Evidence is presented for the associated production of a single top quark and W boson in pp collisions at √s=7  TeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analyzed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.9  fb−1. The measurement is performed using events with two leptons and a jet originated from a b quark. A multivariate analysis based on kinematic properties is utilized to separate the ttˉ background from the signal. The observed signal has a significance of 4.0σ and corresponds to a cross section of 16+5−4  pb, in agreement with the standard model expectation of 15.6±0.4+1.0−1.2  pb.

Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Aguilo, E., et al. (2013). Evidence for Associated Production of a Single Top Quark and W Boson in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=7  TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 110(2) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.022003].

Evidence for Associated Production of a Single Top Quark and W Boson in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=7  TeV

BENAGLIA, ANDREA DAVIDE;DE GUIO, FEDERICO;DI MATTEO, LEONARDO;FIORENDI, SARA;GHEZZI, ALESSIO;MANZONI, RICCARDO ANDREA;MARTELLI, ARABELLA;MASSIRONI, ANDREA;MORONI, LUIGI;PAGANONI, MARCO;RAGAZZI, STEFANO;TABARELLI DE FATIS, TOMMASO;Branca, A;Govoni, P;DINARDO, MAURO EMANUELE;
2013

Abstract

Evidence is presented for the associated production of a single top quark and W boson in pp collisions at √s=7  TeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analyzed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.9  fb−1. The measurement is performed using events with two leptons and a jet originated from a b quark. A multivariate analysis based on kinematic properties is utilized to separate the ttˉ background from the signal. The observed signal has a significance of 4.0σ and corresponds to a cross section of 16+5−4  pb, in agreement with the standard model expectation of 15.6±0.4+1.0−1.2  pb.
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high energy collider; LHC; CMS; associated production
English
2013
110
2
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Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Aguilo, E., et al. (2013). Evidence for Associated Production of a Single Top Quark and W Boson in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=7  TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 110(2) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.022003].
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