Title: | Measurement of top quark polarisation in t-channel single top quark production |
Authors: | The, CMSC Khachatryan, V Sirunyan, AM Tumasyan, A Adam, W Asilar, E Bergauer, T Brandstetter, J Brondolin, E Dragicevic, M Erö, J Flechl, M Friedl, M Frühwirth, R Ghete, VM Hartl, C Hörmann, N Hrubec, J Jeitler, M Knünz, V König, A Krammer, M Krätschmer, I Liko, D Matsushita, T Mikulec, I Rabady, D Rahbaran, B Rohringer, H Schieck, J Schöfbeck, R Strauss, J Treberer-Treberspurg, W Waltenberger, W Wulz, CE Mossolov, V Shumeiko, N Suarez Gonzalez, J Alderweireldt, S Cornelis, T De Wolf, EA Janssen, X Knutsson, A Lauwers, J Luyckx, S Van De Klundert, M Van Haevermaet, H Van Mechelen, P Van Remortel, N Van Spilbeeck, A Abu Zeid, S Blekman, F D Hondt, J Daci, N De Bruyn, I Deroover, K Heracleous, N Keaveney, J Lowette, S Moreels, L Olbrechts, A Python, Q Strom, D Tavernier, S Van Doninck, W Van Mulders, P Van Onsem, GP Van Parijs, I Barria, P Brun, H Caillol, C Clerbaux, B De Lentdecker, G Fasanella, G Favart, L Grebenyuk, A Karapostoli, G Lenzi, T Léonard, A Maerschalk, T Marinov, A Perniè, L Randle-conde, A Seva, T Vander Velde, C Vanlaer, P Yonamine, R Zenoni, F Zhang, F Beernaert, K Benucci, L Cimmino, A Crucy, S |
Keywords: | Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments);Top physics |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Citation: | Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016: 73, (2016) |
Abstract: | A first measurement of the top quark spin asymmetry, sensitive to the top quark polarisation, in t-channel single top quark production is presented. It is based on a sample of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. A high-purity sample of t-channel single top quark events with an isolated muon is selected. Signal and background components are estimated using a fit to data. A differential cross section measurement, corrected for detector effects, of an angular observable sensitive to the top quark polarisation is performed. The differential distribution is used to extract a top quark spin asymmetry of 0.26 ± 0.03(stat) ± 0.10(syst), which is compatible with a p-value of 4.6% with the standard model prediction of 0.44. |
URI: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP04%282016%29073 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12636 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2016)073 |
ISSN: | 1126-6708 1029-8479 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers
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