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Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

NázevTitle
Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detectorSearch for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, O. Abdinov, K. Augsten, P. Gallus, J. Guenther, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, M. Myška, S. Pospíšil, F. Seifert, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, M. Solar, J. Šolc, A. Sopczak, B. Sopko, V. Sopko, D. Tureček, V. Vacek, M. Šuta, P. Vokáč, Z. Vykydal, M. Zeman
DOIDOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.042
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Physics Letters B. 2015, 740 118-136. ISSN 0370-2693.
RokYear
2015
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000347046200017
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84969771501
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/15:00227011!RIV16-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
Podpora zkvalitnění týmů výzkumu a vývoje a rozvoj intersektorální mobility na ČVUT v PrazeSupport of inter-sectoral mobility and quality enhancement of research teams at Czech Technical University in Prague; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational experiment ATLAS-CERN

AbstraktAbstract

This Letter presents a search at the LHC for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The analyzed data set was recorded by the ATLAS detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb(-1). Selected events contain one charged lepton, large missing transverse momentum and exactly two b-tagged jets. A multivariate event classifier based on boosted decision trees is developed to discriminate s-channel single top-quark events from the main background contributions. The signal extraction is based on a binned maximum-likelihood fit of the output classifier distribution. The analysis leads to an upper limit on the s-channel single topquark production cross-section of 14.6 pb at the 95% confidence level. The fit gives a cross-section of sigma(s) = 5.0 +/- 4.3 pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by

This Letter presents a search at the LHC for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The analyzed data set was recorded by the ATLAS detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb(-1). Selected events contain one charged lepton, large missing transverse momentum and exactly two b-tagged jets. A multivariate event classifier based on boosted decision trees is developed to discriminate s-channel single top-quark events from the main background contributions. The signal extraction is based on a binned maximum-likelihood fit of the output classifier distribution. The analysis leads to an upper limit on the s-channel single topquark production cross-section of 14.6 pb at the 95% confidence level. The fit gives a cross-section of sigma(s) = 5.0 +/- 4.3 pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by