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Measurement of associated production of vector bosons and top quark-antiquark pairs at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV
| dc.contributor.author | CMS collaboration (2217 authors) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hollar, Jonathan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nayak, Aruna | |
| dc.contributor.author | Calpas, Betty | |
| dc.contributor.author | Almeida, Nuno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bargassa, Pedrame | |
| dc.contributor.author | David Tinoco Mendes, Andre | |
| dc.contributor.author | Faccioli, Pietro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ferreira Parracho, Pedro Guilherme | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gallinaro, Michele | |
| dc.contributor.author | Seixas, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Varela, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vischia, Pietro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lloret Iglesias, Lara | |
| dc.contributor.author | Musella, Pasquale | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rodrigues Antunes, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pela, Joao | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leonardo, Nuno | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-03T22:38:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-03T22:38:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-04-25 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-03T22:38:17Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The first measurement of vector-boson production associated with a top quark-antiquark pair in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV is presented. The results are based on a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 inverse femtobarms, recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC in 2011. The measurement is performed in two independent channels through a trilepton analysis of t t-bar Z events and a same-sign dilepton analysis of t t-bar V (V = W or Z) events. In the trilepton channel a direct measurement of the t t-bar Z cross section sigma(t t-bar Z) = 0.28 +0.14/-0.11 (stat) +0.06/-0.03 (syst) pb is obtained. In the dilepton channel a measurement of the t t-bar V cross section yields sigma(t t-bar V) = 0.43 +0.17/-0.15 (stat) +0.09/-0.07 (syst) pb. These measurements have a significance, respectively, of 3.3 and 3.0 standard deviations from the background hypotheses and are compatible, within uncertainties, with the corresponding next-to-leading order predictions of 0.137 +0.012/-0.016 and 0.306 +0.031/-0.053 pb. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev.Lett. 110 (2013) 172002; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.172002 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.172002 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26399 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.title | Measurement of associated production of vector bosons and top quark-antiquark pairs at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt |
| rcaap.type | article |