Measurement of -channel single-top-quark production in collisions at √ = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Summary, in English

The observation of the electroweak production of single-top-quarks is made using 255 pb−1 of proton-proton collision data recorded at s=5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. An event selection is used to identify single-top-quark candidates arising from t-channel production with the top quark decaying semi-leptonically. Events passing the selection are then used to measure the inclusive cross-section for the combined production of single-top-quarks and antiquarks, σ(tq+t¯q), and the ratio Rt between these two. They are measured to be σ(tq+t¯q)=27.1−4.1 +4.4(stat.)−3.7 +4.4(syst.) pb and Rt=2.73−0.82 +1.43(stat.)−0.29 +1.01(syst.). The individual single-top-quark (tq) and single-top-antiquark (t¯q) production cross-sections are measured to be σ(tq)=19.8−3.1 +3.9(stat.)−2.2 +2.9(syst.) pb and σ(t¯q)=7.3−2.1 +3.2(stat.)−1.5 +2.8(syst.) pb. All measurements are in good agreement with the Standard Model predictions. © 2024 The Author(s)

• Author: G. Aad; T.P.A. Åkesson; C. Doglioni; P.A. Ekman; V. Hedberg; H. Herde; B. Konya; E. Lytken; R. Poettgen; N.D. Simpson; O. Smirnova; L. Zwalinski
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics; eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration; Department of Physics
• Publishing year: 2024
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
• Volume: 854
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138726
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0370-2693