Bologna Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Top quark couplings and Polarization Giuseppe Codispoti for the CMS Collaboration 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK The Top Quark in short 2 βΊ The heaviest known fundamental particle: β ππ‘ ~173.34 ± 0.76 πΊππ βΊ Short lived: decays before hadronization βΊ study as a free quark βΊ GππΏπ = 1.42 πΊππ π‘ 1 β1 βΊ tπ‘ = Ξ = ~10β24 π > Lβ1 ~10β23 π ππΆπ· ~(100πππ) π‘ βΊ Bare properties directly accessible: mass, charge, spin, polarizationβ¦ βΊ Their precise measurement provides a powerful test of the SM βΊ Decays (almost exclusively) through: π β πΎπ β |π½ππ |π βΊ Large mass implies large coupling to Higgs: βΊ lπ‘ βΊ 2ππ‘ ~1 π£ special role in EWSB? βΊ Special role in new physics models βΊ Main background for SM processes, (e.g. especially Higgs ) and beyond SM 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK Production and decay 3 single top production t-channel 87.2 ππ @ 8 πππ 65.9 ππ @ 7 πππ 2.08 ππ @ 1.96 πππ π‘π‘ pair production 249 ππ @ 8 πππ 172 ππ @ 7 πππ 7.08 ππ @ 1.96 πππ βΊ Top Decay β Hadronic: 3 jets (1 b-jet) β Lepton + jets : b-jet, lepton, πΈππππ π βΊ => π‘π‘ final states β β β β Hadronic (45.7%): 6 jets Lepton+jets (34.5%) : 1 lepton, 3 jets, πΈππππ π Dilepton (6.5%): 2 leptons, 2 jets, πΈππππ π Also relevant the transverse mass of the reconstructed W tW-channel 22.2 ππ @ 8 πππ 15.6 ππ @ 7 πππ 0.22 ππ @ 1.96 πππ s-channel 5.55 ππ@ 8 πππ 4.56 ππ @ 7 πππ 1.04 ππ@ 1.96 πππ βΊ Main Backgrounds: β β β β β QCD multijet Boson+jets (V+jets) Di-Bosons (VV) Single-t for π‘π‘ pairs π‘π‘ pairs for single-t 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK In this talk 4 βΊ CMS recent measurements: β |ππ‘π | measurements: βΊ π = (π‘ β ππ)/(π‘ β ππ) βΊ in π‘-channel βΊ in π‘π associated production β π‘π‘ and W/Z/g associated production β Properties βΊ spin correlation in π‘π‘ βΊ polarization in π‘π‘ and single top βΊ W helicity in π‘π‘ 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK π = (π‘ β ππ)/(π‘ β ππ) in dilepton channel 5 +0.000021 βΊ Top dominant decay W+b: |Vtb|= 0.999146β0.000046 CMS PAS TOP-12-035 PLB 736 (2014) 33 β Tension in the most precise measurement in D0 βΊ R = 0.90±0.04 (stat.+syst.) [Phys.Rev.Lett. 107 (2011) 121802] βΊ Likelihood fit on jet multiplicity accounting for β Fraction of π‘π‘ signal and single-top β Fraction of event with correct jet assignment β b-tag efficiency and mis-identification βΊ π½ππ calculated assuming unitarity of the CKM matrix and its three-generation structure βΊ Main systematics: β π‘-channel cross section β B tag efficiency R=1.023+π.πππ βπ.πππ (ππππ. +ππππ. ) π½ππ = π. πππ+π.πππ βπ.πππ (ππππ. +ππππ. ) π β€ 1 β πΉ > π. πππ at ππ% πͺπ³ π½ππ > π. πππ @ ππ% πͺπ³ |ππ‘π | measurement in t-channel 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK βΊ lepton+jets final state 6 β β β β CMS PAS TOP-12-038 1 isolated lepton JHEP 06 (2014) 090 1 light forward jet 1 central b-jet (second b-jet escapes detection) πΈππππ π βΊ Template analysis |ππ β² | β fit to the π of the recoil jet in the signal region 130 < ππ‘ < 220 πΊππ β W/Z+jets from sidebands β π‘π‘ background shapes are estimated from 3-jets data β QCD from a control sample with inverted isolation cut ππβππ = ππ. π ± π. π ππππ. ± π. π ππππ. πππΏπ [ ππ‘π = 87.2+2.8 β1.0 π ππππ +2.0 β2.2 (ππ·πΉ)ππ] Combination 7+8 TeV for t-channel assuming ππ‘π , ππ‘π βͺ ππ‘π β 1 β |π½ππ |= ππβππ πππ πβππ = π. πππ ± π. πππ πππ. ± π. πππ(ππ. ) β π½ππ > π. ππ @ ππ% πͺπ³ after ππ‘π β€ 1 πππ |ππΏπ£ |=1 Single top and W associated production (π‘π) G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK