# Search for anomalous couplings in boosted WW/WZ to l nu q q-bar production in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV

## TL;DR

This paper searches for signs of new physics through anomalous gauge boson couplings in WW and WZ production at 8 TeV, setting limits on their possible deviations with no evidence of anomalies found.

## Contribution

It provides the first limits on anomalous triple gauge couplings in boosted WW/WZ production at 8 TeV using CMS data, employing jet substructure techniques.

## Key findings

- No evidence for anomalous couplings was observed.
- Set 95% CL limits on anomalous coupling parameters.
- Translated limits into effective field theory coefficients.

## Abstract

This Letter presents a search for new physics manifested as anomalous triple gauge boson couplings in WW and WZ diboson production in proton-proton collisions. The search is performed using events containing a W boson that decays leptonically and a W or Z boson whose decay products are merged into a single reconstructed jet. The data, collected at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19 inverse femtobarns. No evidence for anomalous triple gauge couplings is found and the following 95% confidence level limits are set on their values: lambda ([-0.011, 0.011]), Delta kappa[gamma] ([-0.044, 0.063]), and Delta g[1,Z] ([-0.0087, 0.024]). These limits are also translated into their effective field theory equivalents: c[WWW] / Lambda^2 ([-2.7, 2.7] TeV^{-2}), c[B] / Lambda^2 ([-14, 17] TeV^{-2}), and c[W] / Lambda^2 ([-2.0, 5.7] TeV^{-2}).