The first observation of top quark production in proton-nucleus collisions is reported using proton-lead data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of √sNN=8.16 TeV. The measurement is performed using events with exactly one isolated electron or muon candidate and at least four jets. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 174 nb−1. The significance of the t¯t signal against the background-only hypothesis is above 5 standard deviations. The measured cross section is σt¯t=45±8 nb, consistent with predictions from perturbative quantum chromodynamics.
(2017). Observation of Top Quark Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions [journal article - articolo]. In PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/142727
Observation of Top Quark Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions
Re, V.;Vai, I.;
2017-01-01
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The first observation of top quark production in proton-nucleus collisions is reported using proton-lead data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of √sNN=8.16 TeV. The measurement is performed using events with exactly one isolated electron or muon candidate and at least four jets. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 174 nb−1. The significance of the t¯t signal against the background-only hypothesis is above 5 standard deviations. The measured cross section is σt¯t=45±8 nb, consistent with predictions from perturbative quantum chromodynamics.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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