βΊ 2 leptons 1 b-jet signal (β1j1tagβ) CMS PAS TOP-12-040 Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 (2014) 231802 β Excluded resonant single-top/π‘π‘ NLO diagrams βΊ β2jet1tagβ and β2jets2tagsβ events used as π‘π‘ control region β simultaneously constrains the π‘π‘ normalization and the b-tagging efficiency in situ βΊ DY+ jets corrected using Z/g* +jets enriched β πΈππππ π from Z/g* +jets enriched region |πππ β ππ§ | < 20πΊππ βΊ Fit of a discriminant built from kinematic quantities combined with a multivariate technique β cross-checks using event-counting and a kinematic variable fit πππΎ = ππ. π+π.π βπ.π ππ, π¬π’π . = π. ππ 22/07/2014 [ 7 πππΏπ ππ‘π Signal = 22.2 ± 1.5ππ] π‘β Assuming ππ‘π = 1 for ππ‘π calculation: β π½ππ = πππΎ πππ ππΎ = π. πππ ± π. ππ πππ. ± π. ππ(ππ. ) β π½ππ > π. ππ @ ππ% πͺπ³ 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK Summary of |ππ‘π | measurements 8 π‘π production π‘ β πβπππππ cross section π = (π‘ β ππ) (π‘ β ππ) 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK π‘π‘ and W/Z boson associated production 9 βΊ π‘π‘π : same-sign dileptons (lepton+jets only top decay) βΊ π‘π‘π: 3-leptons and 4-leptons +21 βΊ ππ‘ππΏπ π‘π = 202β23 ππ +22 βΊ ππ‘ππΏπ π‘π = 197β25 ππ CMS PAS TOP-12-036 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK π‘π‘ and photon associated production in m+jets 10 CMS PAS TOP-13-011 βΊ m+jets channel βΊ High ππ photon (> 20πΊππ) βΊ Template fit on the hadronic isolation β main source of mis-identified photons is hadronic βΊ Signal from MC β Normalization is the dominant systematic βΊ Background from sidebands β Modeling is second source of systematic Measured βΆ π = ππ‘π‘πΎ ππ‘π‘ Assuming ππ‘πΆππ = 227 ± 15 ππ π‘ ππππΈ = π. π ± π. π ππππ. ± π. π ππππ. ππ ππ‘πΏπ π‘πΎ = 1.8 ± 0.5ππ 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK Polarization and spin correlation in dilepton 11 βΊ SM predicts small polarization and ~100% spin correlation between top and anti-top βΊ 1 ππ π π cos ππ 1 2 = (1 + πΌπ cos ππ ), CMS PAS TOP-13-003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 (2014) 182001 βΊ πΌπ is the spin analyzing power βΊ 1 π2 π π π cos π+ π cos πβ 1 4 = (1 + πΌ+ π+ cos π+ + πΌβ πβ cos πβ + π΄πΌ+ πΌβ cos π+ cos πβ ) βΊ Studied through angular asymmetry variables β Angular asymmetry variables unfolded to the parton level β Backgrounds from MC, validated using data β Top ππ modeling is the major source of uncertainties βΊ Polarization as a function of the helicity angles: β Requires full event reconstruction β π· = ππ¨π· β‘ 2 β π cos ππβ >0 βπ cos ππβ <0 ππβ π cos ππβ >0 +π cos ππβ <0 βΊ π¨π· = π. πππ ± π. πππ(ππππ. ) ± π. πππ(ππππ. ) ± π. πππ(ππ» ππ) Spin correlation in dilepton 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK βΊ As a function of pure leptons angular variables: 12 β π΄βπ = π βππβ+ πβ >π 2 βπ βππβ+ πβ <π 2 π βππβ+ πβ >π 2 +π βππβ+ πβ <π 2 π¨βπ = π. πππ ± π. πππ(ππππ. ) ± π. πππ(ππππ. ) ± π. πππ(ππ» ππ) +π.πππ π¨ππππ. βπ = π. πππβπ.πππ NLO +0.013 π΄π’ππ. βπ = 0.210β0.008 ππβ+ βΊ As a function of the helicity angles: βΊ requires full event recontruction π π1 π2 >0 βπ π1 π2 <0 π π1 π2 >0 +π π1 π2 <0 cos ππβ+ πππ π2 = cos βΊ π΄π1 π2 = βΊ π1 = βπ ππββ π¨ππππ = βπ. πππ ± π. πππ(ππππ. ) ± π. πππ(ππππ. ) ± π. πππ(ππ» ππ) π΄ππππ. π1 π2 = β0.078 ± 0.006 NLO π΄π’ππ. π1 π2 = 0 Top Polarization in single top 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK βΊ 13 1 πΟ π π cos ππ = 1 2 CMS PAS TOP-13-001 1 2 1 + ππ‘ πΌπ cos ππ β‘ + π΄π cos ππ β πΆπ : analyzing power of the angular variable β π½π : angle between charged lepton and untagged jet β Calculated in the top