Evidence for single top-quark production in the s-channel in proton–proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector using the Matrix Element Method

This Letter presents evidence for single top-quark production in the s-channel using proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The analysis is performed on events containing one isolated electron or muon, large missing tra...

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Hauptverfasser: Aad, Georges (VerfasserIn) , Anders, Christoph (VerfasserIn) , Andrei, George Victor (VerfasserIn) , Baas, Alessandra Edda (VerfasserIn) , Brandt, Oleg (VerfasserIn) , Davygora, Yuriy (VerfasserIn) , Djuvsland, Julia Isabell (VerfasserIn) , Dunford, Monica (VerfasserIn) , Geisler, Manuel Patrice (VerfasserIn) , Giulini, Maddalena (VerfasserIn) , Hanke, Paul (VerfasserIn) , Jongmanns, Jan (VerfasserIn) , Kluge, Eike-Erik (VerfasserIn) , Kolb, Mathis (VerfasserIn) , Kretz, Moritz (VerfasserIn) , Kugel, Andreas (VerfasserIn) , Lang, Valerie (VerfasserIn) , Lisovyi, Mykhailo (VerfasserIn) , Meier, Karlheinz (VerfasserIn) , Meyer zu Theenhausen, Hanno (VerfasserIn) , Narrias Villar, Daniel Isaac (VerfasserIn) , S̜ahinsoy, Merve (VerfasserIn) , Schätzel, Sebastian (VerfasserIn) , Scharf, Veit (VerfasserIn) , Schmitt, Sebastian (VerfasserIn) , Schöning, André (VerfasserIn) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (VerfasserIn) , Sosa Corral, David E. (VerfasserIn) , Stamen, Rainer (VerfasserIn) , Starovoitov, Pavel (VerfasserIn) , Suchek, Stanislav (VerfasserIn) , Wessels, Martin (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: ATLAS Collaboration (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 8 March 2016
In: Physics letters
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 756, Pages: 228-246
ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.017
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.017
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931600188X
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Verfasserangaben:ATLAS Collaboration*
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Zusammenfassung:This Letter presents evidence for single top-quark production in the s-channel using proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The analysis is performed on events containing one isolated electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum and exactly two b-tagged jets in the final state. The analysed data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. The signal is extracted using a maximum-likelihood fit of a discriminant which is based on the matrix element method and optimized in order to separate single-top-quark s-channel events from the main background contributions, which are top-quark pair production and W boson production in association with heavy-flavour jets. The measurement leads to an observed signal significance of 3.2 standard deviations and a measured cross-section of σs=4.8±0.8(stat.)−1.3+1.6(syst.) pb, which is consistent with the Standard Model expectation. The expected significance for the analysis is 3.9 standard deviations.
Beschreibung:*ATLAS Collaboration: G. Aad, C.F. Anders, V. Andrei, A.E. Baas, O. Brandt, Y. Davygora, J.I. Djuvsland, M. Dunford, M.P. Geisler, M. Giulini, P. Hanke. J. Jongmanns, E.-E. Kluge, M. Kolb, M. Kretz, A. Kugel, V.S. Lang, M. Lisovyi, K. Meier, H. Meyer zu Theenhausen, D.I. Narrias Villar, M. Sahinsoy, S. Schaetzel, V. Scharf, S. Schmitt, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, D. Sosa, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, S. Suchek, M. Wessels [und 2840 weitere Personen]
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ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.017