Studies of the Energy Dependence of Diboson Polarization Fractions and the Radiation-Amplitude-Zero Effect in WZ Production with the ATLAS Detector

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dc.contributor.authorAad, G.
dc.contributor.authorAakvaag, E.
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, B.
dc.contributor.authorAbeling, K.
dc.contributor.authorAbicht, N.J.
dc.contributor.authorAbidi, S.H.
dc.contributor.authorAboelela, M.
dc.contributor.authorAboulhorma, A.
dc.contributor.authorAbramowicz, H.
dc.contributor.authorAbreu, H.
dc.contributor.authorAbulaiti, Y.
dc.contributor.authorAcharya, B.S.
dc.contributor.authorAckermann, A.
dc.contributor.authorAdam Bourdarios, C.
dc.contributor.authorAdamczyk, L.
dc.contributor.authorAddepalli, S.V.
dc.contributor.authorAddison, M.J.
dc.contributor.authorAdelman, J.
dc.contributor.authorAdiguzel, A.
dc.contributor.authorAdye, T.
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis Letter presents the first study of the energy dependence of diboson polarization fractions in WZ→ℓνℓ^{'}ℓ^{'}(ℓ,ℓ^{'}=e,μ) production. The dataset used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 140  fb^{-1} of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector. Two fiducial regions with an enhanced presence of events featuring two longitudinally polarized bosons are defined. A nonzero fraction of events with two longitudinally polarized bosons is measured with an observed significance of 5.3 standard deviations in the region with 100<p_{T}^{Z}≤200  GeV and 1.6 standard deviations in the region with p_{T}^{Z}>200  GeV, where p_{T}^{Z} is the transverse momentum of the Z boson. This Letter also reports the first study of the radiation-amplitude-zero effect. Events with two transversely polarized bosons are analyzed for the ΔY(ℓ_{W}Z) and ΔY(WZ) distributions defined respectively as the rapidity difference between the lepton from the W boson decay and the Z boson and the rapidity difference between the W boson and the Z boson. Significant suppression of events near zero is observed in both distributions. Unfolded ΔY(ℓ_{W}Z) and ΔY(WZ) distributions are also measured and compared to theoretical predictions.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityATLAS Collaboration
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review Letters, 2024; 133(10):101802-1-101802-24
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.101802
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.orcidFilmer, E.K. [0000-0001-6967-7325]
dc.identifier.orcidJackson, P. [0000-0002-0847-402X]
dc.identifier.orcidKong, A.X.Y. [0000-0001-8063-8765]
dc.identifier.orcidMcDougall, A.E. [0000-0001-7713-2800]
dc.identifier.orcidOliver, J.L. [0000-0002-0713-6627]
dc.identifier.orcidPandya, H.D. [0000-0002-1199-945X]
dc.identifier.orcidPotti, H. [0000-0002-0800-9902]
dc.identifier.orcidRuggeri, T.A. [0000-0001-9941-1966]
dc.identifier.orcidTing, E.X.L. [0000-0002-5886-6339]
dc.identifier.orcidWhite, M.J. [0000-0001-5474-4580]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/143951
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.relation.grantARC
dc.rights© 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3 .
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.133.101802
dc.subjectElectroweak interaction; Goldstone bosons; W & Z bosons; Weak boson production; Polarization; Hadron colliders
dc.titleStudies of the Energy Dependence of Diboson Polarization Fractions and the Radiation-Amplitude-Zero Effect in WZ Production with the ATLAS Detector
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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