Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeV

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Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián; Dova, María Teresa; Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel; Tripiana, Martín F.; The ATLAS Collaboration
Año de publicación
2012
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This Letter presents evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark using 2.05 fb-1 of pp collision data at √s = 7 TeV accumulated with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The analysis is based on the selection of the dileptonic final states with events featuring two isolated leptons, electron or muon, with significant transverse missing momentum and at least one jet. An approach based on boosted decision trees has been developed to improve the discrimination of single top-quark Wt events from background. A template fit to the final classifier distributions is performed to determine the cross-section. The result is incompatible with the background-only hypothesis at the 3.3σ level, the expected sensitivity assuming the Standard Model production rate being 3.4σ . The corresponding cross-section is determined and found to be σWt = 16.8 ± 2.9 (stat) ± 4.9 (syst) pb, in good agreement with the Standard Model expectation. From this result the CKM matrix element |Vtb|=1.03+0.16-0.19 is derived assuming that the Wt production through |Vts| and |Vtd| is small.
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Ciencias Exactas
Física
ATLAS detector
top quark
w boson
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spelling Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeVAnduaga, Xabier SebastiánDova, María TeresaMonticelli, Fernando GabrielTripiana, Martín F.The ATLAS CollaborationCiencias ExactasFísicaATLAS detectortop quarkw bosonThis Letter presents evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark using 2.05 fb<sup>-1</sup> of pp collision data at √s = 7 TeV accumulated with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The analysis is based on the selection of the dileptonic final states with events featuring two isolated leptons, electron or muon, with significant transverse missing momentum and at least one jet. An approach based on boosted decision trees has been developed to improve the discrimination of single top-quark Wt events from background. A template fit to the final classifier distributions is performed to determine the cross-section. The result is incompatible with the background-only hypothesis at the 3.3σ level, the expected sensitivity assuming the Standard Model production rate being 3.4σ . The corresponding cross-section is determined and found to be σ<sub>Wt</sub> = 16.8 ± 2.9 (stat) ± 4.9 (syst) pb, in good agreement with the Standard Model expectation. From this result the CKM matrix element |V<sub>tb</sub>|=1.03<sup>+0.16</sup><sub>-0.19</sub> is derived assuming that the Wt production through |V<sub>ts</sub>| and |V<sub>td</sub>| is small.Facultad de Ciencias Exactas2012-08-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf142-159http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/80326enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0370-2693info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.011info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:14:46Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/80326Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:14:47.152SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeV
title Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeV
spellingShingle Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeV
Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
Ciencias Exactas
Física
ATLAS detector
top quark
w boson
title_short Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeV
title_full Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeV
title_fullStr Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeV
title_full_unstemmed Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeV
title_sort Evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark in ATLAS at √s = 7 TeV
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Tripiana, Martín F.
The ATLAS Collaboration
author Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
author_facet Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Tripiana, Martín F.
The ATLAS Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Tripiana, Martín F.
The ATLAS Collaboration
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Física
ATLAS detector
top quark
w boson
topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
ATLAS detector
top quark
w boson
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This Letter presents evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark using 2.05 fb<sup>-1</sup> of pp collision data at √s = 7 TeV accumulated with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The analysis is based on the selection of the dileptonic final states with events featuring two isolated leptons, electron or muon, with significant transverse missing momentum and at least one jet. An approach based on boosted decision trees has been developed to improve the discrimination of single top-quark Wt events from background. A template fit to the final classifier distributions is performed to determine the cross-section. The result is incompatible with the background-only hypothesis at the 3.3σ level, the expected sensitivity assuming the Standard Model production rate being 3.4σ . The corresponding cross-section is determined and found to be σ<sub>Wt</sub> = 16.8 ± 2.9 (stat) ± 4.9 (syst) pb, in good agreement with the Standard Model expectation. From this result the CKM matrix element |V<sub>tb</sub>|=1.03<sup>+0.16</sup><sub>-0.19</sub> is derived assuming that the Wt production through |V<sub>ts</sub>| and |V<sub>td</sub>| is small.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
description This Letter presents evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark using 2.05 fb<sup>-1</sup> of pp collision data at √s = 7 TeV accumulated with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The analysis is based on the selection of the dileptonic final states with events featuring two isolated leptons, electron or muon, with significant transverse missing momentum and at least one jet. An approach based on boosted decision trees has been developed to improve the discrimination of single top-quark Wt events from background. A template fit to the final classifier distributions is performed to determine the cross-section. The result is incompatible with the background-only hypothesis at the 3.3σ level, the expected sensitivity assuming the Standard Model production rate being 3.4σ . The corresponding cross-section is determined and found to be σ<sub>Wt</sub> = 16.8 ± 2.9 (stat) ± 4.9 (syst) pb, in good agreement with the Standard Model expectation. From this result the CKM matrix element |V<sub>tb</sub>|=1.03<sup>+0.16</sup><sub>-0.19</sub> is derived assuming that the Wt production through |V<sub>ts</sub>| and |V<sub>td</sub>| is small.
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