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Measurement of the production cross-section of a single top quark in association with a \(Z\) boson in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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  • The production of a top quark in association with a Z boson is investigated. The proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015 and 2016 at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 13 TeV are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb(-1). Events containing three identified leptons (electrons and/or muons) and two jets, one of which is identified as a b-quark jet are selected. The major backgrounds are diboson, tt($)over-bar and Z + jets production. A neural network is used to improve the backgroundThe production of a top quark in association with a Z boson is investigated. The proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015 and 2016 at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 13 TeV are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb(-1). Events containing three identified leptons (electrons and/or muons) and two jets, one of which is identified as a b-quark jet are selected. The major backgrounds are diboson, tt($)over-bar and Z + jets production. A neural network is used to improve the background rejection and extract the signal. The resulting significance is 4.2 sigma in the data and the expected significance is 5.4 sigma. The measured cross-section for tZq production is 600 +/- 170(stat.)+/- 140(syst.)fb. (C) 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.show moreshow less

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URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225406
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie / Physikalisches Institut
Language:English
Parent Title (English):Physics letters B
Year of Completion:2018
Volume:780
Pagenumber:557-577
Source:Physics Letters B 780 (2018) 557–577. DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.023
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.023
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Tag:ATLAS experiment; proton-proton collisions; single top quark
Release Date:2023/07/04
Creating Corporation:The ATLAS Collaboration
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International