Measurement of WZ and ZZ production in pp collisions at √s=8TeV in final states with b-tagged jets
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Measurements are reported of the WZ and ZZ production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV in final states where one Z boson decays to b-tagged jets. The other gauge boson, either W or Z, is detected through its leptonic decay (either W→eν , μν or Z→e+e− , μ+μ− , or νν¯ ). The results are based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 18.9 fb −1 collected with the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The measured cross sections, σ(pp→WZ)=30.7±9.3(stat.)±7.1(syst.)±4.1(th.)±1.0(lum.)pb and σ(pp→ZZ)=6.5±1.7(stat.)±1.0(syst.)±0.9(th.)±0.2(lum.)pb , are consistent with next-to-leading order quantum chromodynamics calculations.
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CMS Collaboration. "Measurement of WZ and ZZ production in pp collisions at √s=8TeV in final states with b-tagged jets." The European Physical Journal C, 74, (2014) Springer: 2973. http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2973-5.