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A measurement of the $ZZ$ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.02\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC is presented. Twelve events containing two $Z$ boson candidates decaying to electrons and/or muons are observed, with an expected background of $0.3\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.3(\mathrm{stat}{)}_{\ensuremath{-}0.3}^{+0.4}(\mathrm{syst})$ events. The cross section measured in a phase-space region with good detector acceptance and for dilepton masses within the range 66 to 116 GeV is ${\ensuremath{\sigma}}_{ZZ\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}}^{\mathrm{fid}}={19.4}_{\ensuremath{-}5.2}^{+6.3}(\mathrm{stat}{)}_{\ensuremath{-}0.7}^{+0.9}(\mathrm{syst})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.7(\mathrm{lumi})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{fb}$. The resulting total cross section for on-shell $ZZ$ production, ${\ensuremath{\sigma}}_{ZZ}^{\mathrm{tot}}={8.5}_{\ensuremath{-}2.3}^{+2.7}(\mathrm{stat}{)}_{\ensuremath{-}0.3}^{+0.4}(\mathrm{syst})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.3(\mathrm{lumi})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{pb}$, is consistent with the standard model expectation of ${6.5}_{\ensuremath{-}0.2}^{+0.3}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{pb}$ calculated at the next-to-leading order in QCD. Limits on anomalous neutral triple gauge boson couplings are derived.

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