Abstract
A measurement is presented of the associated production of a single top quark and a Z boson. The study uses data from proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV recorded by the CMS experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. Using final states with three leptons (electrons or muons), the tZq production cross section is measured to be σ(pp→tZq→Wbℓ+ℓ−q)=123−31 +33(stat)−23 +29(syst)fb, where ℓ stands for electrons, muons, or τ leptons, with observed and expected significances of 3.7 and 3.1 standard deviations, respectively.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 358-384 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
| Volume | 779 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 10 Apr 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cross section
- SM
- Single top
- tZq
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