Measurement of CKM matrix elements in single top quark -channel production in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV
Collaboration
45 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Lett.B 808 (2020) 135609
- Published: Sep 10, 2020
e-Print:
- 2004.12181 [hep-ex]
DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135609 (publication)
PDG: f
Report number:
- CMS-TOP-17-012,
- CERN-EP-2020-047
Experiments:
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The first direct, model-independent measurement is presented of the modulus of the Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements |η|Vtb , |η|Vtd , and |η|Vts , in final states enriched in single top quark t -channel events. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data from the LHC, collected during 2016 by the CMS experiment, at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb −1 . Processes directly sensitive to these matrix elements are considered at both the production and decay vertices of the top quark. In the standard model hypothesis of CKM unitarity, a lower limit of |η|Vtb>0.970 is measured at the 95% confidence level. Several theories beyond the standard model are considered, and by releasing all constraints among the involved parameters, the values |η|Vtb=0.988±0.024 , and |η|Vtd2+|η|Vts2=0.06±0.06 , where the uncertainties include both statistical and systematic components, are measured.Note:
- Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/TOP-17-012 (CMS Public Pages)
- CMS
- Physics
- CKM matrix
- Top quark
- p p: scattering
- p p: colliding beams
- top: single production
- decay: vertex
- CERN LHC Coll
- statistical
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