A search for the central exclusive production of top quark-antiquark pairs is performed for the first time using proton-tagged events in proton-proton collisions at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 29.4 fb−1. The decay products are reconstructed using the central CMS detector, while forward protons are measured in the CMS-TOTEM precision proton spectrometer. An observed (expected) upper bound on the production cross section of 0.59 (1.14) pb is set at 95% confidence level, for collisions of protons with fractional momentum losses between 2 and 20%.

Search for central exclusive production of top quark pairs in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with tagged protons

Cappati, A.;Mulargia, R.;Meridiani, P.;Amapane, N.;Argiro, S.;Bellan, R.;Bellora, A.;Costa, M.;Covarelli, R.;Grippo, M.;Kiani, B.;Mecca, A.;Migliore, E.;Monteil, E.;Obertino, M. M.;Pacher, L.;Shchelina, K.;Siviero, F.;Sola, V.;Solano, A.;Soldi, D.;Tornago, M.;Umoret, G.;Vagnerini, A.;Rumerio, P.;Ravera, F.;Salvatico, R.;
2024-01-01

Abstract

A search for the central exclusive production of top quark-antiquark pairs is performed for the first time using proton-tagged events in proton-proton collisions at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 29.4 fb−1. The decay products are reconstructed using the central CMS detector, while forward protons are measured in the CMS-TOTEM precision proton spectrometer. An observed (expected) upper bound on the production cross section of 0.59 (1.14) pb is set at 95% confidence level, for collisions of protons with fractional momentum losses between 2 and 20%.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2024)187
Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Andrejkovic, J. W.; Bergauer, T.; Chatterjee, S.; Damanakis, K.; Dragicevic, M.; Escalante Del Valle, A.; Hussain, P. S.; Jeit...espandi
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