Electroweak Measurements with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments

Abstract

Highlights of ATLAS and CMS measurements involving the production of heavy electroweak gauge bosons, W and Z, at the LHC are presented. Cross sections of single W and Z bosons are studied with very high precision and differential in various kinematic variables. The rapidity differential measurements are shown to have a so far unique impact on our knowledge of proton structure with regards to the strange quark density. The production in association with one or more light or heavy flavour jets is studied. Furthermore measurements of τ final states, W polarisation and the weak mixing angle sin2θW are presented. Various di-boson measurements are presented and measurements are in general found to be well described by the Standard Model predictions. These measurements test the non-Abelian gauge structure and limits on anomalous triple gauge couplings are derived, which are of impact comparable to the corresponding LEP and Tevatron results.

8 pages, 12 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the 47th Recontres de Moriond, EW session, 2012

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