rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
18
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2007-5-15
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pubmed:abstractText |
The D0 Collaboration presents first evidence for the production of single top quarks at the Fermilab Tevatron pp[over ] collider. Using a 0.9 fb(-1) dataset, we apply a multivariate analysis to separate signal from background and measure sigma(pp[over ]-->tb+X,tqb+X)=4.9+/-1.4 pb. 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<|V(tb)|</=1 at 95% C.L. within the standard model.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:status |
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0031-9007
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pubmed:author |
pubmed-author:KumarAA,
pubmed-author:LewisPP,
pubmed-author:JohnsonMM,
pubmed-author:SmithR PRP,
pubmed-author:BrownDD,
pubmed-author:KuhnJJ,
pubmed-author:AronEE,
pubmed-author:CoxBB,
pubmed-author:PetersKK,
pubmed-author:BanerjeeSS,
pubmed-author:BinderMM,
pubmed-author:LalKK,
pubmed-author:DasAA,
pubmed-author:LimRR,
pubmed-author:JohnsonCC,
pubmed-author:WeberGG,
pubmed-author:MeyerJJ,
pubmed-author:OshimaNN,
pubmed-author:KasperJJ,
pubmed-author:ShinM SMS,
pubmed-author:NagyEE,
pubmed-author:GayAA,
pubmed-author:WhiteAA,
pubmed-author:GómezBB,
pubmed-author:StraussMM,
pubmed-author:GutierrezGG,
pubmed-author:YasudaTT,
pubmed-author:YuJJ,
pubmed-author:ParsonsJJ,
pubmed-author:ChakrabartiSS,
pubmed-author:BuehlerMM,
pubmed-author:FREDE BEB,
pubmed-author:AndersonSS,
pubmed-author:EvansHH,
pubmed-author:MooreR WRW,
pubmed-author:MeyerAA,
pubmed-author:YamadaRR,
pubmed-author:HanssonPP,
pubmed-author:PaiM NMN,
pubmed-author:StarkJJ,
pubmed-author:SawyerLL,
pubmed-author:WangLL,
pubmed-author:SnyderSS,
pubmed-author:FortneyJJ,
pubmed-author:KaurRR,
pubmed-author:BernardiGG,
pubmed-author:HaleyJJ,
pubmed-author:LeeW MWM,
pubmed-author:ShawM WMW,
pubmed-author:WeberMM,
pubmed-author:PotterCC,
pubmed-author:BanerjeePP,
pubmed-author:FoxHH,
pubmed-author:JainSS,
pubmed-author:KanCC,
pubmed-author:ZielinskiMM,
pubmed-author:SenguptaSS,
pubmed-author:BotJJ,
pubmed-author:HauserRR,
pubmed-author:DaviesBB,
pubmed-author:EllisonJJ,
pubmed-author:BlockCC,
pubmed-author:SantoroAA,
pubmed-author:FULDMM,
pubmed-author:HohlfeldMM,
pubmed-author:KimHH,
pubmed-author:HallII,
pubmed-author:BhatnagarVV,
pubmed-author:SchmittCC,
pubmed-author:JohnyMM,
pubmed-author:O'NeilD CDC,
pubmed-author:Garcia-BellidoAA,
pubmed-author:FiedlerFF,
pubmed-author:DominguezAA,
pubmed-author:LORR,
pubmed-author:LiptonRR,
pubmed-author:BarberisEE,
pubmed-author:HarelAA,
pubmed-author:CookeMM,
pubmed-author:ORRS HSH,
pubmed-author:ZhangDD,
pubmed-author:HEL,
pubmed-author:AdamsMM,
pubmed-author:OOIS KSK
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