A measurement of the WZγ triboson production cross section is presented. The analysis is based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of ps ¼ 13 TeV recorded with the ffiffi CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. The analysis focuses on the final state with three charged leptons, l±νlþl−, where l ¼ e or μ, accompanied by an additional photon. The observed (expected) significance of the WZγ signal is 5.4 (3.8) standard deviations. The cross section is measured in a fiducial region, where events with an l originating from a tau lepton decay are excluded, to be 5.48 ± 1.11 fb, which is compatible with the prediction of 3.69 ± 0.24 fb at next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics. Exclusion limits are set on anomalous quartic gauge couplings and on the production cross sections of massive axionlike particles.

Observation of WZγ production and constraints on new physics scenarios ffiffi in proton-proton collisions at ps = 13 TeV

Arcidiacono R.;Arneodo M.;Menzio L.;Ruspa M.;
2025-01-01

Abstract

A measurement of the WZγ triboson production cross section is presented. The analysis is based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of ps ¼ 13 TeV recorded with the ffiffi CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. The analysis focuses on the final state with three charged leptons, l±νlþl−, where l ¼ e or μ, accompanied by an additional photon. The observed (expected) significance of the WZγ signal is 5.4 (3.8) standard deviations. The cross section is measured in a fiducial region, where events with an l originating from a tau lepton decay are excluded, to be 5.48 ± 1.11 fb, which is compatible with the prediction of 3.69 ± 0.24 fb at next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics. Exclusion limits are set on anomalous quartic gauge couplings and on the production cross sections of massive axionlike particles.
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