@article{593cf3c06a694d569d3f27aeb8dab37b,
title = "Measurement of spin correlations in tt‾ production using the matrix element method in the muon+jets final state in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV",
abstract = "The consistency of the spin correlation strength in top quark pair production with the standard model (SM) prediction is tested in the muon+jets final state. The events are selected from pp collisions, collected by the CMS detector, at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. The data are compared with the expectation for the spin correlation predicted by the SM and with the expectation of no correlation. Using a template fit method, the fraction of events that show SM spin correlations is measured to be 0.72±0.08(stat)−0.13 +0.15(syst), representing the most precise measurement of this quantity in the muon+jets final state to date.",
keywords = "CMS, LHC, Matrix element method, Spin, Top quark",
author = "{CMS Collaboration} and V. Khachatryan and Sirunyan, {A. M.} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and E. Asilar and T. Bergauer and J. Brandstetter and E. Brondolin and M. Dragicevic and J. Er{\"o} and M. Flechl and M. Friedl and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and Ghete, {V. M.} and C. Hartl and N. H{\"o}rmann and J. Hrubec and M. Jeitler and V. Kn{\"u}nz and A. K{\"o}nig and M. Krammer and I. Kr{\"a}tschmer and D. Liko and T. Matsushita and I. Mikulec and D. Rabady and B. Rahbaran and H. Rohringer and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and J. Strauss and W. Treberer-Treberspurg and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, {C. E.} and V. Mossolov and N. Shumeiko and {Suarez Gonzalez}, J. and S. Alderweireldt and T. Cornelis and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and X. Janssen and A. Knutsson and J. Lauwers and S. Luyckx and R. Rougny and {Van De Klundert}, M. and {Van Haevermaet}, H. and Marlow, {Daniel Robert} and Olsen, {James D.} and Tully, {Christopher George}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 The Author",
year = "2016",
month = jul,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2016.05.005",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "758",
pages = "321--346",
journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",
issn = "0370-2693",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}