CMS-TOP-10-008 ; CERN-PH-EP-2011-066 | ||
Measurement of the t-channel single top quark production cross section in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV | ||
CMS Collaboration | ||
16 June 2011 | ||
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (2011) 091802 | ||
Abstract: Electroweak production of the top quark is measured in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, using a dataset collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 inverse picobarns. With an event selection optimized for t-channel production, two complementary analyses are performed. The first one exploits the special angular properties of the signal, together with background estimates from data. The second approach uses a multivariate analysis technique to probe the compatibility with signal topology expected from electroweak top quark production. The combined measurement of the cross section is 83.6 +/- 29.8 (stat.+syst.) +/- 3.3 (lumi.) pb, consistent with the standard model expectation. | ||
Links: e-print arXiv:1106.3052 [hep-ex] (PDF) ; CDS record ; inSPIRE record ; Public twiki page ; CADI line (restricted) ; |
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