Evidence for four-top quark production in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV

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doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138076

Evidence for four-top quark production in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV

The CMS collaboration

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Abstract

The production of four top quarks (tt¯tt¯) is studied with LHC proton-proton collision data samples collected by the CMS experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, and corresponding to integrated luminosities of up to 138fb⁻¹. Events that have no leptons (all-hadronic), one lepton, or two opposite-sign leptons (where lepton refers only to prompt electrons or prompt muons) are considered. This is the first tt¯tt¯ measurement that includes the all-hadronic final state. The observed significance of the tt¯tt¯ signal in these final states of 3.9 standard deviations (1.5 expected) provides evidence for tt¯tt¯ production, with a measured cross section of 36₋₁₁⁺¹²fb. Combined with earlier CMS results in other final states, the signal significance is 4.0 standard deviations (3.2 expected). The combination returns an observed cross section of 17±4(stat)±3(syst)fb, which is consistent with the standard model prediction.

Original language	English
Article number	138076
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	844
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138076
State	Published - 10 Sep 2023

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Evidence for four-top quark production in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV

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