Evidence for production of single top quarks and first direct measurement of

Journal article

The D0 Collaboration presents first evidence for the production of single top quarks at the Fermilab Tevatron pp̄ collider. Using a 0.9fb-1 dataset, we apply a multivariate analysis to separate signal from background and measure σ(pp̄→tb+X,tqb+X)=4.9±1.4pb. The probability to measure a cross section at this value or higher in the absence of a signal is 0.035%, corresponding to a 3.4 standard deviation significance. We use the cross section measurement to directly determine the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element that describes the Wtb coupling and find 0.68<|Vtb|≤1 at 95% C.L. within the standard model. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

Authors: Abazov, V; Abbott, B; Abolins, M; Acharya, B; Adams, M

• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Volume: 98
• Issue: 18
• Publication date: 2007-05-01
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.181802
• EISSN: 1079-7114
• ISSN: 0031-9007