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Phys. Rev. D 76, 111104(R) (2007) [8 pages]

Measurement of the pp̅ →WZ+X cross section at s=1.96  TeV and limits on WWZ trilinear gauge couplings

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V. M. Abazov et al. D0 Collaboration
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Received 20 September 2007; published 28 December 2007

We present measurements of the process pp̅ →WZ+Xν̅ at s=1.96  TeV, where and are electrons or muons. Using 1  fb-1 of data from the D0 experiment, we observe 13 candidates with an expected background of 4.5±0.6 events and measure a cross section σ(WZ)=2.7-1.3+1.7  pb. From the number of observed events and the Z boson transverse momentum distribution, we limit the trilinear WWZ gauge couplings to -0.17≤λZ≤0.21(ΔκZ=0) at the 95% C.L. for a form factor scale Λ=2  TeV. Further, assuming that Δg1Z=ΔκZ, we find -0.12≤ΔκZ≤0.29(λZ=0) at the 95% C.L. These are the most restrictive limits on the WWZ couplings available to date.

© 2007 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.111104
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.111104
PACS:
14.70.Fm, 13.40.Em, 13.87.Ce, 14.70.Hp