Bounding the top quark width using final states with two charged leptons and two jets at s=13 TeV\sqrt{s}=13~\mathrm{TeV}

Collaboration
2016
17 pages
Report number:
  • CMS-PAS-TOP-16-019
Experiments:

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Abstract:
A direct bound on the top quark decay width is presented, obtained by analysing 12.9 fb112.9~\mathrm{fb}^{-1} of proton-proton collision data collected at s=13 TeV\sqrt{s}=13~\mathrm{TeV} by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The measurement is performed by partially reconstructing the kinematics of top quark candidates from final states containing at least two charged leptons (electrons or muons) and at least two jets, where at least one jet is identified as stemming from the fragmentation and hadronization of a b quark. The observable is compared to the simulated expectations for different top quark width scenarios using a likelihood technique. Under the hypothesis of a standard model-like top quark the measurement yields limits at the 95%95\% CL of 0.6Γt2.5 GeV0.6 \leq \Gamma_{\rm t} \leq 2.5~\mathrm{GeV}, with an expected limit at 0.6Γt2.4 GeV0.6 \leq \Gamma_{\rm t} \leq 2.4~\mathrm{GeV} for a top quark mass of 172.5 GeV172.5~\mathrm{GeV}.
Note:
  • Preliminary results
  • Data
  • p p: colliding beams
  • top: width
  • top: decay
  • top: mass
  • width: upper limit
  • bottom: hadronization
  • p p: scattering
  • final state: ((n)jet dilepton)
  • fragmentation
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