Measurement of differential cross sections for t-channel single-top-quark production at 13 TeV

Abstract

The production of single top quarks is a cornerstone in understanding the nature of the heaviest known elementary particle and its involvement in electroweak interactions. An early differential cross section measurement of t-channel single-top-quark production is presented. Proton-Proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of $13\mathrm{TeV}$ collected in 2015 were analyzed, corresponding to $2.3{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$. The amount of signal events as a function of the top quark transverse momentum and rapidity is estimated using a multivariate discriminant. The results are unfolded to parton level and compared to predictions by various Monte-Carlo generators.

5 pages, 8 figures, proceedings for poster presented at International Workshop on Top Quark Physics, Olomouc, Czech Republic, September 19-23, 2016