Observation of Top Quark Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions

Sirunyan, AM; Tumasyan, A; Adam, W; Ambrogi, F; Asilar, E; Bergauer, T; Brandstetter, J; Brondolin, E; Dragicevic, M; Erö, J; Escalante Del Valle, A; Flechl, M; Friedl, M; Frühwirth, R; Ghete, VM; Grossmann, J; Hrubec, J; Jeitler, M; König, A; Krammer, N; Krätschmer, I; Liko, D; Madlener, T; Mikulec, I; Pree, E; Rad, N; Rohringer, H; Schieck, J; Schöfbeck, R; Spanring, M; Spitzbart, D; Waltenberger, W; Wittmann, J; Wulz, CE; Zarucki, M; Chekhovsky, V; Mossolov, V; Suarez Gonzalez, J; De Wolf, EA; Di Croce, D; Janssen, X; Lauwers, J; Van De Klundert, M; Van Haevermaet, H; Van Mechelen, P; Van Remortel, N; Abu Zeid, S; Blekman, F; D'Hondt, J; De Bruyn, I; De Clercq, J; Deroover, K; Flouris, G; Lontkovskyi, D; Lowette, S; Marchesini, I; Moortgat, S; Moreels, L; Python, Q; Skovpen, K; Tavernier, S; Van Doninck, W; Van Mulders, P; Van Parijs, I; Beghin, D; Bilin, B; Brun, H; Clerbaux, B; De Lentdecker, G; Delannoy, H; Dorney, B; Fasanella, G; Favart, L; Goldouzian, R; Grebenyuk, A; Kalsi, AK; Lenzi, T; Luetic, J; Maerschalk, T; Marinov, A; Seva, T; Starling, E; Vander Velde, C; Vanlaer, P; Vannerom, D; Yonamine, R; Zenoni, F; Cornelis, T; Dobur, D; Fagot, A; Gul, M; Khvastunov, I; Poyraz, D; Roskas, C; Salva, S

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Title:	Observation of Top Quark Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions
Authors:	Sirunyan, AM Tumasyan, A Adam, W Ambrogi, F Asilar, E Bergauer, T Brandstetter, J Brondolin, E Dragicevic, M Erö, J Escalante Del Valle, A Flechl, M Friedl, M Frühwirth, R Ghete, VM Grossmann, J Hrubec, J Jeitler, M König, A Krammer, N Krätschmer, I Liko, D Madlener, T Mikulec, I Pree, E Rad, N Rohringer, H Schieck, J Schöfbeck, R Spanring, M Spitzbart, D Waltenberger, W Wittmann, J Wulz, CE Zarucki, M Chekhovsky, V Mossolov, V Suarez Gonzalez, J De Wolf, EA Di Croce, D Janssen, X Lauwers, J Van De Klundert, M Van Haevermaet, H Van Mechelen, P Van Remortel, N Abu Zeid, S Blekman, F D'Hondt, J De Bruyn, I De Clercq, J Deroover, K Flouris, G Lontkovskyi, D Lowette, S Marchesini, I Moortgat, S Moreels, L Python, Q Skovpen, K Tavernier, S Van Doninck, W Van Mulders, P Van Parijs, I Beghin, D Bilin, B Brun, H Clerbaux, B De Lentdecker, G Delannoy, H Dorney, B Fasanella, G Favart, L Goldouzian, R Grebenyuk, A Kalsi, AK Lenzi, T Luetic, J Maerschalk, T Marinov, A Seva, T Starling, E Vander Velde, C Vanlaer, P Vannerom, D Yonamine, R Zenoni, F Cornelis, T Dobur, D Fagot, A Gul, M Khvastunov, I Poyraz, D Roskas, C Salva, S
Issue Date:	21-Sep-2017
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Citation:	Physical Review Letters, 2017, 119 (24)
Abstract:	The first observation of top quark production in proton-nucleus collisions is reported using proton-lead data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of sNN=8.16 TeV. The measurement is performed using events with exactly one isolated electron or muon candidate and at least four jets. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 174 nb-1. The significance of the tt signal against the background-only hypothesis is above 5 standard deviations. The measured cross section is σtt=45±8 nb, consistent with predictions from perturbative quantum chromodynamics.
URI:	http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/17630
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.242001
ISSN:	0031-9007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.242001 1079-7114
Appears in Collections:	Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers

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