@article{6bdf73c752d8497895191a4e3ef94f63,
title = "Observation of electroweak W+W− pair production in association with two jets in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV",
abstract = "An observation is reported of the electroweak production of a W+W− pair in association with two jets, with both W bosons decaying leptonically. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV, collected by the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. Events are selected by requiring exactly two opposite-sign leptons (electrons or muons) and two jets with large pseudorapidity separation and high dijet invariant mass. Events are categorized based on the flavor of the final-state leptons. A signal is observed with a significance of 5.6 standard deviations (5.2 expected) with respect to the background-only hypothesis. The measured fiducial cross section is 10.2±2.0fb and this value is consistent with the standard model prediction of 9.1±0.6fb.",
keywords = "CMS, VBS, W pairs",
author = "{The CMS Collaboration} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and Andrejkovic, {J. W.} and T. Bergauer and S. Chatterjee and K. Damanakis and M. Dragicevic and {Del Valle}, {A. Escalante} and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and M. Jeitler and N. Krammer and L. Lechner and D. Liko and I. Mikulec and P. Paulitsch and Pitters, {F. M.} and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and D. Schwarz and S. Templ and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, {C. E.} and Darwish, {M. R.} and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and T. Janssen and T. Kello and A. Lelek and {Rejeb Sfar}, H. and {Van Mechelen}, P. and {Van Putte}, S. and {Van Remortel}, N. and F. Blekman and Bols, {E. S.} and J. D'Hondt and M. Delcourt and {El Faham}, H. and S. Lowette and S. Moortgat and A. Morton and D. M{\"u}ller and Sahasransu, {A. R.} and S. Tavernier and {Van Doninck}, W. and D. Beghin and Joshi, {B. M.} and M. Krohn and J. Mans and R. Rusack and N. Strobbe and B. Marzocchi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Author(s)",
year = "2023",
month = jun,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137495",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "841",
journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",
issn = "0370-2693",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}