Measurement of the t-channel single-top-quark production cross section and of the |Vtb| CKM matrix element in pp collisions at sqrt(s)= 8 TeVстатья
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Аннотация:Measurements are presented of the t-channel single-top-quark production cross section in proton-proton collisions at = 8 TeV. The results are based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(−1) recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC. The cross section is measured inclusively, as well as separately for top (t) and antitop , in final states with a muon or an electron. The measured inclusive t-channel cross section is σ ( )t(-ch.) = 83.6 ± 2.3 (stat.) ± 7.4 (syst.) pb. The single t and cross sections are measured to be σ ( )t(-ch.)(t) = 53.8 ± 1.5 (stat.) ± 4.4 (syst.) pb and σ ( )t(-ch.) = 27.6 ± 1.3 (stat.) ± 3.7 (syst.) pb, respectively. The measured ratio of cross sections is R ( )t(-ch.) = σ ( )t(-ch.)(t)/σ ( )t(-ch.) = 1.95 ± 0.10 (stat.) ± 0.19 (syst.), in agreement with the standard model prediction. The modulus of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element V (tb) is extracted and, in combination with a previous CMS result at = 7 TeV, a value |V (tb)| = 0.998 ± 0.038 (exp.) ± 0.016 (theo.) is obtained.