Journal Article

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Combined effective field theory interpretation of Higgs boson, electroweak vector boson, top quark, and multijet measurements

V. Chekhovsky , A. Hayrapetyan , Vladimir Makarenko , A. Tumasyan , Wolfgang Adam , Janik Walter Andrejkovic , L. Benato , T. Bergauer , K. Damanakis , M. Dragicevic ,

The European Physical Journal C

Abstract

Constraints on Wilson coefficients (WCs) corresponding to dimension-6 operators of the standard model effective field theory (SMEFT) are determined from a simultaneous fit to seven sets of CMS measurements probing Higgs boson, electroweak vector boson, top quark, and multijet production. Measurements of electroweak precision observables are also included and provide complementary constraints to those from the CMS experiment. The CMS measurements, using LHC proton-proton collision data at $$\sqrt{s}=13\,\text {Te}\text {V} $$ s = 13 Te , corresponding to integrated luminosities of 36.3 or 138 $$\,\text {fb}^{-1}$$ fb - 1 , are chosen to provide sensitivity to a broad set of operators, for which consistent SMEFT predictions can be derived. These are primarily measurements of differential cross sections which are parameterized as functions of the WCs. In measurements targeting $${\text {t}} (\bar{\textrm{t}})\text {X} $$ t ( t ¯ ) X production, SMEFT effects are modelled at the detector level. Individual constraints on 64 WCs, and constraints on 43 linear combinations of WCs, are obtained.

Keywords

Electroweak interaction Effective field theory Higgs boson Large Hadron Collider Parameterized complexity Observable Standard Model (mathematical formulation) Event (particle physics) Particle physics Physics

Subject Areas

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies ·Nuclear and High Energy Physics ·Physical Sciences
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions ·Nuclear and High Energy Physics ·Physical Sciences
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Physical Sciences