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In addition, multi-lepton final states of \WZ\ production constitutes |
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an important background to potential new phenomena, |
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in particular Supersymmetry. A sound understanding of the \WZ\ |
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in particular Supersymmetry. A good understanding of the \WZ\ |
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production-process is of paramount importance in the first phase |
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of the LHC data-taking before any discovery can be claimed. |
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At the same time, deviation of the \WZ\ production rate and |
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The structure of this note is as follows. We describe the signal |
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and background modeling in Section~\ref{sec:gen}. The information |
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on triggering and reconstruction of events is given in |
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Section~\ref{sec:eventReconstruction}. We present the analysis |
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strategy and estimate systematic uncertainties in Sections~\ref{sec:eventReconstruction} |
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and~\ref{sec:systematic}, respectively. The summary of the analysis |
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and results drawn with an emphasis on the \WZ\ observation |
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in early LHC data are given in Section~\ref{sec:results}. |
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Section~\ref{sec:eventReconstruction}. We present the methods of measuring |
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signal and background yields and estimate systematic uncertainties in |
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Sections~\ref{sec:SignalExt} and~\ref{sec:systematic}, respectively. |
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The summary of the analysis and results drawn with an emphasis on the |
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\WZ\ observation in early LHC data are given in Section~\ref{sec:results}. |
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