Title: | Measurement of the t-channel single-top-quark production cross section and of the |Vtb| CKM matrix element in pp collisions at √S = 8 TeV |
Authors: | Khachatryan, V Sirunyan, AM Tumasyan, A Adam, W Bergauer, T Dragicevic, M Erö, J Fabjan, C Friedl, M Frühwirth, R Ghete, VM Tytgat, M Vorobyev, A Andreev, Y Dermenev, A Gninenko, S Golubev, N Kirsanov, M Krasnikov, N Pashenkov, A Tlisov, D Toropin, A Yazgan, E Epshteyn, V Gavrilov, V Lychkovskaya, N Popov, V Safronov, G Semenov, S Spiridonov, A Stolin, V Vlasov, E Zhokin, A Zaganidis, N Andreev, V Azarkin, M Dremin, I Kirakosyan, M Leonidov, A Mesyats, G Rusakov, SV Vinogradov, A Belyaev, A Boos, E Basegmez, S Bunichev, V Dubinin, M Dudko, L Ershov, A Gribushin, A Klyukhin, V Kodolova, O Lokhtin, I Obraztsov, S Perfilov, M Beluffi, C Savrin, V Azhgirey, I Bayshev, I Bitioukov, S Kachanov, V Kalinin, A Konstantinov, D Krychkine, V Petrov, V Ryutin, R Bruno, G Sobol, A Tourtchanovitch, L Troshin, S Tyurin, N Uzunian, A Volkov, A Adzic, P Djordjevic, M Ekmedzic, M Milosevic, J Castello, R Alcaraz Maestre, J Battilana, C Calvo, E Cerrada, M Chamizo Llatas, M Colino, N De La Cruz, B Delgado Peris, A Domínguez Vázquez, D Escalante Del Valle, A Caudron, A Fernandez Bedoya, C Fernández Ramos, JP Flix, J Fouz, MC Garcia-Abia, P Gonzalez Lopez, O Goy Lopez, S Hernandez, JM Josa, MI Merino, G Ceard, L Navarro De Martino, E Pérez-Calero Yzquierdo, A Puerta Pelayo, J Quintario Olmeda, A Redondo, I Romero, L Soares, MS Albajar, C De Trocóniz, JF Missiroli, M Da Silveira, GG Brun, H Cuevas, J Fernandez Menendez, J Folgueras, S Gonzalez Caballero, I Lloret Iglesias, L Brochero Cifuentes, JA Cabrillo, IJ Calderon, A Duarte Campderros, J Hartl, C Delaere, C Fernandez, M Gomez, G Gonzalez Sanchez, J Graziano, A Lopez Virto, A Marco, J Marco, R Martinez Rivero, C Matorras, F Munoz Sanchez, FJ Du Pree, T Piedra Gomez, J Rodrigo, T Rodríguez-Marrero, AY Ruiz-Jimeno, A Scodellaro, L Vila, I Vilar Cortabitarte, R Abbaneo, D Auffray, E Auzinger, G Favart, D Bachtis, M Baillon, P Ball, AH Barney, D Benaglia, A Bendavid, J Benhabib, L Benitez, JF Bernet, C Bianchi, G Forthomme, L Bloch, P Bocci, A Bonato, A Bondu, O Botta, C Breuker, H Camporesi, T Cerminara, G Christiansen, T Colafranceschi, S Giammanco, A D'alfonso, M D'enterria, D Dabrowski, A David, A De Guio, F De Roeck, A De Visscher, S Dobson, M Dupont-Sagorin, N Elliott-Peisert, A Hollar, J Eugster, J Franzoni, G Funk, W Giffels, M Gigi, D Gill, K Giordano, D Girone, M Glege, F Guida, R Jez, P Hammer, J Hansen, M Harris, P Hegeman, J Innocente, V Janot, P Karavakis, E Kousouris, K Krajczar, K Lecoq, P Komm, M Lourenço, C Magini, N Malgeri, L Mannelli, M Masetti, L Meijers, F Mersi, S Meschi, E Moortgat, F Mulders, M Lemaitre, V Musella, P Orsini, L Pape, L Perez, E Perrozzi, L Petrilli, A Petrucciani, G Pfeiffer, A Pierini, M Pimiä, M Liao, J Piparo, D Plagge, M Racz, A Rolandi, G Rovere, M Sakulin, H Schäfer, C Schwick, C Sekmen, S Sharma, A Hörmann, N Nuttens, C Siegrist, P Silva, P Simon, M Sphicas, P Spiga, D Steggemann, J Stieger, B Stoye, M Treille, D Tsirou, A Pagano, D Veres, GI Vlimant, JR 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Keywords: | Hadron-Hadron Scattering;Top physics |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Citation: | Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(6): 90, (16 June 2014) |
Abstract: | Measurements are presented of the t-channel single-top-quark production cross section in proton-proton collisions at √S = 8 TeV. The results are based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb -1 recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC. The cross section is measured inclusively, as well as separately for top (t) and antitop t̄, in final states with a muon or an electron. The measured inclusive t-channel cross section is σ t-ch. = 83.6 ± 2.3 (stat.) ± 7.4 (syst.) pb. The single t and t̄ cross sections are measured to be σ t-ch.(t) = 53.8 ± 1.5 (stat.) ± 4.4 (syst.) pb and σ t-ch. t̄= 27.6 ± 1.3 (stat.) ± 3.7 (syst.) pb, respectively. The measured ratio of cross sections is R t-ch. = σ t-ch.(t)/σ t-ch. t̄ = 1.95 ± 0.10 (stat.) ± 0.19 (syst.), in agreement with the standard model prediction. The modulus of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element V tb is extracted and, in combination with a previous CMS result at √S = 7 TeV, a value |V tb| = 0.998 ± 0.038 (exp.) ± 0.016 (theo.) is obtained. |
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URI: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP06%282014%29090 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9270 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)090 |
ISSN: | 1029-8479 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers
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