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

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Autor(a) principal: Onofre, A.
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes, ATLAS Collaboration
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/39902
Resumo: 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 top-quark production cross-section of 14.6 pb at the 95% confidence level. The fit gives a cross-section of σs=5.0±4.3 pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation.
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spelling Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detectorElectroweak interactionTop physicsHeavy quark productionExperimental resultsATLASTop quarkElectroweak productions-ChannelCiências Naturais::Ciências FísicasScience & TechnologyThis 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 top-quark production cross-section of 14.6 pb at the 95% confidence level. The fit gives a cross-section of σs=5.0±4.3 pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation.We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; EPLANET, ERC and NSRF, European Union; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNSF, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT and NSRF, Greece; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, I-CORE and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; BRF and RCN, Norway; MNiSW and NCN, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; MES of Russia and ROSATOM, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MIZS, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MINECO, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America.ElsevierUniversidade do MinhoOnofre, A.Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva FernandesATLAS Collaboration20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/39902engAad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., . . . Zwalinski, L. (2015). Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 740, 118-136. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.0420370-269310.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.042info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T11:53:51Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/39902Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:43:18.674784Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
spellingShingle Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Onofre, A.
Electroweak interaction
Top physics
Heavy quark production
Experimental results
ATLAS
Top quark
Electroweak production
s-Channel
Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas
Science & Technology
title_short Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title_full Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title_fullStr Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title_full_unstemmed Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
title_sort Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
author Onofre, A.
author_facet Onofre, A.
Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes
ATLAS Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes
ATLAS Collaboration
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Onofre, A.
Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes
ATLAS Collaboration
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Electroweak interaction
Top physics
Heavy quark production
Experimental results
ATLAS
Top quark
Electroweak production
s-Channel
Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas
Science & Technology
topic Electroweak interaction
Top physics
Heavy quark production
Experimental results
ATLAS
Top quark
Electroweak production
s-Channel
Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas
Science & Technology
description 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 top-quark production cross-section of 14.6 pb at the 95% confidence level. The fit gives a cross-section of σs=5.0±4.3 pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., . . . Zwalinski, L. (2015). Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 740, 118-136. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2014.11.042
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