Measurement of top quark–antiquark pair production in association with a W or Z boson in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV


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The CMS Collaboration C., Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Bergauer T., ...Daha Fazla

European Physical Journal C, cilt.74, sa.9, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 74 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3060-7
  • Dergi Adı: European Physical Journal C
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

© 2014, The Author(s).A measurement of the cross section for the production of top quark–antiquark pairs (tt¯) in association with a vector boson V (W or Z) in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV is presented. The results are based on a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb-1 recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC. The measurement is performed in three leptonic (e and μ) channels: a same-sign dilepton analysis targeting tt¯W events, and trilepton and four-lepton analyses designed for (Formula presented.) events. In the same-sign dilepton channel, the (Formula presented.) cross section is measured as (Formula presented.), corresponding to a significance of 1.6 standard deviations over the background-only hypothesis. Combining the trilepton and four-lepton channels, a direct measurement of the (Formula presented.) cross section, (Formula presented.), is obtained with a significance of 3.1 standard deviations. The measured cross sections are compatible with standard model predictions within their experimental uncertainties. The inclusive (Formula presented.) process is observed with a significance of 3.7 standard deviations from the combination of all three leptonic channels.