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Search for triboson W±W±W± production in pp collisions at vs=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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posted on 2023-06-09, 07:12 authored by Benedict AllbrookeBenedict Allbrooke, Lily AsquithLily Asquith, Alessandro CerriAlessandro Cerri, C A Chavez Barajas, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, Fabrizio SalvatoreFabrizio Salvatore, I Santoyo Castillo, K Suruliz, Mark SuttonMark Sutton, Iacopo Vivarelli, The ATLAS Collaboration
This paper reports a search for triboson W±W±W± production in two decay channels (W±W±W±?l±?l±?l±? and W±W±W±?l±?l±?jj with l=e,µ) in proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events with exactly three charged leptons, or two leptons with the same electric charge in association with two jets, are selected. The total number of events observed in data is consistent with the Standard Model (SM) predictions. The observed 95% confidence level upper limit on the SM W±W±W±W±W±W± production cross section is found to be 730 fb with an expected limit of 560 fb in the absence of SM W±W±W± production. Limits are also set on WWWW anomalous quartic gauge couplings.

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ATLAS; G0275; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/I006048/1

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Journal

European Physical Journal C

ISSN

1434-6044

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Issue

3

Volume

77

Article number

a141

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-07-14

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-07-14

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-07-14

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