Fiducial, total and differential cross-section measurements of t-channel single top-quark production in pp collisions at 8TeV using data collected by the ATLAS detector

G. Aad; M. Aaboud; B. Abbott; J. Abdallah; O. Abdinov; B Abeloos; O.S. AbouZeid; NL Abraham; H. Abramowicz; H. Abreu; R. Abreu; Y. Abulaiti; B.S. Acharya; Shin-ichi Adachi; David L. Adams; Mogens Dam; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Stefania Xella; Peter Henrik Hansen; Troels Christian Petersen; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; James William Monk; Lars Egholm Pedersen; Graig Wiglesworth; Simon Holm Stark; Geert-Jan Besjes; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster; Fabian Alexander Jürgen Thiele; Flavia de Almeida Dias; Milena Bajic; John Barr; H. Arnold; L. Zwalinski

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5061-9

Fiducial, total and differential cross-section measurements of t-channel single top-quark production in pp collisions at 8TeV using data collected by the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, M. Aaboud, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, O. Abdinov, B Abeloos, O.S. AbouZeid, NL Abraham, H. Abramowicz, H. Abreu, R. Abreu, Y. Abulaiti, B.S. Acharya, Shin-ichi Adachi, David L. Adams, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik HansenTroels Christian Petersen, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, James William Monk, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig Wiglesworth, Simon Holm Stark, Geert-Jan Besjes, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster, Fabian Alexander Jürgen Thiele, Flavia de Almeida Dias, Milena Bajic, John Barr, H. Arnold, L. Zwalinski

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Detailed measurements of t-channel single top-quark production are presented. They use 20.2 fb^{- 1} of data collected by the ATLAS experiment in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV at the LHC. Total, fiducial and differential cross-sections are measured for both top-quark and top-antiquark production. The fiducial cross-section is measured with a precision of 5.8% (top quark) and 7.8% (top antiquark), respectively. The total cross-sections are measured to be σtot(tq)=56.7-3.8+4.3pb for top-quark production and σtot(t¯q)=32.9-2.7+3.0pb for top-antiquark production, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction. In addition, the ratio of top-quark to top-antiquark production cross-sections is determined to be R_t= 1.72 ± 0.09. The differential cross-sections as a function of the transverse momentum and rapidity of both the top quark and the top antiquark are measured at both the parton and particle levels. The transverse momentum and rapidity differential cross-sections of the accompanying jet from the t-channel scattering are measured at particle level. All measurements are compared to various Monte Carlo predictions as well as to fixed-order QCD calculations where available.

Original language	English
Article number	531
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	77
Issue number	8
ISSN	1434-6044
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5061-9
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2017

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Aad, G., Aaboud, M., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., AbouZeid, O. S., Abraham, NL., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abreu, R., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B. S., Adachi, S., Adams, D. L., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., ... Zwalinski, L. (2017). Fiducial, total and differential cross-section measurements of t-channel single top-quark production in pp collisions at 8TeV using data collected by the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 77(8), [531]. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5061-9

Aad, G, Aaboud, M, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abreu, R, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Adachi, S, Adams, DL, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Alonso Diaz, A, Monk, JW, Pedersen, LE, Wiglesworth, G, Stark, SH, Besjes, G-J, Galster, GAGK, Thiele, FAJ, de Almeida Dias, F, Bajic, M, Barr, J, Arnold, H & Zwalinski, L 2017, 'Fiducial, total and differential cross-section measurements of t-channel single top-quark production in pp collisions at 8TeV using data collected by the ATLAS detector', European Physical Journal C, vol. 77, no. 8, 531. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5061-9

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Fiducial, total and differential cross-section measurements of t-channel single top-quark production in pp collisions at 8TeV using data collected by the ATLAS detector

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