Title
Measurement of the associated production of a single top quark and a Z boson in pp collisions at s=13TeV
Date Issued
10 April 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Sirunyan A.M.
Tumasyan A.
Adam W.
Ambrogi F.
Asilar E.
Bergauer T.
Brandstetter J.
Brondolin E.
Dragicevic M.
Erö J.
Escalante Del Valle A.
Flechl M.
Friedl M.
Frühwirth R.
Ghete V.M.
Grossmann J.
Hrubec J.
Jeitler M.
König A.
Krammer N.
Krätschmer I.
Liko D.
Madlener T.
Mikulec I.
Pree E.
Rad N.
Rohringer H.
Schieck J.
Schöfbeck R.
Spanring M.
Spitzbart D.
Taurok A.
Waltenberger W.
Wittmann J.
Wulz C.E.
Zarucki M.
Chekhovsky V.
Mossolov V.
Suarez Gonzalez J.
De Wolf E.A.
Di Croce D.
Janssen X.
Lauwers J.
Van De Klundert M.
Van Haevermaet H.
Van Mechelen P.
Van Remortel N.
Abu Zeid S.
Blekman F.
D'Hondt J.
De Bruyn I.
De Clercq J.
Deroover K.
Flouris G.
Lontkovskyi D.
Lowette S.
Marchesini I.
Moortgat S.
Moreels L.
Python Q.
Skovpen K.
Tavernier S.
Van Doninck W.
Van Mulders P.
Van Parijs I.
Beghin D.
Bilin B.
Brun H.
Clerbaux B.
De Lentdecker G.
Delannoy H.
Dorney B.
Fasanella G.
Favart L.
Goldouzian R.
Grebenyuk A.
Kalsi A.K.
Lenzi T.
Luetic J.
Maerschalk T.
Marinov A.
Seva T.
Starling E.
Vander Velde C.
Vanlaer P.
Vannerom D.
Yonamine R.
Zenoni F.
Cornelis T.
Dobur D.
Fagot A.
Gul M.
Khvastunov I.
Poyraz D.
Roskas C.
Salva S.
Trocino D.
Tytgat M.
Verbeke W.
Vit M.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
A measurement is presented of the associated production of a single top quark and a Z boson. The study uses data from proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV recorded by the CMS experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. Using final states with three leptons (electrons or muons), the tZq production cross section is measured to be σ(pp→tZq→Wbℓ+ℓ−q)=123−31+33(stat)−23+29(syst)fb, where ℓ stands for electrons, muons, or τ leptons, with observed and expected significances of 3.7 and 3.1 standard deviations, respectively.
Start page
358
End page
384
Volume
779
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Física nuclear
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85055893617
Source
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
ISSN of the container
03702693
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation - 1151640, 1506130, 1506168, 1508869, 1606321, 1607202.
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme - 675440.
Science and Technology Facilities Council - GRIDPP, ST/N000242/1.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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