@article{8d04fd1070f043c38e392a757feb9f52,
title = "Measurement of W+W− production and search for the Higgs boson in pp collisions at s=7 TeV",
abstract = "A measurement of W+W− production in pp collisions at s=7 TeV and a search for the Higgs boson are reported. The W+W− candidates are selected in events with two leptons, either electrons or muons. The measurement is performed using LHC data recorded with the CMS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb−1. The pp → W+W− cross section is measured to be 41.1±15.3(stat)±5.8(syst)±4.5(lumi)pb, consistent with the standard model prediction. Limits on WWγ and WWZ anomalous triple gauge couplings are set. The search for the standard model Higgs boson in the W+W− decay mode does not reveal any evidence of excess above backgrounds. Limits are set on the production of the Higgs boson in the context of the standard model and in the presence of a sequential fourth family of fermions with high masses. In the latter context, a Higgs boson with mass between 144 and 207 GeV/c2 is ruled out at 95% confidence level.",
keywords = "CMS, Computing, Physics, Software",
author = "{CMS Collaboration} and S. Chatrchyan and V. Khachatryan and Sirunyan, {A. M.} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and T. Bergauer and M. Dragicevic and J. Er{\"o} and C. Fabjan and M. Friedl and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and Ghete, {V. M.} and J. Hammer and S. H{\"a}nsel and M. Hoch and N. H{\"o}rmann and J. Hrubec and M. Jeitler and G. Kasieczka and W. Kiesenhofer and M. Krammer and D. Liko and I. Mikulec and M. Pernicka and H. Rohringer and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and J. Strauss and F. Teischinger and P. Wagner and W. Waltenberger and G. Walzel and E. Widl and Wulz, {C. E.} and V. Mossolov and N. Shumeiko and {Suarez Gonzalez}, J. and L. Benucci and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and X. Janssen and T. Maes and L. Mucibello and S. Ochesanu and B. Roland and R. Rougny and M. Selvaggi and {Van Haevermaet}, H. and {Van Mechelen}, P. and {Van Remortel}, N. and F. Blekman and M. Rudolph",
note = "Funding Information: We wish to congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC machine. We thank the technical and administrative staff at CERN and other CMS institutes, and acknowledge support from: FMSR (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq , CAPES , FAPERJ , and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN ; CAS , MoST , and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); Academy of Sciences and NICPB (Estonia); Academy of Finland , ME , and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF , DFG , and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NKTH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); NRF and WCU (Korea); LAS (Lithuania); CINVESTAV , CONACYT , SEP , and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); PAEC (Pakistan); SCSR (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan); MST and MAE (Russia); MSTD (Serbia); MICINN and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); NSC (Taipei); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council (European Union); the Leventis Foundation ; the A.P. Sloan Foundation ; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ; the Associazione per lo Sviluppo Scientifico e Tecnologico del Piemonte (Italy); the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office ; the Fonds pour la Formation {\`a} la Recherche dans lʼIndustrie et dans lʼAgriculture (FRIA-Belgium); and the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2011 CERN",
year = "2011",
month = may,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2011.03.056",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "699",
pages = "25--47",
journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",
issn = "0370-2693",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "1-2",
}