Search for CP violation in tt¯ production and decay in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV

The CMS collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP03(2017)101

Search for CP violation in tt¯ production and decay in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV

The CMS collaboration

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Abstract

The results of a first search for CP violation in the production and decay of top quark-antiquark (tt¯) 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 s=8 TeV collected by the CMS experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb⁻¹. 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 tt¯ production and decay. The measured asymmetries exhibit no evidence for CP-violating effects, consistent with the expectation from the standard model.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language	English
Article number	101
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2017
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2017)101
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2017

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Funders	Funder number
National Science Foundation	1606321, 1151640, 1506168, 1506130, 1211067, 1624356, 1508869
Science and Technology Facilities Council	PP/E000479/1, ST/M004775/1, GRIDPP, ST/N001273/1, ST/H000925/1

Keywords

CP violation
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Top physics

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Search for CP violation in tt¯ production and decay in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV

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