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Fiducial and differential cross-section measurements of electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ production in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13$$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Fiducial and differential cross-section measurements of electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ production in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13$$ TeV with the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 84, No. 10, 1064, 15.10.2024.

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The ATLAS collaboration 2024, 'Fiducial and differential cross-section measurements of electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ production in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13$$ TeV with the ATLAS detector', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, vol. 84, no. 10, 1064. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13311-6

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The ATLAS collaboration (2024). Fiducial and differential cross-section measurements of electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ production in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13$$ TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 84(10), Article 1064. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13311-6

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The ATLAS collaboration. Fiducial and differential cross-section measurements of electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ production in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13$$ TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2024 Oct 15;84(10):1064. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13311-6

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The ATLAS collaboration. / Fiducial and differential cross-section measurements of electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ production in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13$$ TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2024 ; Vol. 84, No. 10.

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title = "Fiducial and differential cross-section measurements of electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ production in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13$$ TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "AbstractThe observation of the electroweak production of a W boson and a photon in association with two jets, using pp collision data at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre of mass energy of $$\sqrt{s}=13$$ s = 13 TeV, is reported. The data were recorded by the ATLAS experiment from 2015 to 2018 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb$$^{-1}$$ - 1 . This process is sensitive to the quartic gauge boson couplings via the vector boson scattering mechanism and provides a stringent test of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model. Events are selected if they contain one electron or muon, missing transverse momentum, at least one photon, and two jets. Multivariate techniques are used to distinguish the electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ W {\^I}³ j j process from irreducible background processes. The observed significance of the electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ W {\^I}³ j j process is well above six standard deviations, compared to an expected significance of 6.3 standard deviations. Fiducial and differential cross sections are measured in a fiducial phase space close to the detector acceptance, which are in reasonable agreement with leading order Standard Model predictions from MadGraph5+Pythia8 and Sherpa. The results are used to constrain new physics effects in the context of an effective field theory.",
author = "{The ATLAS collaboration} and Hanadi Ali and A.E. Barton and G. Borissov and E.V. Bouhova-Thacker and Ruby Ferguson and James Ferrando and H. Fox and Alina Hagan and R.C.W. Henderson and R.W.L. Jones and V. Kartvelishvili and P.A. Love and E.J. Marshall and L. Meng and D. Muenstermann and N. Ribaric and K. Rybacki and M. Smizanska and S. Spinali and A.M. Wharton",
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AU - The ATLAS collaboration

AU - Ali, Hanadi

AU - Barton, A.E.

AU - Borissov, G.

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, E.V.

AU - Ferguson, Ruby

AU - Ferrando, James

AU - Fox, H.

AU - Hagan, Alina

AU - Henderson, R.C.W.

AU - Jones, R.W.L.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Love, P.A.

AU - Marshall, E.J.

AU - Meng, L.

AU - Muenstermann, D.

AU - Ribaric, N.

AU - Rybacki, K.

AU - Smizanska, M.

AU - Spinali, S.

AU - Wharton, A.M.

PY - 2024/10/15

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N2 - AbstractThe observation of the electroweak production of a W boson and a photon in association with two jets, using pp collision data at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre of mass energy of $$\sqrt{s}=13$$ s = 13 TeV, is reported. The data were recorded by the ATLAS experiment from 2015 to 2018 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb$$^{-1}$$ - 1 . This process is sensitive to the quartic gauge boson couplings via the vector boson scattering mechanism and provides a stringent test of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model. Events are selected if they contain one electron or muon, missing transverse momentum, at least one photon, and two jets. Multivariate techniques are used to distinguish the electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ W γ j j process from irreducible background processes. The observed significance of the electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ W γ j j process is well above six standard deviations, compared to an expected significance of 6.3 standard deviations. Fiducial and differential cross sections are measured in a fiducial phase space close to the detector acceptance, which are in reasonable agreement with leading order Standard Model predictions from MadGraph5+Pythia8 and Sherpa. The results are used to constrain new physics effects in the context of an effective field theory.

AB - AbstractThe observation of the electroweak production of a W boson and a photon in association with two jets, using pp collision data at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre of mass energy of $$\sqrt{s}=13$$ s = 13 TeV, is reported. The data were recorded by the ATLAS experiment from 2015 to 2018 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb$$^{-1}$$ - 1 . This process is sensitive to the quartic gauge boson couplings via the vector boson scattering mechanism and provides a stringent test of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model. Events are selected if they contain one electron or muon, missing transverse momentum, at least one photon, and two jets. Multivariate techniques are used to distinguish the electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ W γ j j process from irreducible background processes. The observed significance of the electroweak $$W\gamma jj$$ W γ j j process is well above six standard deviations, compared to an expected significance of 6.3 standard deviations. Fiducial and differential cross sections are measured in a fiducial phase space close to the detector acceptance, which are in reasonable agreement with leading order Standard Model predictions from MadGraph5+Pythia8 and Sherpa. The results are used to constrain new physics effects in the context of an effective field theory.

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DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13311-6

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VL - 84

JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

JF - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

SN - 1434-6044

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