Abstract
Four-lepton production in proton-proton collisions, pp → (Z/γ∗)(Z/γ∗) → 4ℓ , where ℓ = e or μ , is studied at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1 . The ZZ production cross section, σ(pp → ZZ) = 17.2 ± 0.5 (stat) ± 0.7 (syst) ± 0.4 (theo) ± 0.4 (lumi) pb , measured using events with two opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs produced in the mass region 60 < mℓ+ℓ- < 120 GeV , is consistent with standard model predictions. Differential cross sections are measured and are well described by the theoretical predictions. The Z boson branching fraction to four leptons is measured to be B(Z → 4ℓ) = 4.83-0.22+0.23(stat)-0.29+0.32(syst) ± 0.08(theo) ± 0.12(lumi) × 10-6 for events with a four-lepton invariant mass in the range 80 < m4ℓ < 100 GeV and a dilepton mass mℓℓ > 4 GeV for all opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs. The results agree with standard model predictions. The invariant mass distribution of the four-lepton system is used to set limits on anomalous ZZZ and ZZ γ couplings at 95% confidence level: - 0.0012 < f4Z < 0.0010 , - 0.0010 < f5Z < 0.0013 , - 0.0012 < f4γ < 0.0013 , - 0.0012 < f5γ < 0.0013 .