Measurement of the t-Channel Single-Top-Quark Production Cross Section and of the |V[subscript tb]| CKM Matrix Element in Pp Collisions at √s = 8 TeV
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Apyan, Aram
Bauer, Gerry P.
Bauer, Gerry P.
Busza, Wit
Cali, Ivan Amos
Chan, M.
Di Matteo, Leonardo
Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo
Goncharov, Maxim
Gulhan, Doga Can
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June 2014
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Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer-Verlag
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Khachatryan, V., A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic, J. Erö, et al. “Measurement of the t-Channel Single-Top-Quark Production Cross Section and of the |V[subscript tb]| CKM Matrix Element in Pp Collisions at √s = 8 TeV.” J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, no. 6 (June 2014). © CERN, for the benefit of the CMS Collaboration
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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[superscript −1] recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC. The cross section is measured inclusively, as well as separately for top (t) and antitop ([¯ over t]) , in final states with a muon or an electron. The measured inclusive t-channel cross section is σ [subscript t-ch.] = 83.6 ± 2.3 (stat.) ± 7.4 (syst.) pb. The single t and [¯ over t] cross sections are measured to be σ [subscript t-ch.](t) = 53.8 ± 1.5 (stat.) ± 4.4 (syst.) pb and σ [subscript t-ch.] ([¯ over t]) = 27.6 ± 1.3 (stat.) ± 3.7 (syst.) pb, respectively. The measured ratio of cross sections is R [subscript t-ch.] = σ [subscript t-ch.](t)/σ [subscript t-ch.] ([¯ over t]) = 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 [subscript tb] is extracted and, in combination with a previous CMS result at √s = 7 TeV, a value |V [subscript tb]| = 0.998 ± 0.038 (exp.) ± 0.016 (theo.) is obtained.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Science
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https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06(2014)090
