Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrts=8 $$ TeV using the ZZ → l−l+l′−l′+ and Z Z → l − l + ν ν ̄ $$ ZZ\to \ell^-\ell^+\nu \overline\nu $$ decay channels with the ATLAS detector

A measurement of the ZZ production cross section in the l−l+l′ −l′ + and l−l+νν ̄ channels (l = e, μ) in proton-proton collisions at s=8TeV at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS experiment in 2012 is presented. The fiducial cross sections for ZZ → l−l+l′ −l′ + and ZZ→ l−l+νν ̄ are measured in selected phase-space regions. The total cross section for ZZ events produced with both Z bosons in the mass range 66 to 116 GeV is measured from the combination of the two channels to be 7.3 ± 0.4(stat) ± 0.3(syst)− 0.1− 0.2(lumi) pb, which is consistent with the Standard Model prediction of 6. 6− 0.6+ 0.7 pb. The differential cross sections in bins of various kinematic variables are presented. The differential event yield as a function of the transverse momentum of the leading Z boson is used to set limits on anomalous neutral triple gauge boson couplings in ZZ production.[Figure not available: see fulltext.