Measurement of forward <i>t</i>(<i>t</i>)over-bar, W + <i>b</i>(<i>b</i>)over-bar and W+ <i>c</i>(<i>c</i>)over-bar production in <i>pp</i>c ollisions at √<i>s</i>=8 TeV



Aaij, R, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Ali, S, Alkhazov, G
et al (show 761 more authors) (2017) Measurement of forward <i>t</i>(<i>t</i>)over-bar, W + <i>b</i>(<i>b</i>)over-bar and W+ <i>c</i>(<i>c</i>)over-bar production in <i>pp</i>c ollisions at √<i>s</i>=8 TeV. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 767. pp. 110-120.

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Abstract

The production of $t\overline{t}$, $W+b\overline{b}$ and $W+c\overline{c}$ is studied in the forward region of proton-proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.98 $\pm$ 0.02 $\mbox{fb}^{-1}$. The $W$ bosons are reconstructed in the decays $W\rightarrow\ell\nu$, where $\ell$ denotes muon or electron, while the $b$ and $c$ quarks are reconstructed as jets. All measured cross-sections are in agreement with next-to-leading-order Standard Model predictions.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/LHCbProjectPublic/LHCb-PAPER-2016-038.html
Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 24 Feb 2017 13:48
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2023 15:44
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.01.044
Related URLs:
URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3006048