Measurement of electroweak-induced production of W$$\gamma$$ with two jets in pp collisions at $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV and constraints on anomalous quartic gauge couplings
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A measurement of electroweak-induced production of Wγ and two jets is performed, where the W boson decays leptonically. The data used in the analysis correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb$$^{−1}$$ collected by the CMS experiment in $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV proton-proton collisions produced at the LHC. Candidate events are selected with exactly one muon or electron, missing transverse momentum, one photon, and two jets with large rapidity separation. An excess over the hypothesis of the standard model without electroweak production of Wγ with two jets is observed with a significance of 2.7 standard deviations. The cross section measured in the fiducial region is 10.8 ± 4.1(stat) ± 3.4(syst) ± 0.3(lumi) fb, which is consistent with the standard model electroweak prediction. The total cross section for Wγ in association with two jets in the same fiducial region is measured to be 23.2 ± 4.3(stat) ± 1.7(syst) ± 0.6(lumi) fb, which is consistent with the standard model prediction from the combination of electroweak and quantum chromodynamics-induced processes. No deviations are observed from the standard model predictions and experimental limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings f$$_{M,0−7}$$ /Λ$$^{4}$$, f$$_{T,0−2}$$ /Λ$$^{4}$$, and f$$_{T,5−7}$$ /Λ$$^{4}$$ are set at 95% confidence level.
- Research Organization:
- ABC Federal U.; Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.; Adiyaman U.; Ain Shams U., Cairo; Alabama U.; Andes U., Bogota; Antwerp U.; Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Athens U.; Auckland U.; Bari Polytechnic; Bari U.; Basilicata U., Potenza; Baylor U.; BeiHang U.; Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys.; Belgrade U.; Bhabha Atomic Res. Ctr.; Bhubaneswar, Inst. Phys.; Bhubaneswar, NISER; Bogazici U.; Bologna U.; Boskovic Inst., Zagreb; Boston U.; Brandenburg Tech. U.; Bristol U.; British U. in Egypt; Brown U.; Brunel U.; Brussels U.; Budapest, RMKI; CC, Villeurbanne; CERN; CHEP, Taegu; CINVESTAV, IPN; Cag U., Mersin; Cairo, Acad. Sci. Res. Tech.; Caltech; Cantabria Inst. of Phys.; Canterbury U.; Carnegie Mellon U.; Catania U.; Charles U.; Chonbuk Natl. U.; Chulalongkorn U.; Colorado U.; Conacyt, Mexico; Cornell U.; Cukurova U.; Cyprus U.; DESY; Debrecen, Inst. Nucl. Res.; Delhi U.; Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.; Dubna, JINR; Ecole Polytechnique; Eotvos U.; Erzincan U.; Facolta di Ingegneria, Rome; Fairfield U.; Fayoum U.; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Florence U.; Florida Inst. Tech.; Florida Intl. U.; Florida State U.; Florida U.; Frascati; GTU, Tbilisi; Gaziosmanpasa U.; Genoa U.; Gent U.; Guglielmo Marconi U.; Hacettepe U.; Hamburg U.; Hanyang U.; Haute Alsace U.; Helsinki Inst. of Phys.; Helsinki U.; Helwan U.; IAC, La Laguna; IISER, Bhopal; IISER, Pune; IIUM, Kuala Lumpur; INFN, Bari; INFN, Bologna; INFN, Catania; INFN, Florence; INFN, Genoa; INFN, Milan Bicocca; INFN, Naples; INFN, Padua; INFN, Pavia; INFN, Perugia; INFN, Pisa; INFN, Rome; INFN, Trieste; INFN, Turin; IPM, Tehran; IRFU, Saclay; Iberoamericana U.; Illinois U., Chicago; Imperial Coll., London; Indian Inst. Tech., Madras; Inst. Scintill. Mat., Kharkiv; Ioannina U.; Iowa U.; Isfahan Tech. U.; Islamic Azad U., Sci. Res. Branch, Tehran; Istanbul Bilgi U.; Istanbul, Tech. U.; Izmir Inst. Tech.; Johns Hopkins U.; KIT, Karlsruhe, EKP; Kafkas U.; Kansas State U.; Kansas U.; Kharkov, KIPT; Korea U.; LIP, Lisbon; Lappeenranta U. Tech.; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Lebedev Inst.; Louvain U.; Lyon, IPN; MIT; MOSTI, Malaysian Nucl. Agency, Kajang; Madrid, Autonoma U.; Madrid, CIEMAT; Malaya U.; Marmara U.; Maryland U.; Mersin U.; Middle East Tech. U., Ankara; Milan Bicocca U.; Mimar Sinan U.; Minnesota U.; Minsk, High Energy Phys. Ctr.; Mississippi U.; Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.; Moscow State U.; Moscow, INR; Moscow, ITEP; Moscow, MIPT; NCBJ, Swierk; NICPB, Tallinn; Naples U.; Nebraska U.; Northeastern U.; Northwestern U.; Notre Dame U.; Novosibirsk State U.; Novosibirsk, IYF; Ohio State U.; Oviedo U.; Ozyegin U.; PSI, Villigen; Padua U.; Panjab U.; Pavia U.; Peking U.; Pelotas U.; Perugia U.; Piemonte Orientale U., Novara; Piri Reis U., Istanbul; Pisa U.; Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore; Princeton U.; Puebla U., Inst. Fis.; Puerto Rico U., Mayaguez; Purdue U.; Purdue U., Calumet; Quaid-i-Azam U.; Rice U.; Riga Tech. U.; Rio de Janeiro State U.; Rio de Janeiro, CBPF; Rochester U.; Rome U.; Ruhuna U.; Rutgers U., Piscataway; Rutherford; SUNY, Buffalo; Saha Inst.; San Francisco de Quito U.; San Luis Potosi U.; Sao Paulo, IFT; Seoul Natl. U.; Seoul U.; Serpukhov, IHEP; Siena U.; Sofiya U.; Sofiya, Inst. Nucl. Res.; Southampton U.; Split Tech. U.; Split U.; St. Petersburg Polytechnic Inst.; St. Petersburg, INP; Strasbourg, IPHC; Sungkyunkwan U.; TIFR, Mumbai, DHEP; TU Vienna; Taiwan, Natl. Central U.; Taiwan, Natl. Taiwan U.; Tbilisi State U.; Tennessee U.; Texas A&M U. Qatar, Doha; Texas A-M; Texas Tech.; Trieste U.; Turin U.; U. Bern, AEC; U. Campinas; U. Debrecen, Inst. Phys.; U. Mons; U. Tehran, Coll. Engin.; UC, Davis; UC, Riverside; UC, San Diego; UC, Santa Barbara; UCLA; University Coll., Dublin; Utah Valley U.; VINCA Inst. Nucl. Sci., Belgrade; Vanderbilt U.; Vienna, OAW; Vilnius U.; Virginia U.; Visva Bharati U.; Vrije U., Brussels; Warsaw U.; Warsaw U. of Tech.; Wayne State U.; Wisconsin U., Madison; Yerevan Phys. Inst.; Yildiz Tech. U.; Zewail City Sci. Technol., Giza; Zurich U.; Zurich, ETH
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1339434
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 22699509
- Report Number(s):
- CERN-EP-2016-289; CMS-SMP-14-011; FERMILAB-PUB-16-631-CMS; oai:inspirehep.net:1507095; arXiv:1612.09256
- Journal Information:
- JHEP, Journal Name: JHEP Vol. 06
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English