Measurement of the t(t)over-barW and t(t)over-barZ production cross sections in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, T. Abbott, J. Abdallah, O. Abdinov, R. Aben, M. Abolins, O.S. AbouZeid, H. Abramowicz, H. Abreu, R. Abreu, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian Petersen, Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Sascha Mehlhase, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Almut Maria PingelAsk Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, James William Monk, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig Wiglesworth, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

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Abstract

Abstract: The production cross sections of top-quark pairs in association with massive vector bosons have been measured using data from pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector in 2012 at the LHC. Final states with two, three or four leptons are considered. A fit to the data considering the tt¯W and tt¯Z processes simultaneously yields a significance of 5.0σ (4.2σ) over the background-only hypothesis for tt¯W (tt¯Z) production. The measured cross sections are (Formula presented.) fb and (Formula presented.) fb. The background-only hypothesis with neither tt¯W nor tt¯Z production is excluded at 7.1σ. All measurements are consistent with next-to-leading-order calculations for the tt¯W and tt¯Z processes.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original languageEnglish
Article number172
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Volume2015
Issue number11
ISSN1126-6708
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2015

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