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- Title
Measurement of inclusive and differential cross sections for single top quark production in association with a W boson in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV.
- Authors
Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Andrejkovic, J. W.; Bergauer, T.; Chatterjee, S.; Damanakis, K.; Dragicevic, M.; Escalante Del Valle, A.; Hussain, P. S.; Jeitler, M.; Krammer, N.; Lechner, L.; Liko, D.; Mikulec, I.; Paulitsch, P.; Pitters, F. M.; Schieck, J.; Schöfbeck, R.; Schwarz, D.; Templ, S.
- Abstract
Measurements of the inclusive and normalised differential cross sections are presented for the production of single top quarks in association with a W boson in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data used were recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC during 2016–2018, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. Events containing one electron and one muon in the final state are analysed. For the inclusive measurement, a multivariate discriminant, exploiting the kinematic properties of the events is used to separate the signal from the dominant t t ¯ background. A cross section of 79.2 ± 0.9 stat − 8.0 + 7.7 syst ± 1.2 lumi pb is obtained, consistent with the predictions of the standard model. For the differential measurements, a fiducial region is defined according to the detector acceptance, and the requirement of exactly one jet coming from the fragmentation of a bottom quark. The resulting distributions are unfolded to particle level and agree with the predictions at next-to-leading order in perturbative quantum chromodynamics.
- Subjects
DIFFERENTIAL cross sections; PROTON-proton interactions; TOP quarks; QUANTUM chromodynamics; BOSONS
- Publication
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023, Vol 2023, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1126-6708
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/JHEP07(2023)046