Publication
Title
Search for the production of four top quarks in the single -lepton and opposite -sign dilepton final states in proton -proton collisions at √s==13 TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
A search for the standard model production of four top quarks (pp tttt) is reported using single-lepton plus jets and opposite-sign dilepton plus jets signatures. Proton-proton collisions are recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC at a center-ofmass energy of 13 TeV in a sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.8 fb-1. A multivariate analysis exploiting global event and jet properties is used to discriminate tttt from tt production. No significant deviation is observed from the predicted background. An upper limit is set on the cross section for tttt production in the standard model of 48 fb at 95% confidence level. When combined with a previous measurement by the CMS experiment from an analysis of other final states, the observed signal significance is 1.4 standard deviations, and the combined cross section measurement is 13+911 fb. The result is also interpreted in the framework of effective field theory.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of high energy physics. - Bristol
Publication
Bristol : 2019
ISSN
1126-6708
1029-8479 [online]
DOI
10.1007/JHEP11(2019)082
Volume/pages
11 (2019) , 53 p.
Article Reference
082
ISI
000514864800001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 12.12.2024
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