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

V. Khachatryan; A. M. Sirunyan; A. Tumasyan; W. Adam; T. Bergauer; M. Dragicevic; J. Erö; C. Fabjan; M. Friedl; R. Frühwirth; V. M. Ghete; C. Hartl; N. Hörmann; J. Hrubec; M. Jeitler; W. Kiesenhofer; V. Knünz; M. Krammer; I. Krätschmer; D. Liko; I. Mikulec; D. Rabady; B. Rahbaran; H. Rohringer; R. Schöfbeck; J. Strauss; A. Taurok; W. Treberer-Treberspurg; W. Waltenberger; C. E. Wulz; V. Mossolov; N. Shumeiko; J. Suarez Gonzalez; S. Alderweireldt; M. Bansal; S. Bansal; T. Cornelis; E. A. De Wolf; X. Janssen; A. Knutsson; S. Luyckx; S. Ochesanu; B. Roland; R. Rougny; M. Van De Klundert; H. Van Haevermaet; P. Van Mechelen; N. Van Remortel; A. Van Spilbeeck; F. Blekman

doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2014)090

Measurement of the t-channel single-top-quark production cross section and of the |V_tb| CKM matrix element in pp collisions at √S = 8 TeV

V. Khachatryan^*, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic, J. Erö, C. Fabjan, M. Friedl, R. Frühwirth, V. M. Ghete, C. Hartl, N. Hörmann, J. Hrubec, M. Jeitler, W. Kiesenhofer, V. Knünz, M. Krammer, I. Krätschmer, D. LikoI. Mikulec, D. Rabady, B. Rahbaran, H. Rohringer, R. Schöfbeck, J. Strauss, A. Taurok, W. Treberer-Treberspurg, W. Waltenberger, C. E. Wulz, V. Mossolov, N. Shumeiko, J. Suarez Gonzalez, S. Alderweireldt, M. Bansal, S. Bansal, T. Cornelis, E. A. De Wolf, X. Janssen, A. Knutsson, S. Luyckx, S. Ochesanu, B. Roland, R. Rougny, M. Van De Klundert, H. Van Haevermaet, P. Van Mechelen, N. Van Remortel, A. Van Spilbeeck, F. Blekman

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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 ^-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. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language	English (US)
Article number	90
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2014
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)090
State	Published - Jun 2014

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Hadron-Hadron Scattering
Top physics

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Fabjan, C., Friedl, M., Frühwirth, R., Ghete, V. M., Hartl, C., Hörmann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Kiesenhofer, W., Knünz, V., Krammer, M., Krätschmer, I., ... Blekman, F. (2014). Measurement of the t-channel single-top-quark production cross section and of the |V_tb| CKM matrix element in pp collisions at √S = 8 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(6), [90]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)090

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