A first measurement of the top quark spin asymmetry, sensitive to the top quark polarisation, in t-channel single top quark production is presented. It is based on a sample of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. A high-purity sample of t-channel single top quark events with an isolated muon is selected. Signal and background components are estimated using a fit to data. A differential cross section measurement, corrected for detector effects, of an angular observable sensitive to the top quark polarisation is performed. The differential distribution is used to extract a top quark spin asymmetry of 0.26 ± 0.03(stat) ± 0.10(syst), which is compatible with a p-value of 4.6% with the standard model prediction of 0.44.

The CMS collaboration, N., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., et al. (2016). Measurement of top quark polarisation in t-channel single top quark production. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2016(4) [10.1007/JHEP04(2016)073].

Measurement of top quark polarisation in t-channel single top quark production

BRIANZA, LUCA;DINARDO, MAURO EMANUELE;FIORENDI, SARA;GEROSA, RAFFAELE ANGELO;GHEZZI, ALESSIO;GOVONI, PIETRO;MANZONI, RICCARDO ANDREA;MARZOCCHI, BADDER;MORONI, LUIGI;PAGANONI, MARCO;RAGAZZI, STEFANO;TABARELLI DE FATIS, TOMMASO;De Guio, F;Lucchini, M;
2016

Abstract

A first measurement of the top quark spin asymmetry, sensitive to the top quark polarisation, in t-channel single top quark production is presented. It is based on a sample of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. A high-purity sample of t-channel single top quark events with an isolated muon is selected. Signal and background components are estimated using a fit to data. A differential cross section measurement, corrected for detector effects, of an angular observable sensitive to the top quark polarisation is performed. The differential distribution is used to extract a top quark spin asymmetry of 0.26 ± 0.03(stat) ± 0.10(syst), which is compatible with a p-value of 4.6% with the standard model prediction of 0.44.
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Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Top physics;
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2016
2016
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The CMS collaboration, N., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., et al. (2016). Measurement of top quark polarisation in t-channel single top quark production. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2016(4) [10.1007/JHEP04(2016)073].
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