Evidence for Top Quark Production in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions

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dc.authoridVannerom, David/0000-0002-2747-5095
dc.authoridDonato, Silvio/0000-0001-7646-4977
dc.authoridCassese, Antonio/0000-0003-3010-4516
dc.authoridBartosik, Nazar/0000-0002-7196-2237
dc.authoridIvanchenko, Vladimir/0000-0002-1844-5433
dc.authoridStarling, Elizabeth/0000-0002-4399-7213
dc.authoridSharma, Varun/0000-0003-1287-1471
dc.contributor.authorSirunyan, A. M.
dc.contributor.authorTumasyan, A.
dc.contributor.authorAdam, W.
dc.contributor.authorAmbrogi, F.
dc.contributor.authorBergauer, T.
dc.contributor.authorDragicevic, M.
dc.contributor.authorEro, J.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:33:43Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:33:43Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractUltrarelativistic heavy ion collisions recreate in the laboratory the thermodynamical conditions prevailing in the early universe up to 10(-6) sec, thereby allowing the study of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), a state of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) matter with deconfined partons. The top quark, the heaviest elementary particle known, is accessible in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN LHC, and constitutes a novel probe of the QGP. Here, we report the first evidence for the production of top quarks in nucleus-nucleus collisions, using lead-lead collision data at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV recorded by the CMS experiment. Two methods are used to measure the cross section for top quark pair production (sigma(t (t) over bar)) via the selection of charged leptons (electrons or muons) and bottom quarks. One method relies on the leptonic information alone, and the second one exploits, in addition, the presence of bottom quarks. The measured cross sections, sigma(t (t) over bar) = 2.54(-0.74)(+0.84) and 2.03(-0.64)(+0.71) mu b, respectively, are compatible with expectations from scaled proton-proton data and QCD predictions.
dc.description.sponsorshipBMBWF (Austria); FWF (Austria); FNRS (Belgium); FWO (Belgium); CNPq (Brazil); CAPES (Brazil); FAPERJ (Brazil); FAPERGS (Brazil); FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS (China); MoST (China); NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES (Croatia); CSF (Croatia); RIF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); MoER (Estonia); ERC IUT (Estonia); PUT (Estonia); ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland (Finland); MEC (Finland); HIP (Finland); CEA (France); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF (Germany); DFG (Germany); HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); NKFIA (Hungary); DAE (India); DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP (Republic of Korea); NRF (Republic of Korea); MES (Latvia); LAS (Lithuania); MOE (Malaysia); UM (Malaysia); BUAP (Mexico); CINVESTAV (Mexico); CONACYT (Mexico); LNS (Mexico); SEP (Mexico); UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MOS (Montenegro); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE (Poland); NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON (Russia); RosAtom (Russia); RAS (Russia); RFBR (Russia); NRC KI (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI (Spain); CPAN (Spain); PCTI (Spain); FEDER (Spain); MOSTR (Sri Lanka); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter (Thailand); IPST (Thailand); STAR (Thailand); NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK (Turkey); TAEK (Turkey); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE (USA); NSF (USA); STFC [ST/M004775/1, ST/N001273/1, ST/H000925/2, ST/K001639/1, 1963036, ST/S00078X/1, ST/K003542/1, ST/S000739/1, ST/L005603/1] Funding Source: UKRI
dc.description.sponsorshipMOS (Montenegro); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); 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 centers 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: BMBWF and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, FAPERGS, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RIF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); MoER, ERC IUT, PUT and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); NKFIA (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); MES (Latvia); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MOS (Montenegro); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, RosAtom, RAS, RFBR, and NRC KI (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI, CPAN, PCTI, and FEDER (Spain); MOSTR (Sri Lanka); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR, and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA).
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.222001
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.issn1079-7114
dc.identifier.issue22
dc.identifier.pmid33315428
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85097318502
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.222001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/5496
dc.identifier.volume125
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000591812900005
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmer Physical Soc
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review Letters
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250323
dc.titleEvidence for Top Quark Production in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
dc.typeArticle

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