Measurement of the cross section ratio σ < inf > tt¯bb¯ < /inf > /σ < inf > tt¯jj < /inf > in pp collisions at s=8 TeV
Measurement of the cross section ratio σ < inf > tt¯bb¯ < /inf > /σ < inf > tt¯jj < /inf > in pp collisions at s=8 TeV
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2015-06-30
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Khachatryan, V.
Sirunyan, A. M.
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Bergauer, T.
Dragicevic, M.
Erö, J.
Fabjan, C.
Friedl, M.
Frühwirth, R.
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The first measurement of the cross section ratio σtt¯bb¯/σtt¯jj is presented using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.6 fb−1 collected in pp collisions at s=8 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. Events with two leptons (e or μ) and four reconstructed jets, including two identified as b quark jets, in the final state are selected. The ratio is determined for a minimum jet transverse momentum pT of both 20 and 40 GeV/c. The measured ratio is 0.022±0.003(stat)±0.005(syst) for pT > 20 GeV/c. The absolute cross sections σtt¯bb¯ and σtt¯jj are also measured. The measured ratio for pT > 40 GeV/c is compatible with a theoretical quantum chromodynamics calculation at next-to-leading order.
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CMS,
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Top physics
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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. v.746