Measurement of the t-channel single top-quark production cross section in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad; Mogens Dam; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Peter Henrik Hansen; John Renner Hansen; Jørn Dines Hansen; Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp; Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert; Morten Dam Jørgensen; Esben Bryndt Klinkby; Björn Stefan Nilsson; Sascha Mehlhase; Troels Christian Petersen; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Stefania Xella

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.09.031

Measurement of the t-channel single top-quark production cross section in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, Mogens Dam, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Sascha Mehlhase, Troels Christian Petersen, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Stefania Xella

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We report a measurement of the cross section of single top-quark production in the t-channel using 1.04 fb⁻¹ of pp collision data at s=7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Selected events feature one electron or muon, missing transverse momentum, and two or three jets, exactly one of them identified as originating from a b quark. The cross section is measured by fitting the distribution of a multivariate discriminant constructed with a neural network, yielding σ_t=83±4(stat.)₋₁₉ ⁺²⁰(syst.) pb, which is in good agreement with the prediction of the Standard Model. Using the ratio of the measured to the theoretically predicted cross section and assuming that the top-quark-related CKM matrix elements obey the relation |V_tb|≫|V_ts|,|V_td|, the coupling strength at the W-t-b vertex is determined to be |V_tb|=1.13_−0.13 ^+0.14. If it is assumed that |V_tb|⩽1 a lower limit of |V_tb|>0.75 is obtained at the 95% confidence level.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	717
Issue number	4-5
Pages (from-to)	330-350
Number of pages	20
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.09.031
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2012

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Aad, G., Dam, M., Hansen, J. B., Hansen, P. H., Hansen, J. R., Hansen, J. D., Heisterkamp, S. J. F., Boelaert, N. M. P., Jørgensen, M. D., Klinkby, E. B., Nilsson, B. S., Mehlhase, S., Petersen, T. C., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., & Xella, S. (2012). Measurement of the t-channel single top-quark production cross section in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 717(4-5), 330-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.09.031

Aad, G, Dam, M , Hansen, JB , Hansen, PH , Hansen, JR , Hansen, JD, Heisterkamp, SJF, Boelaert, NMP, Jørgensen, MD, Klinkby, EB, Nilsson, BS, Mehlhase, S, Petersen, TC, Løvschall-Jensen, AE & Xella, S 2012, 'Measurement of the t-channel single top-quark production cross section in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector', Physics Letters B, vol. 717, no. 4-5, pp. 330-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.09.031

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Measurement of the t-channel single top-quark production cross section in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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