Measurement of the t-channel single top-quark production cross section in pp collisions at s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.09.031

Measurement of the t-channel single top-quark production cross section in pp collisions at s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

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We report a measurement of the cross section of single top-quark production in the t-channel using 1.04 fb⁻¹ of pp collision data at s=7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Selected events feature one electron or muon, missing transverse momentum, and two or three jets, exactly one of them identified as originating from a b quark. The cross section is measured by fitting the distribution of a multivariate discriminant constructed with a neural network, yielding σ_t=83±4(stat.)₋₁₉ ⁺²⁰(syst.) pb, which is in good agreement with the prediction of the Standard Model. Using the ratio of the measured to the theoretically predicted cross section and assuming that the top-quark-related CKM matrix elements obey the relation |V_tb|≫|V_ts|,|V_td|, the coupling strength at the W-t-b vertex is determined to be |V_tb|=1.13_−0.13 ^+0.14. If it is assumed that |V_tb|⩽1 a lower limit of |V_tb|>0.75 is obtained at the 95% confidence level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	330-350
Number of pages	21
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	717
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.09.031
State	Published - 31 Oct 2012

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Measurement of the t-channel single top-quark production cross section in pp collisions at s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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