R.F. β π½βπ 1 2 βΊ π΄π β‘ β ππ‘ β πΌπ = π β βπ β π β +π β the light-quark recoiling against the top-quark tend to have a direction parallel to the spin direction of the top βΊ QCD orthogonal sample β Lepton isolation cut reverted βΊ Other backgrounds from MC β W+jets reweighted w.r.t flavor content β π‘π‘ validated in sample with 3 jets and 1 or 2 b-tags βΊ Signal, other-top and VV/V+jets relative contributions are extracted through a likelihood fit on BDT discriminant βΊ π + π combined results: βΊ π¨π = π. ππ ± π. ππ ππππ. ± π. ππ ππππ. = π. ππ ± π. ππ βΊ πΌπ = 1 β π·π = π. ππ ± π. ππ ππππ. ± π. ππ ππππ. = π. ππ ± π. ππ W helicity fractions in top decays 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK βΊ Directly related to V-A electroweak structure 14 βΊ High sensitivity to BSM physics Gπ₯ βΊ πΉπ₯ = β πΉπΏ +πΉπ + πΉ0 = 1 G direction of the charged lepton in the W rest frame w.r.t the W direction in the top rest frame βΊ π π π π π πππ ΞΈβ π π π π π π = (π β ππππ ΞΈβ )ππ + (π β πππ ΞΈβ ) π ππ³ + (π + πππ ΞΈβ ) π ππΉ W-helicity lepton+jets results JHEP 10 (2013) 167 CMS PAS TOP-13-008 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK βΊ Poisson binned likelihood maximization β Reweight based on observed and expected events in bins of πππ ΞΈβ β accounts for simulated detector acceptance and efficiencies βΊ Major background from di-leptons βΊ Other backgrounds reduced through b-tag and π π β Data driven validations provided 22/07/2014 8 TeV π β only, leptonic branch 15 βΊ F0= 0.659±0.015(ππππ) ± 0.0023(ππππ) βΊ 7 TeV, π + π βΊ FL= 0.350±0.010(ππππ) ± π. πππ(ππππ) βΊ Hadronic+leptonic βΊ FR= -0.0ππ ± 0.0ππ(ππππ) ± π. πππ(ππππ) 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK Conclusions 16 βΊ CMS has a wide range of measurements of the top quark properties β In the ππ strong production βΊ Presented : π and |ππ‘π |, π‘π‘ + W Z /Ξ³ production, polarization and spin correlation, π-helicity β In the single top electroweak production βΊ Presented : |ππ‘π | in π‘-channel and π‘π production, polarization βΊ They provide thorough tests to the Standard Model β high sensitivity to new physics through variations from SM predictions βΊ All the measurements show good agreement with the Standard Model, both with π π»ππ½ and π π»ππ½ collisions data βΊ CMS is preparing for LHC-Run2: new results will come! Bologna Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare G. Codispoti for the CMS Collaboration BEACH14, Birmingham β UK 22/07/2014 BACKUP SLIDES Bologna Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare 18 G. Codispoti for the CMS Collaboration BEACH14, Birmingham β UK 22/07/2014 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK B-jet multiplicity in tW analysis 19 π‘π production additional information 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK βΊ Signature: 20 β 2 opposite charge isolated leptons β b-jet from top + light jet NLO βΊ NLO diagrams mixes single top and π‘π‘ β Diagram removal approach: resonant NLO diagrams are not considered signal LO G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK 22/07/2014 G. Codispoti @ BEACH14, Birmingham - UK W-helicity in single top, m+jets 21 CMS PAS TOP-12-020 βΊ Electroweak process involving Wtb vertex β alternative to π‘π‘ strong production (qq, gg) β sensitive to non-SM couplings βΊ Fractions obtained from likelihoods with reweighted signal β Normalization of W+jets also free parameter of the fit, shape validated using data from control region with no b-tag request βΊ F0= 0.7ππ ± 0.114(ππππ) ± 0.023(ππππ) βΊ FL= 0.293±0.0ππ(ππππ) ± π. πππ(ππππ) βΊ FR= -0.0ππ ± 0.0ππ(ππππ) ± π. πππ(ππππ)