Test of lepton flavour universality in $W$-boson decays into electrons and $\tau$-leptons using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration Aad, Georges ; Aakvaag, Erlend ; Abbott, Braden Keim ; et al.
JHEP 05 (2025) 038, 2025.
Inspire Record 2860619 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.157845

A measurement of the ratio of the branching fractions, $R_{\tau/e} = B(W \to \tau \nu)/ B(W \to e \nu)$, is performed using a sample of $W$ bosons originating from top-quark decays to final states containing $\tau$-leptons or electrons. This measurement uses $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV, collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider during Run 2, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb$^{-1}$. The $W \to \tau \nu_\tau$ (with $\tau \to e \nu_e \nu_\tau$) and $W \to e \nu_e$ decays are distinguished using the differences in the impact parameter distributions and transverse momentum spectra of the electrons. The measured ratio of branching fractions $R_{\tau/e} = 0.975 \pm 0.012 \textrm{(stat.)} \pm 0.020 \textrm{(syst.)}$, is consistent with the Standard Model assumption of lepton flavour universality in $W$-boson decays.

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Number of events in the $\mu e$ channel from different sources, as estimated by the fit to the data, compared with the observed yield. Uncertainties include the statistical and systematic contribution. The uncertainty in the total expected number of events can be smaller than the uncertainties of the individual contributions because of correlations between them.

Number of events in the $e e$ channel from different sources, as estimated by the fit to the data, compared with the observed yield. Uncertainties include the statistical and systematic contribution. The uncertainty in the total expected number of events can be smaller than the uncertainties of the individual contributions because of correlations between them.

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Measurements of $W^{+}W^{-}$ production in decay topologies inspired by searches for electroweak supersymmetry

The ATLAS collaboration Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Braden Keim ; Abbott, D.C. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 83 (2023) 718, 2023.
Inspire Record 2103950 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.132115

This paper presents a measurement of fiducial and differential cross-sections for $W^{+}W^{-}$ production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb$^{-1}$. Events with exactly one electron, one muon and no hadronic jets are studied. The fiducial region in which the measurements are performed is inspired by searches for the electroweak production of supersymmetric charginos decaying to two-lepton final states. The selected events have moderate values of missing transverse momentum and the `stransverse mass' variable $m_{\textrm{T2}}$, which is widely used in searches for supersymmetry at the LHC. The ranges of these variables are chosen so that the acceptance is enhanced for direct $W^{+}W^{-}$ production and suppressed for production via top quarks, which is treated as a background. The fiducial cross-section and particle-level differential cross-sections for six variables are measured and compared with two theoretical SM predictions from perturbative QCD calculations.

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Signal region detector-level distribution for the observable $|y_{e\mu}|$.

Signal region detector-level distribution for the observable $|\Delta \phi(e \mu)|$.

Signal region detector-level distribution for the observable $ \cos\theta^{\ast}$.

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