Composite Effective Field Theory Signal from Anomalous Quartic Gauge Couplings for ZZ(→ ℓℓνν)jj and Zγ(→ ννγ)jj Productions
Abstract
Parameterization of heavy effects beyond the Standard Model is available using higher-dimension operators
of the effective field theory and their Wilson coefficients, where their values are not known. Experimental
sensitivity to the Wilson coefficients can be significantly changed in case of the usage of composite
anomalous signal, which contains anomalous contributions from background processes in addition to the
conventional ones from the signal process. In this work, this approach is applied to the search for anomalous
quartic gauge couplings with seven EFT operators in the electroweak production of ZZ(→ ℓℓνν)jj and
Zγ(→ ννγ)jj in pp collisions. For the majority of coefficients, sensitivity in the former channel is smaller
than that in the latter one. However, it is shown, that composite anomalous signal affects ZZ(→ ℓℓνν)jj
production stronger than Zγ(→ ννγ)jj production, making sensitivities closer. One-dimensional limits on
theWilson coefficients are changed up to 27.3% and 9.7% due to the background anomalous contributions
in ZZ(→ ℓℓνν)jj and Zγ(→ ννγ)jj productions, respectively.
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