Measurement of CKM matrix elements in single top quark $t$-channel production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV

Abstract

The first direct, model-independent measurement is presented of the modulus of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements $|V_{\mathrm{tb}}|$, $|V_{\mathrm{td}}|$, and $|V_{\mathrm{ts}}|$, in final states enriched in single top quark $t$-channel events. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data from the LHC, collected during 2016 by the CMS experiment, at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb${}^{-1}$. Processes directly sensitive to these matrix elements are considered at both the production and decay vertices of the top quark. In the standard model hypothesis of CKM unitarity, a lower limit of $|V_{\mathrm{tb}}|$ $>$ 0.970 is measured at the 95% confidence level. Several theories beyond the standard model are considered, and by releasing all constraints among the involved parameters, the values $|V_{\mathrm{tb}}|=$ 0.988 $\pm$ 0.024, and $|V_{\mathrm{td}}{|}^2+|V_{\mathrm{ts}}{|}^2=$ 0.06 $\pm$ 0.06, where the uncertainties include both statistical and systematic components, are measured.

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