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@article{Hayrapetyan:2026:10.1007/JHEP06(2026)187,
author = {Hayrapetyan, A and Makarenko, V and Tumasyan, A and Adam, W and Benato, L and Bergauer, T and Dragicevic, M and Giordano, C and Hussain, PS and Jeitler, M and Krammer, N and Li, A and Liko, D and Matthewman, M and Schieck, J and Schöfbeck, R and Shooshtari, M and Sonawane, M and Waltenberger, W and Wulz, CE and Janssen, T and Kwon, H and Ocampo, Henao D and Van, Laer T and Van, Mechelen P and Bierkens, J and Breugelmans, N and DHondt, J and Dansana, S and De, Moor A and Delcourt, M and Heyen, F and Hong, Y and Kashko, P and Lowette, S and Makarenko, I and Müller, D and Song, J and Tavernier, S and Tytgat, M and Van, Onsem GP and Van, Putte S and Vannerom, D and Bilin, B and Clerbaux, B and Das, AK and De, Bruyn I and De, Lentdecker G and Evard, H and Favart, L and Gianneios, P and Khalilzadeh, A and Khan, FA and Malara, A and Shahzad, MA and Sharma, A and Thomas, L and Vanden, Bemden M and Vander, Velde C and Vanlaer, P and Zhang, F and De, Coen M and Dobur, D and Gokbulut, G and Marck},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP06(2026)187},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
title = {Measurement and effective field theory interpretation of the photon-fusion production cross section of a pair of W bosons in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2026)187},
volume = {2026},
year = {2026}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - This analysis presents an observation of the photon-fusion production of W boson pairs using the CMS detector at the LHC. The total cross section of the W<sup>+</sup>W<sup>−</sup> production in photon fusion is measured using proton-proton collision data with an integrated luminosity of 138 fb<sup>−1</sup> collected with the CMS detector in 2016–2018 at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV. Events are selected in the final state with one isolated electron and one isolated muon, and no additional tracks associated with the electron-muon production vertex. The total and fiducial production cross sections are 643−78+82 fb and 3.96−0.51+0.53 fb, respectively, in agreement with the standard model predictions of 631 ± 126 fb and 3.87 ± 0.77 fb. This agreement enables stringent constraints on anomalous quartic gauge couplings within a dimension-8 effective field theory framework.
AU - Hayrapetyan,A
AU - Makarenko,V
AU - Tumasyan,A
AU - Adam,W
AU - Benato,L
AU - Bergauer,T
AU - Dragicevic,M
AU - Giordano,C
AU - Hussain,PS
AU - Jeitler,M
AU - Krammer,N
AU - Li,A
AU - Liko,D
AU - Matthewman,M
AU - Schieck,J
AU - Schöfbeck,R
AU - Shooshtari,M
AU - Sonawane,M
AU - Waltenberger,W
AU - Wulz,CE
AU - Janssen,T
AU - Kwon,H
AU - Ocampo,Henao D
AU - Van,Laer T
AU - Van,Mechelen P
AU - Bierkens,J
AU - Breugelmans,N
AU - DHondt,J
AU - Dansana,S
AU - De,Moor A
AU - Delcourt,M
AU - Heyen,F
AU - Hong,Y
AU - Kashko,P
AU - Lowette,S
AU - Makarenko,I
AU - Müller,D
AU - Song,J
AU - Tavernier,S
AU - Tytgat,M
AU - Van,Onsem GP
AU - Van,Putte S
AU - Vannerom,D
AU - Bilin,B
AU - Clerbaux,B
AU - Das,AK
AU - De,Bruyn I
AU - De,Lentdecker G
AU - Evard,H
AU - Favart,L
AU - Gianneios,P
AU - Khalilzadeh,A
AU - Khan,FA
AU - Malara,A
AU - Shahzad,MA
AU - Sharma,A
AU - Thomas,L
AU - Vanden,Bemden M
AU - Vander,Velde C
AU - Vanlaer,P
AU - Zhang,F
AU - De,Coen M
AU - Dobur,D
AU - Gokbulut,G
AU - Marckx,D
AU - Skovpen,K
AU - Tomaru,AM
AU - Van,Den Bossche N
AU - van,der Linden J
AU - Vandenbroeck,J
AU - Wezenbeek,L
AU - Aarup,Petersen H
AU - Bein,S
AU - Benecke,A
AU - Bethani,A
AU - Bruno,G
AU - Cappati,A
AU - De,Favereau De Jeneret J
AU - Delaere,C
AU - Gameiro,Casalinho F
AU - Giammanco,A
AU - Guzel,AO
AU - Lemaitre,V
AU - Lidrych,J
AU - Malek,P
AU - Mastrapasqua,P
AU - Turkcapar,S
AU - Alves,GA
AU - Barroso,Ferreira Filho M
AU - Coelho,E
AU - Hensel,C
AU - Matos,Figueiredo D
AU - Menezes,De Oliveira T
AU - Mora,Herrera C
AU - Rebello,Teles P
AU - Soeiro,M
AU - Tonelli,Manganote EJ
AU - Vilela,Pereira A
AU - Aldá,Júnior WL
AU - Brandao,Malbouisson H
DO - 10.1007/JHEP06(2026)187
PY - 2026///
TI - Measurement and effective field theory interpretation of the photon-fusion production cross section of a pair of W bosons in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV
T2 - Journal of High Energy Physics
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2026)187
VL - 2026
ER -