Measurement of the inclusive cross-sections of single top-quark and top-antiquark t-channel production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP04(2017)086

Measurement of the inclusive cross-sections of single top-quark and top-antiquark t-channel production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

Mohamed I University
Aix-Marseille Université
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas at Arlington
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
IN2P3/CNRS
University of Amsterdam
University of California at Santa Cruz
University of Sussex
Tel Aviv University
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
University of Oregon
Stockholm University
Oskar Klein Centre
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
King's College London
The University of Tokyo
AGH University of Krakow
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Northern Illinois University
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
University of Liverpool
University of Belgrade
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
University of Granada
Boston University
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Lund University
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
University of Bologna
University of Victoria BC
Université Grenoble Alpes
Instituto de Física La Plata
CERN
Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
Czech Technical University in Prague
University of Salento
The University of Chicago

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

73 Scopus citations

Abstract

A measurement of the t-channel single-top-quark and single-top-antiquark production cross-sections in the lepton+jets channel is presented, using 3.2 fb⁻¹ of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015. Events are selected by requiring one charged lepton (electron or muon), missing transverse momentum, and two jets with high transverse momentum, exactly one of which is required to be b-tagged. Using a binned maximum-likelihood fit to the discriminant distribution of a neural network, the cross-sections are determined to be σ(tq) = 156 ± 5 (stat.) ± 27 (syst.) ± 3 (lumi.) pb for single top-quark production and σ(t¯ q) = 91 ± 4 (stat.) ± 18 (syst.) ± 2 (lumi.) pb for single top-antiquark production, assuming a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV. The cross-section ratio is measured to be Rt=σ(tq)/σ(t¯q)=1.72±0.09 (stat.) ± 0.18 (syst.). All results are in agreement with Standard Model predictions.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language	English
Article number	86
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2017
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2017)086
State	Published - Apr 1 2017

Keywords

Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)

Access to Document

10.1007/JHEP04(2017)086

Cite this

@article{395986fe58c54c179f1961d62e48b2ee,

title = "Measurement of the inclusive cross-sections of single top-quark and top-antiquark t-channel production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector",

abstract = "A measurement of the t-channel single-top-quark and single-top-antiquark production cross-sections in the lepton+jets channel is presented, using 3.2 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015. Events are selected by requiring one charged lepton (electron or muon), missing transverse momentum, and two jets with high transverse momentum, exactly one of which is required to be b-tagged. Using a binned maximum-likelihood fit to the discriminant distribution of a neural network, the cross-sections are determined to be σ(tq) = 156 ± 5 (stat.) ± 27 (syst.) ± 3 (lumi.) pb for single top-quark production and σ(t¯ q) = 91 ± 4 (stat.) ± 18 (syst.) ± 2 (lumi.) pb for single top-antiquark production, assuming a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV. The cross-section ratio is measured to be Rt=σ(tq)/σ(t¯q)=1.72±0.09 (stat.) ± 0.18 (syst.). All results are in agreement with Standard Model predictions.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]",

keywords = "Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)",

author = "\{The ATLAS collaboration\} and M. Aaboud and G. Aad and B. Abbott and J. Abdallah and O. Abdinov and B. Abeloos and R. Aben and AbouZeid, \{O. S.\} and Abraham, \{N. L.\} and H. Abramowicz and H. Abreu and R. Abreu and Y. Abulaiti and Acharya, \{B. S.\} and S. Adachi and L. Adamczyk and Adams, \{D. L.\} and J. Adelman and S. Adomeit and T. Adye and Affolder, \{A. A.\} and T. Agatonovic-Jovin and Aguilar-Saavedra, \{J. A.\} and Ahlen, \{S. P.\} and F. Ahmadov and G. Aielli and H. Akerstedt and {\AA}kesson, \{T. P.A.\} and Akimov, \{A. V.\} and Alberghi, \{G. L.\} and J. Albert and S. Albrand and Verzini, \{M. J.Alconada\} and M. Aleksa and Aleksandrov, \{I. N.\} and C. Alexa and G. Alexander and T. Alexopoulos and M. Alhroob and B. Ali and M. Aliev and G. Alimonti and J. Alison and H. Arnold and \{Da Via\}, C. and V. Dao and J. Hobbs and J. Jia and G. Piacquadio and D. Tsybychev",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, The Author(s).",

year = "2017",

month = apr,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1007/JHEP04(2017)086",

language = "English",

volume = "2017",

journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",

issn = "1126-6708",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of the inclusive cross-sections of single top-quark and top-antiquark t-channel production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

AU - Aaboud, M.

