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Measurement of single top-quark production in association with a π‘Š boson in 𝑝⁒𝑝 collisions at βˆšπ‘ =13  TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Measurement of single top-quark production in association with a π‘Š boson in 𝑝⁒𝑝 collisions at βˆšπ‘ =13  TeV with the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: Physical Review D, Vol. 110, No. 7, 072010, 01.10.2024.

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title = "Measurement of single top-quark production in association with a π‘Š boson in 𝑝⁒𝑝 collisions at βˆšπ‘ =13  TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "The inclusive cross section for the production of a single top quark in association with a π‘Š boson is measured using 140  fbβˆ’1 of proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at βˆšπ‘ =13  TeV. Events containing two charged leptons and at least one jet identified as originating from a 𝑏-quark are selected. A multivariate discriminant is constructed to separate the π‘‘β’π‘Š signal from the 𝑑⁒¯𝑑 background. The cross section is extracted using a profile likelihood fit to the signal and control regions and it is measured to be πœŽπ‘‘β’π‘Š=7⁒5+15βˆ’14  pb, in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction. The measured cross section is used to extract a value for the left-handed form factor at the π‘Šβ’π‘‘β’π‘ vertex times the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |𝑓LV⁒𝑉𝑑⁒𝑏| of 0.97Β±0.10.",
author = "{The ATLAS collaboration} and Hanadi Ali and Zainab Alsolami and A.E. Barton and I.A. Bertram and G. Borissov and E.V. Bouhova-Thacker and Ruby Ferguson and James Ferrando and H. Fox and Alina Hagan and R.C.W. Henderson and R.W.L. Jones and V. Kartvelishvili and P.A. Love and E.J. Marshall and L. Meng and D. Muenstermann and N. Ribaric and Elliot Sampson and M. Smizanska and A.M. Wharton",
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doi = "10.1103/physrevd.110.072010",
language = "English",
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AU - The ATLAS collaboration

AU - Ali, Hanadi

AU - Alsolami, Zainab

AU - Barton, A.E.

AU - Bertram, I.A.

AU - Borissov, G.

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, E.V.

AU - Ferguson, Ruby

AU - Ferrando, James

AU - Fox, H.

AU - Hagan, Alina

AU - Henderson, R.C.W.

AU - Jones, R.W.L.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Love, P.A.

AU - Marshall, E.J.

AU - Meng, L.

AU - Muenstermann, D.

AU - Ribaric, N.

AU - Sampson, Elliot

AU - Smizanska, M.

AU - Wharton, A.M.

PY - 2024/10/1

Y1 - 2024/10/1

N2 - The inclusive cross section for the production of a single top quark in association with a π‘Š boson is measured using 140  fbβˆ’1 of proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at βˆšπ‘ =13  TeV. Events containing two charged leptons and at least one jet identified as originating from a 𝑏-quark are selected. A multivariate discriminant is constructed to separate the π‘‘β’π‘Š signal from the 𝑑⁒¯𝑑 background. The cross section is extracted using a profile likelihood fit to the signal and control regions and it is measured to be πœŽπ‘‘β’π‘Š=7⁒5+15βˆ’14  pb, in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction. The measured cross section is used to extract a value for the left-handed form factor at the π‘Šβ’π‘‘β’π‘ vertex times the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |𝑓LV⁒𝑉𝑑⁒𝑏| of 0.97Β±0.10.

AB - The inclusive cross section for the production of a single top quark in association with a π‘Š boson is measured using 140  fbβˆ’1 of proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at βˆšπ‘ =13  TeV. Events containing two charged leptons and at least one jet identified as originating from a 𝑏-quark are selected. A multivariate discriminant is constructed to separate the π‘‘β’π‘Š signal from the 𝑑⁒¯𝑑 background. The cross section is extracted using a profile likelihood fit to the signal and control regions and it is measured to be πœŽπ‘‘β’π‘Š=7⁒5+15βˆ’14  pb, in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction. The measured cross section is used to extract a value for the left-handed form factor at the π‘Šβ’π‘‘β’π‘ vertex times the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |𝑓LV⁒𝑉𝑑⁒𝑏| of 0.97Β±0.10.

U2 - 10.1103/physrevd.110.072010

DO - 10.1103/physrevd.110.072010

M3 - Journal article

VL - 110

JO - Physical Review D

JF - Physical Review D

SN - 2470-0010

IS - 7

M1 - 072010

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