Title
Cross Section Measurement Of t-Channel Single Top Quark Production In pp Collisions At √s=13 TeV
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Physics Letters B
Abstract
The cross section for the production of single top quarks in the t channel is measured in proton–proton collisions at 13TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The analyzed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.2fb−1. The event selection requires one muon and two jets where one of the jets is identified as originating from a bottom quark. Several kinematic variables are then combined into a multivariate discriminator to distinguish signal from background events. A fit to the distribution of the discriminating variable yields a total cross section of 238±13(stat)±29(syst) pb and a ratio of top quark and top antiquark production of Rt-ch.=1.81±0.18(stat)±0.15(syst). From the total cross section the absolute value of the CKM matrix element Vtb is calculated to be 1.05±0.07(exp)±0.02(theo). All results are in agreement with the standard model predictions.
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.047
Publication Date
2017
Recommended Citation
Baarmand, M M.; Bhopatkar, Vallary; Colafranceschi, Stefano; Hohlmann, Marcus; Noonan, D; Roy, Tuhin S.; Yumiceva, Francisco X.; and CMS Collaboration, "Cross Section Measurement Of t-Channel Single Top Quark Production In pp Collisions At √s=13 TeV" (2017). Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications. 78.
https://repository.fit.edu/apss_faculty/78