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\section{Event reconstruction}
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The four possible final states of \WZ
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production with electrons and muons are studied, $\rm e^\pm \epem$, $\mu^\pm \epem$, $\rm e^\pm \mu^+\mu^-$
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and $\mu^\pm \mu^+\mu^-$. They are associated to four possible classes,
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denoted as follows:
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\item $3e$: for \WZ events with $\W \to e \nu$ and $\Z\to \epem$.
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\item $2e1\mu$: for \WZ events with $\W \to \mu \nu$ and $\Z\to \epem$.
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\item $2\mu 1e$: for \WZ events with $\W \to e \nu$ and $\Z\to \mumu$.
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\item $3\mu$: for \WZ events with $\W \to \mu \nu$ and $\Z\to \mumu$.
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\subsection{Trigger selection and efficiencies}
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Events stemming from the three-lepton final states of $\WZ$ production
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are collected by the electron and muon triggers. For each channel,
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a minimun number of HLT requirements is chosen while keeping
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the HLT efficiency for selected events close to 100\%. The same
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HLT requirements are used for channels with the same Z decay mode:
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\item for $3e$ and $2e1\mu$: HLTSingleElectron or HLTDoubleElectronRelaxed
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\item for $2\mu1e$ and $3\mu$: HLTSingleMuonIso
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The HLT efficiencies for all modes for events passing the full
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selection described in this section are given in table~\ref{tab:hlteff}.
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\begin{table}[tbph]
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\begin{tabular}{llc} \hline \hline
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Channel & HLT selection & HLT efficiency \\ \hline
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$3e$ & HLTSingleElectron or HLTDoubleElectronRelaxed & 0.996 \\
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$2e1\mu$ & HLTSingleElectron or HLTDoubleElectronRelaxed & 0.969 \\
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$2\mu 1e$ & HLTSingleMuonIso & 0.966 \\
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$3\mu$ & HLTSingleMuonIso & 0.994 \\ \hline \hline
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\caption{HLT Efficiencies, in percent, for all
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the events in the generated phase space for events retained by
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the complete event selection.}
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\label{tab:hlteff}
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\subsection{Lepton identification}
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The requirements used for electron identification in this analysis are described
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in~\cite{noteElectronID}.
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Muon candidates are selected from global muons, which are reconstructed
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combining measurements in the muon chambers and the central tracker.
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An additional isolation criterion requires that the energy
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measured in the calorimeters within a $\Delta R = 0.3$ cone around the
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muon must be smaller than 3 GeV and the sum of the $p_t$ of tracks
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within a $\Delta R = 0.25$ cone around the muon must be smaller than 2
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GeV. These cuts reduce the background from muons originated in
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\b-quark decays of the $\Zbbbar$ background, which are close to tracks
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and clusters from the other \b-quark decay products.
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%Figures~\ref{fig:muonisol} and ~\ref{fig:muonisoleffi} show the
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%performance of the isolation cut. The distribution of the isolation
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%variables for the $\Z\b\bbar(\epem\b\bbar)$ is particularly
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%interesting, since muons only stem from \b-quark decays.
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The significance of the muon impact parameter in the plane
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transverse to the beam, $S_{IP}$, discriminates against leptons from
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heavy-quark decays in all Standard Model background processes. This
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variable is defined as the ratio between the measured impact parameter
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and its uncertainty: $S_{IP}=IP/\sigma_{IP}$, and is required to
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satisfy $S_{IP}<3$. This requirement is applied only for muons
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and not for electrons. For electrons, the dominant background
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\subsection{\WZ candidate selection}
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Events are accepted if they contain at least three charged leptons,
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either electrons or muons, with $p_t > 15\,\mathrm{GeV}$ and $| \eta | < 2.5$ for
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electrons,$| \eta | < 2.4$ for muons.
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as discussed in~\ref{sec:leptonId}.
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The \WZ candidate selection proceeds from building all possible
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\Z-boson candidates from same-flavour opposite-charge lepton pairs.
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For $\Z \to ee$ decays, electrons have to fullfil the loose requirements
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defined in~\cite{noteElectronID}.
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Events are retained if the mass of this \Z-boson candidate is
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within 20 GeV of the Z-boson mass,$m_Z$. The event is
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rejected if a second Z candidate is found. This second Z candidate is done
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with all possible same-flavour opposite-charge combinations which are left
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after removing the two leptons already used for the first Z candidate. This
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veto on the presence of a second Z helps to suppress $ZZ$ events. The invariant
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mass distribution for accepted \Z candidates is shown in
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Figure~\ref{fig:zcandidates}.
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% and the \Z mass resolution is shown in
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%Figure~\ref{fig:dzmass}.
