $0.37 \pm 0.13$ events. The measured cross section $\sigma(p\bar{p} \to ZZ)= 1.26^{+0.47}_{-0.37} \mathrm{(stat)} \pm 0.14 \mathrm{(syst)}$ pb is in agreement with NLO QCD predictions. This result is combined with a previous result from the $ZZ\to\ell^{+}\ell^{-}\nu\bar{\nu}$ channel resulting in a combined cross section of $\sigma(p\bar{p} \to ZZ)= 1.40^{+0.43}_{-0.37} \mathrm{(stat)} \pm 0.14 \mathrm{(syst)}$ pb.",
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AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Ross, Anthony

AU - Williams, Mark

AU - Ratoff, Peter

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