Tevatron Combination of Single-Top-Quark Cross Sections and Determination of the Magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa Matrix Element
Mar 17, 201511 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.Lett. 115 (2015) 15, 152003
- Published: Oct 7, 2015
e-Print:
- 1503.05027 [hep-ex]
Report number:
- FERMILAB-PUB-15-088-E
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Abstract: (APS)
We present the final combination of CDF and D0 measurements of cross sections for single-top-quark production in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The data correspond to total integrated luminosities of up to 9.7 fb−1 per experiment. The t-channel cross section is measured to be σt=2.25-0.31+0.29 pb. We also present the combinations of the two-dimensional measurements of the s- vs t-channel cross section. In addition, we give the combination of the s+t channel cross section measurement resulting in σs+t=3.30-0.40+0.52 pb, without assuming the standard model value for the ratio σs/σt. The resulting value of the magnitude of the top-to-bottom quark coupling is |Vtb|=1.02-0.05+0.06, corresponding to |Vtb|>0.92 at the 95% C.L.Note:
- 11 pages, 4 figures
- 14.65.Ha
- 12.15.Ji
- 13.85.Qk
- 12.15.Hh
- anti-p p: colliding beams
- transverse energy: missing-energy
- top: single production
- cross section: measured
- quark: coupling
- anti-p p: scattering
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