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After the \Z-boson candidate is identified, the lepton associated
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to the \W-boson decay is chosen from the remaining electrons and muons
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in the event that have not been used for reconstructing the \Z-boson.
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Electrons are required to pass the tight criteria described in
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\cite{noteElectronID}. If the event contains more than three leptons,
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the highest $p_t$ is chosen as the one from the \W-boson decay, and
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the additional leptons are not considered further.
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The transverse momentum of this lepton is required to be larger
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than 20 GeV. This last requirement is effective in rejecting
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the \Zbbbar and \Zjets backgrounds, and the cut value is chosen in
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the range that maximises the significance as shown in
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Figure~\ref{fig:s_vs_wlpt}.
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The expected number of events passing the various steps of the selection
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is listed in Tables~\ref{tab:sel-effA} and~\ref{tab:sel-effB}.
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Table~\ref{tab:wz-effimatrix} lists the final selection efficiency for
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the different generated \W and \Z decays. It can be seen there that \WZ\
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events with both the \W and the \Z boson decaying into electrons or muons
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almost always get reconstructed with the correct flavour. It is to be
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noted in addition that each of our four selection channels gets a small
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contribution from $W \to \tau \to e/\mu$ decays as one would expect. The
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selection efficiency for these events is however smaller which is mostly due
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to the \pt cut on the third lepton, since the \pt spectrum of electrons or
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muons from $W \to \tau \to e/\mu$ decays is softer.
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\begin{table}[p]
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\begin{tabular}{lcccc} \hline
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Step & WZ & Z+jets & TTbar+jets & bbll\\ \hline
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All events & 546 & 1.2679e+06 & 17556.1 & 72770.4 \\
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Found $Z \to ee$ & 219.517 (40.2045 \%) & 520695 (41.0674 \%) & 3474.61 (19.7914 \%) & 29563.3 (40.6254 \%) \\
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Z Lepton Pt cut & 216.371 (98.5671 \%) & 515556 (99.0131 \%) & 3289.22 (94.6645 \%) & 29109.9 (98.4665 \%) \\
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Z Lepton $eta$ cut & 216.371 (100 \%) & 515556 (100 \%) & 3289.22 (100 \%) & 29109.9 (100 \%) \\
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Z Lepton IP cut & 206.797 (95.5751 \%) & 492205 (95.4707 \%) & 3011.11 (91.5448 \%) & 27833.5 (95.6153 \%) \\
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Found $W \to e$ & 42.8968 (20.7434 \%) & 301.116 (0.061177 \%) & 14.8797 (0.494158 \%) & 173.054 (0.621745 \%) \\
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W Lepton $\eta$ cut & 42.8968 (100 \%) & 301.116 (100 \%) & 14.8797 (100 \%) & 173.054 (100 \%) \\
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W Lepton Pt cut & 35.6425 (83.0889 \%) & 86.9864 (28.8879 \%) & 9.30549 (62.5383 \%) & 23.9385 (13.833 \%) \\
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W tight electron ID & 35.6425 (100 \%) & 86.9864 (100 \%) & 9.30549 (100 \%) & 23.9385 (100 \%) \\
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Passes HLT & 35.4852 (99.5587 \%) & 85.9427 (98.8002 \%) & 9.30549 (100 \%) & 23.4938 (98.1424 \%) \\
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All events & 546 & 1.2679e+06 & 17556.1 & 72770.4 \\
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Found $Z \to ee$ & 219.517 (40.2045 \%) & 520695 (41.0674 \%) & 3474.61 (19.7914 \%) & 29563.3 (40.6254 \%) \\
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Z Lepton Pt cut & 216.371 (98.5671 \%) & 515556 (99.0131 \%) & 3289.22 (94.6645 \%) & 29109.9 (98.4665 \%) \\
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Z Lepton $eta$ cut & 216.371 (100 \%) & 515556 (100 \%) & 3289.22 (100 \%) & 29109.9 (100 \%) \\
