Combinations of single-top-quark production cross-section measurements and |f LV Vtb| determinations at √s = 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS experiments

0519490 - FZÚ 2020 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Aaboud, M. - Aad, G. - Abbott, B. - Chudoba, Jiří - Hejbal, Jiří - Hladík, Ondřej - Jačka, Petr - Jakoubek, Tomáš - Kepka, Oldřich - Kroll, Jiří - Kupčo, Alexander - Lokajíček, Miloš - Lysák, Roman - Marčišovský, Michal - Mikeštíková, Marcela - Němeček, Stanislav - Penc, Ondřej - Šícho, Petr - Staroba, Pavel - Svatoš, Michal - Taševský, Marek … Total 5213 authors
Combinations of single-top-quark production cross-section measurements and |f LV Vtb| determinations at √s = 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS experiments.
Journal of High Energy Physics. Roč. 2019, č. 5 (2019), s. 1-81, č. článku 088. ISSN 1029-8479. E-ISSN 1029-8479
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LM2015058
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : ATLAS * CMS * CERN LHC Coll * form factor * data analysis method * experimental results * 7000 GeV-cms8000 GeV-cms
OECD category: Particles and field physics
Impact factor: 5.875, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access

This paper presents the combinations of single-top-quark production cross-section measurements by the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations, using data from LHC proton-proton collisions at s√ = 7 and 8 TeV corresponding to integrated luminosities of 1.17 to 5.1 fb−1 at s√ = 7 TeV and 12.2 to 20.3 fb−1 at s√ = 8 TeV. These combinations are performed per centre-of-mass energy and for each production mode: t-channel, tW, and s-channel. The combined t-channel cross-sections are 67.5 ± 5.7 pb and 87.7 ± 5.8 pb at s√ = 7 and 8 TeV respectively. The combined tW cross-sections are 16.3 ± 4.1 pb and 23.1 ± 3.6 pb at s√ = 7 and 8 TeV respectively. For the s-channel cross-section, the combination yields 4.9 ± 1.4 pb at s√ = 8 TeV. The square of the magnitude of the CKM matrix element Vtb multiplied by a form factor fLV is determined for each production mode and centre-of-mass energy, using the ratio of the measured cross-section to its theoretical prediction.


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