Detailed measurements of t-channel single top-quark production are presented. They use 20.2 fb- 1of data collected by the ATLAS experiment in protonâproton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV at the LHC. Total, fiducial and differential cross-sections are measured for both top-quark and top-antiquark production. The fiducial cross-section is measured with a precision of 5.8% (top quark) and 7.8% (top antiquark), respectively. The total cross-sections are measured to be Ïtot(tq)=56.7-3.8+4.3pb for top-quark production and Ïtot(t¯q)=32.9-2.7+3.0pb for top-antiquark production, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction. In addition, the ratio of top-quark to top-antiquark production cross-sections is determined to be Rt= 1.72 ± 0.09. The differential cross-sections as a function of the transverse momentum and rapidity of both the top quark and the top antiquark are measured at both the parton and particle levels. The transverse momentum and rapidity differential cross-sections of the accompanying jet from the t-channel scattering are measured at particle level. All measurements are compared to various Monte Carlo predictions as well as to fixed-order QCD calculations where available.
Fiducial, total and differential cross-section measurements of t-channel single top-quark production in pp collisions at 8Â TeV using data collected by the ATLAS detector
Amoroso, S.;Barbero, M.;Bellagamba, L.;Benitez, J.;Bona, M.;Cairo, V. M.;Callea, G.;Cao, T.;Capua, M.;Cardillo, F.;Carli, I.;Cavaliere, V.;Cerri, A.;Chen, H.;Chiarella, V.;Colombo, T.;Conti, G.;Crosetti, G.;David, C.;De Maria, A.;De Pedis, D.;Del Gaudio, M.;DeMarco, D. A.;Fabbri, L.;Farina, C.;Fischer, A.;Francis, D.;Gabrielli, A.;Gabrielli, A.;Glasman, C.;Iacobucci, G.;Iodice, M.;Jackson, B.;Rotonda, L. La;Le, B.;Li, C.;Li, S.;Liu, J.;Liu, L.;Liu, M.;Liu, Y.;Lu, N.;Madaffari, D.;Mancini, G.;Martinez, M.;Mastroberardino, A.;Melo, M.;Meoni, E.;Merola, L.;Perini, L.;Petrucci, F.;Ragusa, F.;Rinaldi, L.;Scarfone, V.;Schioppa, M.;Sessa, M.;Silva, J.;Simon, D.;Spagnolo, S.;Sun, S.;Tassi, E.;Terron, J.;Terzo, S.;Veneziano, S.;Wang, J.;Wang, J.;Wang, R.;Wang, W.;Youssef, S.;Zhang, L.;Zhang, L.;Zhang, M.;Zhang, R.;Zhang, R.;Zhou, B.;Zhou, M.;Zhou, M.;Zhu, J.;
2017-01-01
Abstract
Detailed measurements of t-channel single top-quark production are presented. They use 20.2 fb- 1of data collected by the ATLAS experiment in protonâproton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV at the LHC. Total, fiducial and differential cross-sections are measured for both top-quark and top-antiquark production. The fiducial cross-section is measured with a precision of 5.8% (top quark) and 7.8% (top antiquark), respectively. The total cross-sections are measured to be Ïtot(tq)=56.7-3.8+4.3pb for top-quark production and Ïtot(t¯q)=32.9-2.7+3.0pb for top-antiquark production, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction. In addition, the ratio of top-quark to top-antiquark production cross-sections is determined to be Rt= 1.72 ± 0.09. The differential cross-sections as a function of the transverse momentum and rapidity of both the top quark and the top antiquark are measured at both the parton and particle levels. The transverse momentum and rapidity differential cross-sections of the accompanying jet from the t-channel scattering are measured at particle level. All measurements are compared to various Monte Carlo predictions as well as to fixed-order QCD calculations where available.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
