Observation of WWW Production in pp Collisions at s =13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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Abstract

This Letter reports the observation of WWW production and a measurement of its cross section using 139 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events with two same-sign leptons (electrons or muons) and at least two jets, as well as events with three charged leptons, are selected. A multivariate technique is then used to discriminate between signal and background events. Events from WWW production are observed with a significance of 8.0 standard deviations, where the expectation is 5.4 standard deviations. The inclusive WWW production cross section is measured to be 820±100 (stat)±80 (syst) fb, approximately 2.6 standard deviations from the predicted cross section of 511±18 fb calculated at next-to-leading-order QCD and leading-order electroweak accuracy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number061803
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume129
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Aug 2022

Funding

FundersFunder number
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Australian Research Council
La Caixa Banking Foundation
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
National Stroke Foundation
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
National Science Foundation
CEA-DRF
Science and Technology Facilities Council
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Israel Science Foundation
Wallenberg Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
PROMETEO
Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Austrian Science Fund
Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Canarie
Göran Gustafssons Stiftelser
MIZŠ
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Neurosurgical Research Foundation
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja
U.S. Department of Energy
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
EU-ESF
RGC
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
MES of Russia
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
GIF, Israel
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain
Cantons of Bern and Geneva
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Defence Science Institute
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Compute Canada
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
European Research Council
Royal Society of South Australia
European Regional Development Fund
IRFU
CERN
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
National Research Council Canada
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation
Horizon 2020
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası
Norwegian Financial Mechanism2014-2021
DNSRCIN2P3-CNRS

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