Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1850906 | Physics Letters B | 2015 | 22 Pages |
Abstract
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 pTpT of both 20 and 40 GeV/c . The measured ratio is 0.022±0.003(stat)±0.005(syst) for pT>20 GeV/cpT>20 GeV/c. The absolute cross sections σtt¯bb¯ and σtt¯jj are also measured. The measured ratio for pT>40 GeV/cpT>40 GeV/c is compatible with a theoretical quantum chromodynamics calculation at next-to-leading order.
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Authors
V. Khachatryan, A.M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic, J. Erö, C. Fabjan, M. Friedl, R. Frühwirth, V.M. Ghete, C. Hartl, N. Hörmann, J. Hrubec, M. Jeitler, W. Kiesenhofer, V. Knünz, M. Krammer, I. Krätschmer, D. Liko,