학술논문

Measurement of the Wγ Production Cross Section in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV and Constraints on Effective Field Theory Coefficients.
Document Type
article
Source
Physical review letters. 126(25)
Subject
CMS Collaboration
hep-ex
General Physics
Mathematical Sciences
Physical Sciences
Engineering
Language
Abstract
A fiducial cross section for Wγ production in proton-proton collisions is measured at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 137  fb^{-1} of data collected using the CMS detector at the LHC. The W→eν and μν decay modes are used in a maximum-likelihood fit to the lepton-photon invariant mass distribution to extract the combined cross section. The measured cross section is compared with theoretical expectations at next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics. In addition, 95% confidence level intervals are reported for anomalous triple-gauge couplings within the framework of effective field theory.