Fiducial, total and differential cross-section measurements of <i>t</i>-channel single top-quark production in <i>pp</i> collisions at 8TeV using data collected by the ATLAS detector



Aaboud, M, Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H
et al (show 2833 more authors) (2017) Fiducial, total and differential cross-section measurements of <i>t</i>-channel single top-quark production in <i>pp</i> collisions at 8TeV using data collected by the ATLAS detector. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, 77 (8). 531-.

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Abstract

Detailed measurements of <i>t</i>-channel single top-quark production are presented. They use 20.2 fb[Formula: see text] of data collected by the ATLAS experiment in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV at the LHC. Total, fiducial and differential cross-sections are measured for both top-quark and top-antiquark production. The fiducial cross-section is measured with a precision of 5.8% (top quark) and 7.8% (top antiquark), respectively. The total cross-sections are measured to be [Formula: see text] for top-quark production and [Formula: see text] for top-antiquark production, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction. In addition, the ratio of top-quark to top-antiquark production cross-sections is determined to be [Formula: see text]. The differential cross-sections as a function of the transverse momentum and rapidity of both the top quark and the top antiquark are measured at both the parton and particle levels. The transverse momentum and rapidity differential cross-sections of the accompanying jet from the <i>t</i>-channel scattering are measured at particle level. All measurements are compared to various Monte Carlo predictions as well as to fixed-order QCD calculations where available.

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Additional Information: 70 pages in total, author list starting on page 54, 22 figures, 21 tables, submitted to Eur. Phys. J. C. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/TOPQ-2015-05/. This version matches publication
Uncontrolled Keywords: ATLAS Collaboration
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 26 Apr 2017 10:02
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2023 15:45
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5061-9
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3006667