Evidence for Four-Top Quark Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13 TeV
Physics Letters B 2023
Kārlis Dreimanis, Guntis Pikurs, Andris Potrebko, Markus Seidel, Viesturs Veckalns, CMS Collaboration

The production of four top quarks (ttˉttˉttˉttˉ) 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 138 fb−1−1. 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 ttˉttˉttˉttˉ measurement that includes the all-hadronic final state. The observed significance of the ttˉttˉttˉttˉ signal in these final states of 3.9 standard deviations (1.5 expected) provides evidence for ttˉttˉttˉttˉ production, with a measured cross section of 36 −11+12−11+12​ fb. 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.


Keywords
CMS Top quark
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138076
Hyperlink
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323004100?via%3Dihub

The CMS Collaboration, A.Tumasyan, K.Dreimanis, G.Pikurs, A.Potrebko, M.Seidel, V.Veckalns ... [et al.]. Evidence for Four-Top Quark Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s = 13 TeV. Physics Letters B, 2023, Vol. 844, Article number 138076. ISSN 0370-2693. Pieejams: doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138076

Publication language
English (en)
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