AU - Aad, G.

AU - Abbott, B.

AU - Abdallah, J.

AU - Abdinov, O.

AU - Abeloos, B.

AU - Aben, R.

AU - AbouZeid, O. S.

AU - Abraham, N. L.

AU - Abramowicz, H.

AU - Abreu, H.

AU - Abreu, R.

AU - Abulaiti, Y.

AU - Acharya, B. S.

AU - Adachi, S.

AU - Adamczyk, L.

AU - Adams, D. L.

AU - Adelman, J.

AU - Adomeit, S.

AU - Adye, T.

AU - Affolder, A. A.

AU - Agatonovic-Jovin, T.

AU - Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.

AU - Ahlen, S. P.

AU - Ahmadov, F.

AU - Aielli, G.

AU - Akerstedt, H.

AU - Åkesson, T. P.A.

AU - Akimov, A. V.

AU - Alberghi, G. L.

AU - Albert, J.

AU - Albrand, S.

AU - Verzini, M. J.Alconada

AU - Aleksa, M.

AU - Aleksandrov, I. N.

AU - Alexa, C.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Alexopoulos, T.

AU - Alhroob, M.

AU - Ali, B.

AU - Aliev, M.

AU - Alimonti, G.

AU - Alison, J.

AU - Arnold, H.

AU - Da Via, C.

AU - Dao, V.

AU - Hobbs, J.

AU - Jia, J.

AU - Piacquadio, G.

AU - Tsybychev, D.

PY - 2017/4/1

Y1 - 2017/4/1

N2 - A measurement of the t-channel single-top-quark and single-top-antiquark production cross-sections in the lepton+jets channel is presented, using 3.2 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015. Events are selected by requiring one charged lepton (electron or muon), missing transverse momentum, and two jets with high transverse momentum, exactly one of which is required to be b-tagged. Using a binned maximum-likelihood fit to the discriminant distribution of a neural network, the cross-sections are determined to be σ(tq) = 156 ± 5 (stat.) ± 27 (syst.) ± 3 (lumi.) pb for single top-quark production and σ(t¯ q) = 91 ± 4 (stat.) ± 18 (syst.) ± 2 (lumi.) pb for single top-antiquark production, assuming a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV. The cross-section ratio is measured to be Rt=σ(tq)/σ(t¯q)=1.72±0.09 (stat.) ± 0.18 (syst.). All results are in agreement with Standard Model predictions.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

AB - A measurement of the t-channel single-top-quark and single-top-antiquark production cross-sections in the lepton+jets channel is presented, using 3.2 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015. Events are selected by requiring one charged lepton (electron or muon), missing transverse momentum, and two jets with high transverse momentum, exactly one of which is required to be b-tagged. Using a binned maximum-likelihood fit to the discriminant distribution of a neural network, the cross-sections are determined to be σ(tq) = 156 ± 5 (stat.) ± 27 (syst.) ± 3 (lumi.) pb for single top-quark production and σ(t¯ q) = 91 ± 4 (stat.) ± 18 (syst.) ± 2 (lumi.) pb for single top-antiquark production, assuming a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV. The cross-section ratio is measured to be Rt=σ(tq)/σ(t¯q)=1.72±0.09 (stat.) ± 0.18 (syst.). All results are in agreement with Standard Model predictions.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85018460675

U2 - 10.1007/JHEP04(2017)086

DO - 10.1007/JHEP04(2017)086

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85018460675

SN - 1126-6708

VL - 2017

JO - Journal of High Energy Physics

JF - Journal of High Energy Physics

IS - 4

M1 - 86

ER -

Measurement of the inclusive cross-sections of single top-quark and top-antiquark t-channel production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this