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Study of WZ production at DØ
Keti KaadzeKansas State University
For DØ collaboration
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MotivationMeasure cross section,
triple gauge couplings
Explore physics beyond the SMThe sequential heavy gauge bosonsSearch for Technicolor resonancesED based Higgsless model, little higgs modelBackground to Higgs searches
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Particles we searched for…
Sequential heave W-like boson, so-called W'
Within low scale TCLight techni-particles have masses < 500 GeVMostly decay with at least one gauge boson
±T/a±
T→W±T; ±T/a±
T→W±Z; T/T→T;
Very distinct signature, narrow resonances
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WW
WWW M
MM '
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D0 detector
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4.1 fb-1 is used in this search
Tracking2T solenoidCalorimetersMuon system
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Event selectionFour signatures:
e/ + neutrinoWell identified, isolated,
high energetic leptons − pT >20 GeVInvariant mass constraint on Z boson candidate
80 < Mee < 102 GeV and 70 < M < 110 GeV
R(lZ,lW) = √(2+2) > 1.2Missing transverse energy > 30 GeV
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BackgroundsProcesses with at least three genuine leptons
WZ and ZZ production − estimated from MC simulation
Instrumental backgrounds due to wrongly identification of a jet, photon from processesZ+jets, Z − estimated using data-driven methodsttbar − estimated from MC simulation and found to
be negligible
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Z+jetsGenuine Z candidate and misidentified jetMeasure the misidentification ratio
in multijet events from data
For each signature Z+”false” lepton sample is selected from datapT spectrum of “false” lepton is folded by fr
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fr =dN dpT (" true")dN dpT (" false")
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ZBackground for WZlle
Due to track mismatch or photonconversion
Measure photon to electron misidentification rate in data feUse Z() final state radiation
Photon pT distribution is multiplied by pT dependent e misidentification rate
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FSR
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NZγ = σ llγ × Ldata × Accep × ε selection × fγ → e
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Event yields
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Very good agreement with the SM background prediction
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Limits on W'→WZWe exclude sequential W'
188 GeV < M(W') < 520 GeV (obs.)188 GeV < M(W') < 497 GeV (exp.)
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W'WZ coupling
)()()( '2
2'
WMWMSMWWZWZW
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• Variation of coupling affects on (W') and Br(W'→WZ)
W'WZ Obs. (GeV)
Exp. (GeV)
1 (SSM) 520 4974 767 7529 903 88116 988 967
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W' width studiesSSM W' is predicted to be a narrow resonance
Stronger W'WZ coupling results in increasing the width of the resonance
We studied and find limits stay within 1s.d. band for for W' resonances with width up to 25% of the mass
WW
WWW M
MM '
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Width of 500 GeV signal for different coupling strength ()
= 1 (SSM) 2 4 10 20 30Width (GeV)
17 18 22 45 130 271
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TechnicolorPrevious searches were done in T/aT→WT→lbq
Allowed only if M(T) < M(T) - M(W)
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Previously excluded region is M(T) < 220 GeV (DØ)
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Limits on T→W
We exclude 208 GeV < M(T) < 400 GeV at 95% C.L. (obs.)201 GeV < M(T) < 339 GeV at 95% C.L. (exp.)
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M(T) > M(T) - M(W)
decay to WZ is dominant
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ConclusionThe first search for a new resonance in WZ
production is performed at the DØ experimentSSM W' with masses 188-520 GeV is excludedSet limits on W'WZ couplings predicted in
different extensions of the SMExcluded typical TC phase space for heavy
techni-pions
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arXiv:0912.0715v3 [hep-ex]
Published at PRLhttp://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v104/i6/e061801
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BACKUP
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W’ Signal cross section & BrSSM(W’->WZ)
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