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Evidence for four-top quark production in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

Tumasyan, A.
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Adam, W.
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Andrejkovic, J. W.
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July 25, 2023
Physics Letters B

The production of four top quarks (tt(-)tt(-)) 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. Events that have no leptons (all-hadronic), one lepton, or two oppositesign leptons (where lepton refers only to prompt electrons or prompt muons) are considered. This is the first tt(-)tt(-) measurement that includes the all-hadronic final state. The observed significance of the tt(-)tt(-) signal in these final states of 3.9 standard deviations (1.5 expected) provides evidence for tt(-)tt(-) production, with a measured cross section of 36 +12 -11 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.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138076
Web of Science ID

WOS:001118464700001

Author(s)
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Andrejkovic, J. W.
Bergauer, T.
Chatterjee, S.
Damanakis, K.
Dragicevic, M.
Del Valle, A. Escalante
Hussain, P. S.
Jeitler, M.
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Corporate authors
CMS Collaboration
Date Issued

2023-07-25

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Physics Letters B
Volume

844

Article Number

138076

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Cms

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LPHE  
FunderGrant Number

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

K 124845

Council of Science and Industrial Research

Latvian Council of Science

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February 21, 2024
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