Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

This Letter presents a search at the LHC for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The analyzed data set was recorded by the ATLAS detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb(-1). Selected events contain one charged lepton, large missing transverse momentum and exactly two b-tagged jets. A multivariate event classifier based on boosted decision trees is developed to discriminate s-channel single top-quark events from the main background contributions. The signal extraction is based on a binned maximum-likelihood fit of the output classifier distribution. The analysis leads to an upper limit on the s-channel single topquark production cross-section of 14.6 pb at the 95% confidence level. The fit gives a cross-section of sigma(s) = 5.0 +/- 4.3 pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Ključne reči:

ATLAS / Top quark / Electroweak production / s-Channel

Izvor:
Physics Letters B, 2015, 740, 118-136

Finansiranje / projekti:

ANPCyT, Argentina, YerPhI, Armenia, ARC, Australia, BMWFW, Austria, FWF, Austria, ANAS, Azerbaijan, SSTC, Belarus, CNPq, Brazil, FAPESP, Brazil, NSERC, Canada, NRC, Canada, CFI, Canada, CERN, CONICYT, Chile, CAS, China, MOST, China, NSFC, China, COLCIENCIAS, Colombia, MSMT CR, Czech Republic, MPO CR, Czech Republic, VSC CR, Czech Republic, DNRF, Denmark, DNSRC, Denmark, Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark, EPLANET, European Union, ERC, European Union, NSRF, European Union, IN2P3-CNRS, France, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France, GNSF, Georgia, BMBF, Germany, DFG, Germany, HGF, Germany, AvH Foundation, Germany, GSRT, Greece, NSRF, Greece, ISF, Israel, MINERVA, Israel, GIF, Israel, I-CORE, Israel, Benoziyo Center, Israel, MEXT, Japan, JSPS, Japan, CNRST, Morocco, NWO, Netherlands, FOM, Netherlands, BRF, Norway, RCN, Norway, MNiSW, Poland, NCN, Poland, GRICES, Portugal, FCT, Portugal, MNE/IFA, Romania, MES of Russia, Russian Federation, ROSATOM, Russian Federation, JINR, MSTD, Serbia, MSSR, Slovakia, ARRS, Slovenia, MIZS, Slovenia, DST/NRF, South Africa, MINECO, Spain, SRC, Sweden, Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden, SER, Switzerland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, NSC, Taiwan, TAEK, Turkey, STFC, United Kingdom, Royal Society, United Kingdom, Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom, DOE, United States of America, NSF, United States of America, ICREA

DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.042

ISSN: 0370-2693; 1873-2445

WoS: 000347046200017

Scopus: 2-s2.0-84969771501

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Aad, G.
AU  - Agatonović-Jovin, Tatjana
AU  - Bozic, I.
AU  - Dimitrievska, A.
AU  - Krstić, Jelena
AU  - Mamužić, Judita
AU  - Marjanović, M.
AU  - Popović, D. S.
AU  - Sijacki, Dj.
AU  - Simić, Lj.
AU  - Vranješ, Nenad
AU  - Vranješ Milosavljević, Marija
PY  - 2015
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/319
AB  - This Letter presents a search at the LHC for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The analyzed data set was recorded by the ATLAS detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb(-1). Selected events contain one charged lepton, large missing transverse momentum and exactly two b-tagged jets. A multivariate event classifier based on boosted decision trees is developed to discriminate s-channel single top-quark events from the main background contributions. The signal extraction is based on a binned maximum-likelihood fit of the output classifier distribution. The analysis leads to an upper limit on the s-channel single topquark production cross-section of 14.6 pb at the 95% confidence level. The fit gives a cross-section of sigma(s) = 5.0 +/- 4.3 pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
T2  - Physics Letters B
T1  - Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
VL  - 740
SP  - 118
EP  - 136
DO  - 10.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.042
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year = "2015",
abstract = "This Letter presents a search at the LHC for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The analyzed data set was recorded by the ATLAS detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb(-1). Selected events contain one charged lepton, large missing transverse momentum and exactly two b-tagged jets. A multivariate event classifier based on boosted decision trees is developed to discriminate s-channel single top-quark events from the main background contributions. The signal extraction is based on a binned maximum-likelihood fit of the output classifier distribution. The analysis leads to an upper limit on the s-channel single topquark production cross-section of 14.6 pb at the 95% confidence level. The fit gives a cross-section of sigma(s) = 5.0 +/- 4.3 pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.",
journal = "Physics Letters B",
title = "Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector",
volume = "740",
pages = "118-136",
doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.042"
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Aad, G., Agatonović-Jovin, T., Bozic, I., Dimitrievska, A., Krstić, J., Mamužić, J., Marjanović, M., Popović, D. S., Sijacki, Dj., Simić, Lj., Vranješ, N.,& Vranješ Milosavljević, M.. (2015). Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. in Physics Letters B, 740, 118-136.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.042

Aad G, Agatonović-Jovin T, Bozic I, Dimitrievska A, Krstić J, Mamužić J, Marjanović M, Popović DS, Sijacki D, Simić L, Vranješ N, Vranješ Milosavljević M. Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. in Physics Letters B. 2015;740:118-136.
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.042 .

Aad, G., Agatonović-Jovin, Tatjana, Bozic, I., Dimitrievska, A., Krstić, Jelena, Mamužić, Judita, Marjanović, M., Popović, D. S., Sijacki, Dj., Simić, Lj., Vranješ, Nenad, Vranješ Milosavljević, Marija, "Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector" in Physics Letters B, 740 (2015):118-136,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.042 . .