Khachatryan, V.Sirunyan, A. M.Tumasyan, A.Adam, W.Asilar, E.Bergauer, T.The CMS Collaboration2025-03-072025-03-0720160370-26931873-2445https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.05.005https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12507/2961The 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).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCMSLHCTop quarkMatrix element methodSpinArticle758321346WOS:0003773305000452-s2.0-8504081486410.1016/j.physletb.2016.05.005Q1Q1