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Search for standard model production of four top quarks in the lepton + jets channel in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
Abstract
A search is presented for standard model (SM) production of four top quarks (tttt) in pp collisions in the lepton + jets channel. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.6 fb^(−1) recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The expected cross section for SM tttt production is σ^(SM)_(tttt)≈1fb. A combination of kinematic reconstruction and multivariate techniques is used to distinguish between the small signal and large background. The data are consistent with expectations of the SM, and an upper limit of 32 fb is set at a 95% confidence level on the cross section for producing four top quarks in the SM, where a limit of 32 ± 17 fb is expected.
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© 2014 CERN, for the benefit of the CMS Collaboration. Received: September 25, 2014. Accepted: October 24, 2014. Published: November 27, 2014. Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centres and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); MoER, ERC IUT and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); NRF and WCU (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); CINVESTAV, CONACYT SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, RosAtom, RAS and RFBR (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (U.S.A.). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India; the HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund; the Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino); the Consorzio per la Fisica (Trieste); MIUR project 20108T4XTM (Italy); the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF; and the National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund.Attached Files
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Funding
- BMWFW and FWF (Austria)
- FNRS and FWO (Belgium)
- CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil)
- MES (Bulgaria)
- CERN
- CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China)
- COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
- MSES and CSF (Croatia)
- RPF (Cyprus)
- MoER, ERC IUT, and ERDF (Estonia)
- Academy of Finland
- MEC and HIP (Finland)
- CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
- BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany)
- GSRT (Greece)
- OTKA and NIH (Hungary)
- DAE and DST (India)
- IPM (Iran)
- Science Foundation, Ireland
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
- NRF and WCU (Korea)
- LAS (Lithuania)
- MOE and UM (Malaysia)
- CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico)
- MBIE (New Zealand)
- PAEC (Pakistan)
- MSHE and NSC (Poland)
- FCT (Portugal)
- JINR (Dubna)
- MON, RosAtom, RAS, and RFBR (Russia)
- MESTD (Serbia)
- SEIDI and CPAN (Spain)
- Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland)
- MST (Taipei)
- ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR, and NSTDA (Thailand)
- TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey)
- NASU and SFFR (Ukraine)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
- Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union)
- Leventis Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'índustrie et dans l'Ágriculture (FRIA-Belgium)
- Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium)
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic
- Council of Science and Industrial Research, India
- HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science cofinanced from European Union
- Regional Development Fund
- Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino)
- Consorzio per la Fisica (Trieste)
- MIUR (Italy)
- 20108T4XTM
- Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF
- Greek NSRF
- Qatar National Research Fund National Priorities Research Program (NPRP)
- SCOAP3
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