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Observation of tW production in the single-lepton channel in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV
Creators
- Tumasyan, A.1
- Adam, W.2
- Andrejkovic, J. W.2
- Bergauer, T.2
- Chatterjee, S.2
- Dragicevic, M.2
- Del Valle, A. Escalante2
- Fruhwirth, R.
- Jeitler, M.
- Krammer, N.2
- Lechner, L.2
- Liko, D.2
- Mikulec, I2
- Paulitsch, P.2
- Pitters, F. M.2
- Schieck, J.
- Schofbeck, R.2
- Spanring, M.2
- Templ, S.2
- Waltenberger, W.2
- Waltenberger, W.2
- 1. Yerevan Phys Inst, Yerevan, Armenia
- 2. Inst Hochenergiephys, Vienna, Austria
Description
A measurement of the cross section of the associated production of a single top quark and a W boson in final states with a muon or electron and jets in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV is presented. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36 fb(-1) collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2016. A boosted decision tree is used to separate the tW signal from the dominant t (t) over bar background, whilst the subleading W+jets and multijet backgrounds are constrained using data-based estimates. This result is the first observation of the tW process in final states containing a muon or electron and jets, with a significance exceeding 5 standard deviations. The cross section is determined to be 89 +/- 4 (stat) +/- 12 (syst) pb, consistent with the standard model.
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