Search for CP violation in t t-bar production and decay in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
Abstract
The results of a first search for CP violation in the production and decay of top quark-antiquark (t t-bar) pairs are presented. The search is based on asymmetries in T-odd, triple-product correlation observables, where T is the time-reversal operator. The analysis uses a sample of proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV collected by the CMS experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 inverse femtobarns.. Events are selected having one electron or muon and at least four jets. The T-odd observables are measured using four-momentum vectors associated with t t-bar production and decay. The measured asymmetries exhibit no evidence for CP-violating effects, consistent with the expectation from the standard model.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- November 2016
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1611.08931
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1611.08931
- Bibcode:
- 2016arXiv161108931C
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/TOP-16-001/index.html