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Z Lepton IP cut & 206.797 (95.5751 \%) & 492205 (95.4707 \%) & 3011.11 (91.5448 \%) & 27833.5 (95.6153 \%) \\
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Found $W \to \mu$ & 57.1892 (27.6547 \%) & 5982.86 (1.21552 \%) & 815.122 (27.0705 \%) & 3808.22 (13.6821 \%) \\
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W Lepton $\eta$ cut & 57.1695 (99.9656 \%) & 5964.1 (99.6865 \%) & 815.122 (100 \%) & 3805.62 (99.9319 \%) \\
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W $\mu$ isolation & 52.1367 (91.1967 \%) & 2754.29 (46.1811 \%) & 85.5097 (10.4904 \%) & 1328.18 (34.9004 \%) \\
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W muon isolation & 39.8889 (76.5083 \%) & 22.2149 (0.806557 \%) & 18.8521 (22.0468 \%) & 16.6013 (1.24993 \%) \\
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Passes HLT & 38.7683 (97.1907 \%) & 21.2077 (95.466 \%) & 16.5627 (87.8556 \%) & 16.1566 (97.3214 \%) \\
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All events & 546 & 1.2679e+06 & 17556.1 & 72770.4 \\
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Found $Z \to \mu\mu$ & 326.484 (59.7955 \%) & 748256 (59.0152 \%) & 14081.6 (80.2087 \%) & 43207.1 (59.3746 \%) \\
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Z muon isolation & 282.27 (86.4575 \%) & 669556 (89.4822 \%) & 4201.52 (29.837 \%) & 37959.1 (87.8538 \%) \\
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Z Lepton $eta$ cut & 282.27 (100 \%) & 669547 (99.9987 \%) & 4200.47 (99.975 \%) & 37959.1 (99.9998 \%) \\
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Z Lepton Pt cut & 274.249 (97.1584 \%) & 657267 (98.1659 \%) & 3626.81 (86.3429 \%) & 36945.8 (97.3306 \%) \\
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Z Lepton IP cut & 249.792 (91.0824 \%) & 603257 (91.7827 \%) & 3125.35 (86.1737 \%) & 33937.7 (91.8581 \%) \\
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Found $W \to e$ & 51.9401 (20.7933 \%) & 797.766 (0.132243 \%) & 20.4415 (0.654055 \%) & 228.342 (0.672826 \%) \\
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W Lepton $\eta$ cut & 51.9401 (100 \%) & 797.766 (100 \%) & 20.4415 (100 \%) & 228.342 (100 \%) \\
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W Lepton Pt cut & 43.2703 (83.3081 \%) & 519.647 (65.1378 \%) & 15.0823 (73.7829 \%) & 55.14 (24.148 \%)\\
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Passes HLT & 41.8745 (96.7742 \%) & 490.859 (94.46 \%) & 13.533 (89.7275 \%) & 54.2506 (98.3871 \%) \\
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All events & 546 & 1.2679e+06 & 17556.1 & 72770.4 \\
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Found $Z \to \mu\mu$ & 326.484 (59.7955 \%) & 748256 (59.0152 \%) & 14081.6 (80.2087 \%) & 43207.1 (59.3746 \%) \\
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Z muon isolation & 282.27 (86.4575 \%) & 669556 (89.4822 \%) & 4201.52 (29.837 \%) & 37959.1 (87.8538 \%) \\
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Z Lepton $eta$ cut & 282.27 (100 \%) & 669547 (99.9987 \%) & 4200.47 (99.975 \%) & 37959.1 (99.9998 \%) \\
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Z Lepton Pt cut & 274.249 (97.1584 \%) & 657267 (98.1659 \%) & 3626.81 (86.3429 \%) & 36945.8 (97.3306 \%) \\
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Z Lepton IP cut & 249.792 (91.0824 \%) & 603257 (91.7827 \%) & 3125.35 (86.1737 \%) & 33937.7 (91.8581 \%) \\
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Found $W \to \mu$ & 73.015 (29.2303 \%) & 7135.7 (1.18286 \%) & 774.076 (24.7677 \%) & 4435.51 (13.0696 \%) \\
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W Lepton $\eta$ cut & 72.956 (99.9192 \%) & 7110.07 (99.6409 \%) & 774.076 (100 \%) & 4432.32 (99.9282 \%) \\
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W $\mu$ isolation & 66.724 (91.4578 \%) & 3382.99 (47.5803 \%) & 78.3017 (10.1155 \%) & 1560.97 (35.2178 \%) \\
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W muon isolation & 50.1118 (75.1031 \%) & 6.25174 (0.184799 \%) & 5.8096 (7.41951 \%) & 20.6775 (1.32466 \%) \\
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Passes HLT & 49.7972 (99.3723 \%) & 6.25174 (100 \%) & 5.8096 (100 \%) & 20.6034 (99.6416 \%) \\
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Z mass window & 45.1576 (8.27062 \%) & 4.9976 (0.000394162 \%) & 1.683 (0.00958638 \%) & 18.3059 (0.0251557 \%) \\
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selections steps in the \WZ, \ttbar and \Zbbbar samples for an integrated luminosity
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\scalebox{0.8}{\includegraphics{figs/mtw_by_channel.eps}}
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\caption{W transverse mass for the four signal categories.
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The distributions show the number of expected events
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