Measurement of the WW production cross section in p(p)over-bar collisions at root(s)over-bar=1.96 TeV

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2005-04Author
Baringer, Philip S.
Bean, Alice
Christofek, L.
Coppage, Don
Gardner, J.
Hensel, Carsten
Jabeen, S.
Wilson, Graham Wallace
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AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
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We present a measurement of the W boson pair-production cross section in p(p) over bar collisions at a center-of-mass energy of root s=1.96 TeV. The data, collected with the Run II D0 detector at Fermilab, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 224-252 pb(-1) depending on the final state (ee, e mu, or mu mu). We observe 25 candidates with a background expectation of 8.1 +/- 0.6(stat)+/- 0.6(syst)+/- 0.5(lum) events. The probability for an upward fluctuation of the background to produce the observed signal is 2.3x10(-7), equivalent to 5.2 standard deviations. The measurement yields a cross section of 13.8(-3.8)(+4.3)(stat)(-0.9)(+1.2)(syst)+/- 0.9(lum) pb, in agreement with predictions from the standard model.
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Abazov, VM; Abbott, B, et al. Measurement of the WW production cross section in p(p)over-bar collisions at root(s)over-bar=1.96 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. April 2005. 94(15)
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