Search for single top quarks in the tau+jets channel using 4.8 fb$^{-1}$ of $p\bar{p}$ collision data

D0 Collaboration, The and Bertram, Iain and Borissov, Guennadi and Fox, Harald and Williams, Mark and Ratoff, Peter and Love, Peter and Sopczak, Andre (2010) Search for single top quarks in the tau+jets channel using 4.8 fb$^{-1}$ of $p\bar{p}$ collision data. Physics Letters B, 690 (1). pp. 5-14. ISSN 0370-2693

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Abstract

We present the first direct search for single top quark production using tau leptons. The search is based on 4.8 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity collected in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We select events with a final state including an isolated tau lepton, missing transverse energy, two or three jets, one or two of them $b$ tagged. We use a multivariate technique to discriminate signal from background. The number of events observed in data in this final state is consistent with the signal plus background expectation. We set in the tau+jets channel an upper limit on the single top quark cross section of \TauLimObs pb at the 95% C.L. This measurement allows a gain of 4% in expected sensitivity for the observation of single top production when combining it with electron+jets and muon+jets channels already published by the D0 collaboration with 2.3 fb$^{-1}$ of data. We measure a combined cross section of $\SuperCombineXSall$ pb, which is the most precise measurement to date.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physics Letters B
Additional Information:
12 pages, 5 figures
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3106
Subjects:
?? nuclear and high energy physics ??
ID Code:
63711
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Deposited On:
25 Apr 2013 10:22
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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15 Jul 2024 13:47