Evidence for Top Quark Production in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
Аутори
Sirunyan, A. M.Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Ambrogi, F.
Bergauer, T.
Adžić, Petar
Ćirković, Predrag
Đorđević, Miloš
Milenović, Predrag
Milošević, Jovan
Stojanović, Milan
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CMS CollaborationЧланак у часопису (Објављена верзија)
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Ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions recreate in the laboratory the thermodynamical conditions prevailing in the early universe up to 10−6 sec, thereby allowing the study of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), a state of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) matter with deconfined partons. The top quark, the heaviest elementary particle known, is accessible in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN LHC, and constitutes a novel probe of the QGP. Here, we report the first evidence for the production of top quarks in nucleus-nucleus collisions, using lead-lead collision data at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV recorded by the CMS experiment. Two methods are used to measure the cross section for top quark pair production (σtt¯) via the selection of charged leptons (electrons or muons) and bottom quarks. One method relies on the leptonic information alone, and the second one exploits, in addition, the presence of bottom quarks. The measured cross sections, σtt¯=2.54−0.74+0.84 and 2.0...3−0.64+0.71 μb, respectively, are compatible with expectations from scaled proton-proton data and QCD predictions.
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Physical Review Letters, 2020, 125, 222001-Напомена:
- CMS Collaboration (ukupan broj autora: 2376)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.222001
ISSN: 0031-9007
WoS: 000591812900005
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85097318502
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VinčaTY - JOUR AU - Sirunyan, A. M. AU - Tumasyan, A. AU - Adam, W. AU - Ambrogi, F. AU - Bergauer, T. AU - Adžić, Petar AU - Ćirković, Predrag AU - Đorđević, Miloš AU - Milenović, Predrag AU - Milošević, Jovan AU - Stojanović, Milan PY - 2020 UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/9784 AB - Ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions recreate in the laboratory the thermodynamical conditions prevailing in the early universe up to 10−6 sec, thereby allowing the study of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), a state of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) matter with deconfined partons. The top quark, the heaviest elementary particle known, is accessible in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN LHC, and constitutes a novel probe of the QGP. Here, we report the first evidence for the production of top quarks in nucleus-nucleus collisions, using lead-lead collision data at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV recorded by the CMS experiment. Two methods are used to measure the cross section for top quark pair production (σtt¯) via the selection of charged leptons (electrons or muons) and bottom quarks. One method relies on the leptonic information alone, and the second one exploits, in addition, the presence of bottom quarks. The measured cross sections, σtt¯=2.54−0.74+0.84 and 2.03−0.64+0.71 μb, respectively, are compatible with expectations from scaled proton-proton data and QCD predictions. T2 - Physical Review Letters T1 - Evidence for Top Quark Production in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions VL - 125 SP - 222001 DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.222001 ER -
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Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Bergauer, T., Adžić, P., Ćirković, P., Đorđević, M., Milenović, P., Milošević, J.,& Stojanović, M.. (2020). Evidence for Top Quark Production in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions. in Physical Review Letters, 125, 222001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.222001
Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Bergauer T, Adžić P, Ćirković P, Đorđević M, Milenović P, Milošević J, Stojanović M. Evidence for Top Quark Production in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions. in Physical Review Letters. 2020;125:222001. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.222001 .
Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Ambrogi, F., Bergauer, T., Adžić, Petar, Ćirković, Predrag, Đorđević, Miloš, Milenović, Predrag, Milošević, Jovan, Stojanović, Milan, "Evidence for Top Quark Production in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions" in Physical Review Letters, 125 (2020):222001, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.222001 . .