%0 Journal Article %T Combinations of single-top-quark production cross-section measurements and vertical bar f(LV)V(tb)vertical bar determinations at root s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS experiments %A ATLAS and CMS Collaborations (Aaboud, M. et al %A Alvarez Piqueras, D. %A Aparisi Pozo, J. A. %A Bailey, A. J. %A Barranco Navarro, L. %A Cabrera Urban, S. %A Castillo, F. L. %A Castillo Gimenez, V. %A Cerda Alberich, L. %A Costa, M. J. %A Escobar, C. %A Estrada Pastor, O. %A Ferrer, A. %A Fiorini, L. %A Fullana Torregrosa, E. %A Fuster, J. %A Garcia, C. %A Garcia Navarro, J. E. %A Gonzalez de la Hoz, S. %A Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G. R. %A Higon-Rodriguez, E. %A Jimenez Pena, J. %A Lacasta, C. %A Lozano Bahilo, J. J. %A Madaffari, D. %A Mamuzic, J. %A Marti-Garcia, S. %A Melini, D. %A MiƱano, M. %A Mitsou, V. A. %A Rodriguez Bosca, S. %A Rodriguez Rodriguez, D. %A Ruiz-Martinez, A. %A Salt, J. %A Santra, A. %A Soldevila, U. %A Sanchez, J. %A Valero, A. %A Valls Ferrer, J. A. %A Vos, M. %J Journal of High Energy Physics %D 2019 %V 05 %N 5 %I Springer %@ 1029-8479 %G English %F ATLASandCMSCollaborationsAaboud_etal2019 %O WOS:000468428300001 %O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=4046), last updated on Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:49:33 +0000 %X This paper presents the combinations of single-top-quark production cross-section measurements by the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations, using data from LHC proton-proton collisions at = 7 and 8 TeV corresponding to integrated luminosities of 1.17 to 5.1 fb(-1) at = 7 TeV and 12.2 to 20.3 fb(-1) at = 8 TeV. These combinations are performed per centre-of-mass energy and for each production mode: t-channel, tW, and s-channel. The combined t-channel cross-sections are 67.5 +/- 5.7 pb and 87.7 +/- 5.8 pb at = 7 and 8 TeV respectively. The combined tW cross-sections are 16.3 +/- 4.1 pb and 23.1 +/- 3.6 pb at = 7 and 8 TeV respectively. For the s-channel cross-section, the combination yields 4.9 +/- 1.4 pb at = 8 TeV. The square of the magnitude of the CKM matrix element V-tb multiplied by a form factor f(LV) is determined for each production mode and centre-of-mass energy, using the ratio of the measured cross-section to its theoretical prediction. It is assumed that the top-quark-related CKM matrix elements obey the relation |V-td|, |V-ts| << |V-tb|. All the |f(LV)V(tb)|(2) determinations, extracted from individual ratios at = 7 and 8 TeV, are combined, resulting in |f(LV)V(tb)| = 1.02 +/- 0.04 (meas.) +/- 0.02 (theo.). All combined measurements are consistent with their corresponding Standard Model predictions. %K Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) %R 10.1007/JHEP05(2019)088 %U https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.07158 %U https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2019)088 %P 088-81pp