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dc.contributor.authorSirunyan, A. M.
dc.contributor.authorIşıldak, Bora
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-17T12:17:46Z
dc.date.available2021-02-17T12:17:46Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-24
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10679/7318
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.222001
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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBMBWF 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.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review Letters
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.titleEvidence for top quark production in nucleus-nucleus collisionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.description.versionPublisher versionen_US
dc.peerreviewedyesen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.contributor.departmentÖzyeğin University
dc.contributor.authorID(ORCID 0000-0002-0283-5234 & YÖK ID 124605) Işıldak, Bora
dc.contributor.ozuauthorIşıldak, Bora
dc.creatorThe CMS Collaboration
dc.identifier.volume125en_US
dc.identifier.issue22en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000591812900005
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.222001en_US
dc.identifier.scopusSCOPUS:2-s2.0-85097318502
dc.contributor.authorMale1
dc.relation.publicationcategoryArticle - International Refereed Journal - Institutional Academic Staff


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