A Measurement Of The Z Gamma Cross Section And Limits On Anomalous Triple Gauge Couplings At Square Root Of S PDF Download

Measurements are presented of $ \mathrm{ W \gamma\gamma } $ and $ \mathrm{ Z \gamma\gamma } $ production in proton-proton collisions. Fiducial cross sections are reported based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.4 fb$^{-1}$ collected with the CMS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. Signal is identified through the $\mathrm{ W } \to \ell\nu$ and $\mathrm{ Z }\to\ell\ell$ decay modes, where $\ell$ is a muon or an electron. The production of $ \mathrm{ W \gamma\gamma } $ and $ \mathrm{ Z \gamma\gamma } $, measured with significances of 2.6 and 5.9 standard deviations, respectively, is consistent with standard model predictions. In addition, limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings in $ \mathrm{ W \gamma\gamma } $ production are determined in the context of a dimension-8 effective field theory.