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Measurement of W+W− production in association with one jet in proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Measurement of W+W− production in association with one jet in proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: Physics Letters B, Vol. 763, 10.12.2016, p. 114-133.

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The ATLAS collaboration 2016, 'Measurement of W+W− production in association with one jet in proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector', Physics Letters B, vol. 763, pp. 114-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.10.014

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The ATLAS collaboration (2016). Measurement of W+W− production in association with one jet in proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 763, 114-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.10.014

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The ATLAS collaboration. Measurement of W+W− production in association with one jet in proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B. 2016 Dec 10;763:114-133. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2016.10.014

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The ATLAS collaboration. / Measurement of W+W− production in association with one jet in proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: Physics Letters B. 2016 ; Vol. 763. pp. 114-133.

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title = "Measurement of W+W− production in association with one jet in proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "The production of W boson pairs in association with one jet in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV is studied using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector during 2012 at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The cross section is measured in a fiducial phase-space region defined by the presence of exactly one electron and one muon, missing transverse momentum and exactly one jet with a transverse momentum above 25 GeV and a pseudorapidity of |η| < 4.5. The leptons are required to have opposite electric charge and to pass transverse momentum and pseudorapidity requirements. The fiducial cross section is found to be σ fid,1-jet W W = 136 ± 6 (stat) ± 14 (syst) ± 3 (lumi) fb. In combination with a previous measurement restricted to leptonic final states with no associated jets, the fiducial cross section of W W production with zero or one jet is measured to be σ fid,≤1-jet W W = 511 ± 9 (stat) ± 26 (syst) ± 10 (lumi) fb. The ratio of fiducial cross sections in final states with one and zero jets is determined to be 0.36 ± 0.05. Finally, a total cross section extrapolated from the fiducial measurement of W W production with zero or one associated jet is reported. The measurements are compared to theoretical predictions and found in good agreement.",
author = "Barton, {Adam Edward} and Michael Beattie and Bertram, {Iain Alexander} and Guennadi Borissov and Bouhova-Thacker, {Evelina Vassileva} and William Dearnaley and Harald Fox and Grimm, {Kathryn Ann Tschann} and Henderson, {Robert Charles William} and Gareth Hughes and Jones, {Roger William Lewis} and Vakhtang Kartvelishvili and Long, {Robin Eamonn} and Love, {Peter Allan} and Muenstermann, {Daniel Matthias Alfred} and Parker, {Adam Jackson} and Malcolm Skinner and Maria Smizanska and Walder, {James William} and Andy Wharton and {The ATLAS collaboration}",
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AU - Barton, Adam Edward

AU - Beattie, Michael

AU - Bertram, Iain Alexander

AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, Evelina Vassileva

AU - Dearnaley, William

AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Grimm, Kathryn Ann Tschann

AU - Henderson, Robert Charles William

AU - Hughes, Gareth

AU - Jones, Roger William Lewis

AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang

AU - Long, Robin Eamonn

AU - Love, Peter Allan

AU - Muenstermann, Daniel Matthias Alfred

AU - Parker, Adam Jackson

AU - Skinner, Malcolm

AU - Smizanska, Maria

AU - Walder, James William

AU - Wharton, Andy

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

PY - 2016/12/10

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N2 - The production of W boson pairs in association with one jet in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV is studied using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector during 2012 at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The cross section is measured in a fiducial phase-space region defined by the presence of exactly one electron and one muon, missing transverse momentum and exactly one jet with a transverse momentum above 25 GeV and a pseudorapidity of |η| < 4.5. The leptons are required to have opposite electric charge and to pass transverse momentum and pseudorapidity requirements. The fiducial cross section is found to be σ fid,1-jet W W = 136 ± 6 (stat) ± 14 (syst) ± 3 (lumi) fb. In combination with a previous measurement restricted to leptonic final states with no associated jets, the fiducial cross section of W W production with zero or one jet is measured to be σ fid,≤1-jet W W = 511 ± 9 (stat) ± 26 (syst) ± 10 (lumi) fb. The ratio of fiducial cross sections in final states with one and zero jets is determined to be 0.36 ± 0.05. Finally, a total cross section extrapolated from the fiducial measurement of W W production with zero or one associated jet is reported. The measurements are compared to theoretical predictions and found in good agreement.

AB - The production of W boson pairs in association with one jet in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV is studied using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector during 2012 at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The cross section is measured in a fiducial phase-space region defined by the presence of exactly one electron and one muon, missing transverse momentum and exactly one jet with a transverse momentum above 25 GeV and a pseudorapidity of |η| < 4.5. The leptons are required to have opposite electric charge and to pass transverse momentum and pseudorapidity requirements. The fiducial cross section is found to be σ fid,1-jet W W = 136 ± 6 (stat) ± 14 (syst) ± 3 (lumi) fb. In combination with a previous measurement restricted to leptonic final states with no associated jets, the fiducial cross section of W W production with zero or one jet is measured to be σ fid,≤1-jet W W = 511 ± 9 (stat) ± 26 (syst) ± 10 (lumi) fb. The ratio of fiducial cross sections in final states with one and zero jets is determined to be 0.36 ± 0.05. Finally, a total cross section extrapolated from the fiducial measurement of W W production with zero or one associated jet is reported. The measurements are compared to theoretical predictions and found in good agreement.

U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2016.10.014

DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2016.10.014

M3 - Journal article

VL - 763

SP - 114

EP - 133

JO - Physics Letters B

JF - Physics Letters B

SN - 0370-2693

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