Search for central exclusive production of top quark pairs in proton-proton collisions at √𝒔 = 13 TeV with tagged protons

Tumasyan, A; Adam, W; Andrejkovic, JW; Bergauer, T; Chatterjee, S; Damanakis, K; Dragicevic, M; Escalante Del Valle, A; Hussain, PS; Jeitler, M; Krammer, N; Schieck, J; Schöfbeck, R; Schwarz, D; Templ, S; Waltenberger, W; Wulz, CE; Darwish, MR; Janssen, T; Kello, T; Rejeb Sfar, H; Van Mechelen, P; Bols, ES; D’Hondt, J; De Moor, A; Delcourt, M; El Faham, H; Lowette, S; Moortgat, S; Morton, A; Müller, D; Sahasransu, AR; Tavernier, S; Van Doninck, W; Vannerom, D; Clerbaux, B; De Lentdecker, G; Favart, L; Hohov, D; Jaramillo, J; Lee, K; Mahdavikhorrami, M; Makarenko, I; Malara, A; Paredes, S; Pétré, L; Postiau, N; Starling, E; Thomas, L; Vanden Bemden, M; Vander Velde, C; Vanlaer, P; Dobur, D; Knolle, J; Lambrecht, L; Mestdach, G; Niedziela, M; Rendón, C; Roskas, C; Samalan, A; Skovpen, K; Tytgat, M; Van Den Bossche, N; Vermassen, B; Wezenbeek, L; Benecke, A; Bruno, G; Bury, F; Caputo, C; David, P; Delaere, C; Donertas, IS; Giammanco, A; Jaffel, K; Jain, S; Lemaitre, V; Mondal, K; Prisciandaro, J; Taliercio, A; Tran, TT; TOTEM collaboration; Vischia, P; Wertz, S; Alves, GA; Coelho, E; Hensel, C; CMS collaboration; Moraes, A; Rebello Teles, P; Aldá Júnior, WL; Alves Gallo Pereira, M; Reid, ID; Barroso Ferreira Filho, M; Brandao Malbouisson, H; Carvalho, W; Kyberd, P; Chinellato, J; Da Costa, EM; Khan, A; Da Silveira, GG; Cole, JE; Coldham, K; Lechner, L; Liko, D; Mikulec, I; Paulitsch, P; Pitters, FM

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Title:	Search for central exclusive production of top quark pairs in proton-proton collisions at √𝒔 = 13 TeV with tagged protons
Authors:	Tumasyan, A Adam, W Andrejkovic, JW Bergauer, T Chatterjee, S Damanakis, K Dragicevic, M Escalante Del Valle, A Hussain, PS Jeitler, M Krammer, N Schieck, J Schöfbeck, R Schwarz, D Templ, S Waltenberger, W Wulz, CE Darwish, MR Janssen, T Kello, T Rejeb Sfar, H Van Mechelen, P Bols, ES D’Hondt, J De Moor, A Delcourt, M El Faham, H Lowette, S Moortgat, S Morton, A Müller, D Sahasransu, AR Tavernier, S Van Doninck, W Vannerom, D Clerbaux, B De Lentdecker, G Favart, L Hohov, D Jaramillo, J Lee, K Mahdavikhorrami, M Makarenko, I Malara, A Paredes, S Pétré, L Postiau, N Starling, E Thomas, L Vanden Bemden, M Vander Velde, C Vanlaer, P Dobur, D Knolle, J Lambrecht, L Mestdach, G Niedziela, M Rendón, C Roskas, C Samalan, A Skovpen, K Tytgat, M Van Den Bossche, N Vermassen, B Wezenbeek, L Benecke, A Bruno, G Bury, F Caputo, C David, P Delaere, C Donertas, IS Giammanco, A Jaffel, K Jain, S Lemaitre, V Mondal, K Prisciandaro, J Taliercio, A Tran, TT TOTEM collaboration Vischia, P Wertz, S Alves, GA Coelho, E Hensel, C CMS collaboration Moraes, A Rebello Teles, P Aldá Júnior, WL Alves Gallo Pereira, M Reid, ID Barroso Ferreira Filho, M Brandao Malbouisson, H Carvalho, W Kyberd, P Chinellato, J Da Costa, EM Khan, A Da Silveira, GG Cole, JE Coldham, K Lechner, L Liko, D Mikulec, I Paulitsch, P Pitters, FM
Keywords:	hadron-hadron scattering;top physics;high energy physics - experiment (hep-ex)
Issue Date:	27-Jun-2024
Publisher:	Springer on behalf of Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Citation:	Tumasyan, A. et al. for the benefit of the CMS collaboration (2024) 'Search for central exclusive production of top quark pairs in proton-proton collisions at √𝒔 = 13 TeV with tagged protons', Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024 (6), 187, pp. 1–45. doi: 10.1007/JHEP06(2024)187.
Series/Report no.:	Report number;CMS-TOP-21-007, TOTEM 2023-002, CERN-EP-2023-113
Abstract:	A search for the central exclusive production of top quark-antiquark pairs (tt̅) is performed for the first time using proton-tagged events in proton-proton collisions at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 29.4 fb⁻¹. The tt̅ decay products are reconstructed using the central CMS detector, while forward protons are measured in the CMS-TOTEM precision proton spectrometer. An observed (expected) upper bound on the production cross section of 0.59 (1.14) pb is set at 95% confidence level, for collisions of protons with fractional momentum losses between 2 and 20%.
Description:	A version of the article is available at arXiv:2310.11231v2 [hep-ex] (https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11231). Comments: Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at https://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/TOP-21-007 (CMS Public Pages). Report number: CMS-TOP-21-007, TOTEM 2023-002, CERN-EP-2023-113. Journal reference: JHEP 06 (2024) 187. Submission history: From: The CMS Collaboration: [v1] Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:03:19 UTC (1,237 KB); [v2] Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:45:25 UTC (1,987 KB).
URI:	https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/32987
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2024)187
ISSN:	1126-6708
Other Identifiers:	ORCiD: Joanne E. Cole https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5638-7599 ORCiD: Akram Khan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4597-4402 ORCiD: Paul Kyberd https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7353-7090 ORCiD: Ivan D. Reid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9235-779X
Appears in Collections:	Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers

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