Measurements of four-lepton (4l, l = e,mu) production cross sections at the Z resonance in pp collisions at the LHC with the ATLAS detector are presented. For dilepton and four-lepton invariant mass regions m (l+l)- > 5 GeV and 80 < m(4l) < 100 GeV, the measured cross sections are 76 +/- 18(stat) +/- 4(syst) +/- 1.4(lumi) fb and 107 +/- 9(stat) +/- 4(syst) +/- 3.0(lumi) fb at root s=7 and 8 TeV, respectively. By subtracting the nonresonant 4l production contributions and normalizing with Z -> mu(+)mu(-) events, the branching fraction for the Z boson decay to 4l is determined to be (3.20 +/- 0.25(stat) +/- 0.13(syst)) x10(-6), consistent with the standard model prediction.

Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., et al. (2014). Measurements of Four-Lepton Production at the Z Resonance in pp Collisions at √s=7 and 8 TeV with ATLAS. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 112(23), 1-18 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.231806].

Measurements of Four-Lepton Production at the Z Resonance in pp Collisions at √s=7 and 8 TeV with ATLAS

V. Bortolotto;F. Ceradini;B. Di Micco;R. Di Nardo;D. Orestano;