Measurement of spin correlations in tf production using the matrix element method in the muon plus jets final state in pp collisions at ?S=8 TeV

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Tarih

2016

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Elsevier

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Özet

The consistency of the spin correlation strength in top quark pair production with the standard model (SM) prediction is tested in the muon+jets final state. The events are selected from pp collisions, collected by the CMS detector, at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1). The data are compared with the expectation for the spin correlation predicted by the SM and with the expectation of no correlation. Using a template fit method, the fraction of events that show SM spin correlations is measured to be 0.72 0.08 (stat)(-013)(+015) (syst), representing the most precise measurement of this quantity in the muon+jets final state to date. (C) 2016 The Author. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.orglicenses/by/4.01).

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Anahtar Kelimeler

CMS, LHC, Top quark, Matrix element method, Spin

Kaynak

Physics Letters B

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Q1

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Q1

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758

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