Publication
Title
Measurement of $W^{+}W^{-}$ production and search for the Higgs boson in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
 A measurement of W+W− production in pp collisions at View the MathML source and a search for the Higgs boson are reported. The W+W− candidates are selected in events with two leptons, either electrons or muons. The measurement is performed using LHC data recorded with the CMS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb−1. The pp → W+W− cross section is measured to be View the MathML source, consistent with the standard model prediction. Limits on WWγ and WWZ anomalous triple gauge couplings are set. The search for the standard model Higgs boson in the W+W− decay mode does not reveal any evidence of excess above backgrounds. Limits are set on the production of the Higgs boson in the context of the standard model and in the presence of a sequential fourth family of fermions with high masses. In the latter context, a Higgs boson with mass between 144 and 207 GeV/c2 is ruled out at 95% confidence level.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physics letters : B. - Amsterdam, 1967, currens
Physics letters : B. - Amsterdam, 1967, currens
Publication
Amsterdam : North-Holland , 2011
ISSN
0370-2693
Volume/pages
699 :1/2 (2011) , p. 25-47
ISI
000290061900006
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UAntwerpen
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