Evidence for single top-quark production in the s-channel in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector using the Matrix Element Method



Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdinov, O, Aben, R, Abolins, M, AbouZeid, OS, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abreu, R
et al (show 2861 more authors) (2016) Evidence for single top-quark production in the s-channel in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector using the Matrix Element Method PHYSICS LETTERS B, 756. pp. 228-246. ISSN 0370-2693, 1873-2445

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Abstract

This Letter presents evidence for single top-quark production in the s-channel using proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The analysis is performed on events containing one isolated electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum and exactly two b-tagged jets in the final state. The analysed data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. The signal is extracted using a maximum-likelihood fit of a discriminant which is based on the matrix element method and optimized in order to separate single-top-quark s-channel events from the main background contributions, which are top-quark pair production and W boson production in association with heavy-flavour jets. The measurement leads to an observed signal significance of 3.2 standard deviations and a measured cross-section of σ<inf>s</inf>=4.8±0.8(stat.)<inf>−1.3</inf> +1.6(syst.) pb, which is consistent with the Standard Model expectation. The expected significance for the analysis is 3.9 standard deviations.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: 16 pages plus author list + cover page (34 pages total), 4 figures, 2 tables, submitted to PLB. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/TOPQ-2015-01/
Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 14 Mar 2017 10:35
Last Modified: 24 Jun 2026 19:07
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.017
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